HELIX. 



Plat£ LX. 



Species 293. (Mas. Cuming.) 



Helix xemoralixa. Eel. le»td imperforatd, depre*sa, 

 suhdiaphand, aWulo-rosed, lenuis-simi driatd; spird 

 oUitm; anfraclihiu quatuor, plwiulatU, ultimo lined 

 fuicd ciiiclo, aniici deflexo ; aperturd luitaio-rolun- 

 datd; peritlornate roieo, intas labiato, laargine dexlro 

 iuhpatuU), columeliari slricliusculo, dilatato, piano. 



The little wood IIelix. Shell imijerforatcd, depressed, 

 subdiaphanous, pale rose, very finely striated ; spire 

 obtuse ; whorls four, rather flattened, last whorl en- 

 circled with a brown line, deflected in front ; aperture 

 luuar-rounded ; lip rose-coloured, thickened inwardly, 

 right edge effused, columellar margin rather drawn 

 out, dilated, flattened. 



Petit, Guerin's Mag. de Zoologie, 1836, pi. 80. 



Hab. Island of St. Thomas, West Indies. 



A pretty delicately rose-tinted species, encircled with a 

 dark line, which in the upper whorls falls in the place of 

 the suture. 



Species 294. (Tig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix monodonta. Eel. tedd imperforatd, depresie 

 ovatd, opacd, glnhrd, nitidd, albidd, fusco-hifamaid tel 

 MuUUiieatd; tpirdbrevi; an/ractibus quatuor, conrex- 

 iuicuVti, rapide accrescent Has, ultimo obsolete anffulato, 

 antid subito calJe dejlexo ; aperturd subhorizontali, 

 transverse luiiato-orali, intus sublabiald; peristomate 

 aimpUci, expanso, marjine basali reflexiusculo, columel- 

 iari dilatato, excacato, introrsum unidentato. 



The toothed Helix. Shell imperforated, depressly 

 ovate, opake, smooth, shining, whitish, two-banded 

 or many-lined with brown ; spire short ; whovls four, 

 rather convex, increasing rapidly, the last obsoletely 

 angled, suddenly much deflected in front ; aperture 

 subhorizontal, transversely lunar-oval, somewhat 

 thickened inwardly; lip simple, expanded, basal edge i 

 slightly reflected, columellar edge dilated, excavated, 

 inwardly one-toothed. 



Lea, Obsenations, vol. i. p. 165. pi. 19. f. 62. 



Eab. Haiti. 



Characterized by a small tooth on a part of the lip 

 nearer to the columella than usual. 



Species 293. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix PEMPHIGODES. Eel. testa imperforatd, tubglobo4d, 

 tenui, niembraHaced, oblique plicatuld, diapkiaa, lule*- 

 eente-conied ; spird bred, papiUatd ; lafractibui qua- 

 tuor, cix contexts, ultimo magno, carinato, juxta m- 

 turam injlato, basi conzexo, antice vix detcendenle ; co- 

 lumella simplici, aeuld, subterlicali ; aperturd ampli, 

 fere circulari ; peristomate simplici, aaUo, wmrqiMidui 

 connicentibus. 



The bladdee-uke Helix. Shell imperforated, snb- 

 globose, thin, membranaceous, obliquely plaited, dia- 

 phanous, yellowisli-homy ; spire short, papillary ; 

 whorls four, slightly convex, the last large, keeled, in- 

 flated next the suture, convex at the base, scarcely 

 descending in fixjnt ; columella simple, sharp, snb- 

 vertical ; aperture large, nearly circular ; lip simple, 

 sharp, with the margins approximating. 



Ppeitfeb, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 110. 



Eab. Cuba. 

 A light inflated shell of delicate vesicdar texture. 



Species 296. (5Ias. Adams.) 



Heux Bcddiasa. Eel. testd imperforatd, tubnlobom, 

 tenui, bijlatd, fuketeenie, subdiaphand ; tpi ■ 

 simd; suturddittinctd; anfraetibus quatuor, ■ 

 creberrime tenuUtriatis ; columella tenerrimd, areuaU; 

 aperturd lunato-circulari, la 



Bitdd's Helix. Shell imperfor.: bose, thin, in- 



flated, light fulvous, subdiaphanous; spire very short ; 

 suture distinct ; whorls four, somewhat -' ' '• rpty 

 closely finely striated; columeUa Vl>r^ ctl: 



aperture Innately circular, lip simple. 



Adams, Contributions to Conchology, No. 9. p. 1S5. 



Eab. Jamaica. 



A light delicate inflated shell of semitransparent teitnrc, 



covered with a thin fulvous epidtr !- 



Species 297. (Mus. Cuming.) 



HeUX MCNDA. Ef/. te»lA imperforaU. </ 



lenui, pellucidd, • -^ • 



'pird breri ; autui, ^ -. . , /""• 



,icexis, suljobliqui creberrime Uriatu ; colmmeiU nb- 

 callotd, appreisd; aperturd lunari, lain limpliei. 



December, ISol. 



