HELIX.— Plate LVIII. 



coHveriiuciilu, ultimo anlice subito deflexo, basi tub- 

 planulato ; aperturd subhorizontali, intu» nitidd, rubro- 

 futcetcente vel lividd, tranisversi lunato-oblongd ; peri- 

 stomale albo-labiato, expamo, marginibm subparallelU, 

 caiU) junctig, bcuali di/atato, tubexcaoato. 

 The wren's egg Helix. Shell imperforated, depressed, 

 smooth, whitish, fulvous-baudcd and sprinkled with 

 homy dots ; spire but little raised ; whorls five, 

 scarcely convex, the hist suddenly deflected in front, 

 rather flat at the base ; aperture subhorizoiital, sliin- 

 iug witliin, reddish-brown or livid, transversely lunar- 

 oblong; lip white-edged, expanded, margins sub- 



parallel, joined by a callosity, basal margin dilated, 

 subexcavatcd. 

 Lea, Observations, vol. i. p. 164. pi. 19. f. 61. 

 Ifab. Cuba. 



\n extremely characteristic species, distinguished by 

 the obliquely prolonged growth of the aperture, and dotted 

 marking. 



Fig. 288. (Mus. Adams.) 

 The shell here represented, received from Professor 

 .Vdams as a type of his II. pulchrior. Ad. Contrib. No. 9. 

 p. 172, appears to me to be a variety of //. subcouica. 



