HELLX.— Plate LXXXIII. 



recto, tnargine columdlari suiiiicrassalo, superni aub- 

 ililatato, petforationem fere claudenU. 



Gardner's Helix. Shell slightly umbilicated, turbi- 

 nated, solid, decussated with distant longitudinal 

 and spiral striae, chestnut ; spire raised, rather shaip ; 

 whorls six to seven, rather convex, the last larger 

 and rather smooth, ornamented with a white band at 

 the periphery ; aperture obliquely lunar, white within ; 

 lip simple, straight, oolumcUar margin rather thick- 

 ened, slightly dilated at the upper ])art, almost closing 

 the umbilicus. 



Pfeiffer, in Second Edition of Chemnitz Conch. Cab. 

 pi. 112. f. 12, 13. 



Hab. Ceylon (in the woods, at 8,000 feet elevation) ; 

 Gardner. 



A dark shining chestnut shell, encircled with a single 

 narrow white band, and beautifully decussately sculptured 

 towards the apex. 



Species 447. (Pig- a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Coreanica. Hel. testa umbUicatd, depresso-glo- 

 boad, subliUler rugulosd et malleatd, juxta suturas alba, 

 infra palllde spadiceo-rufd, aUklo plus minm obscure 

 cingulatd ; aperturd lunato-circulari ; perisf ornate sim- 

 plici, marginibus conniventibus, columellari breviter 

 dilatato. 



The Corea Helix. Shell umbilicated, depressly globose, 

 finely wrinkled and indented, white next the sutures, 

 light fawn-red lieneath, more or less obscurely banded 

 with white ; aperture Innately circular ; lip simple. 



margins approximating, columcllar margin shortly 



dilated. 

 Adams and Reeve, Zool. Voy. Samarang, Moll. p. f.l. 



pi. 10. f. 2. 

 Hab. Corean Archipelago. 



The common snail of the islands of the Corean .\rchi- 

 pelago, where it is eaten by the natives as an ordinary 

 article of food. 



Species 448. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Indica. Eel. tesld umbiUcatd, orbiculato-concexd, 

 solidiusculd, superni costulalo-striatd, lineis imprewit 

 ronfertim graiiu/ato-decitssatd, fulvd ; aiifractibua //iiin- 

 ijue ad sex, planiusculis, ultimo basi concexiore, lari- 

 goto, infra carinam lineis nonnullis impressis cvncen- 

 Iricis notato ; aperturd angulalo-lumiri ,• peristomatf 

 recto, alho, margine columellari subincrassato, breritrr 

 reflexu. 



The Indian Helix. Shell umbilicated, orbicularly con- 

 vex, rather solid, rib-like striated on the upper part, 

 and closely granulately decussated with impressed 

 lines, fulvous ; whorls five to six, rather flat, the last 

 more convex at the base, smooth, marked with a few 

 impressed eoucentric lines below the keel ; a])erture 

 angularly lunar ; Lip straight, white, columcllar mar- 

 gin rather thickened, shortly reflected. 



Pfeiffeu, Symboliv, vol. iii. p. 66. 



Hab. NeilglieiTies, Hindoostan. 



The upper surface of this species is very elaborately sculp- 

 tured vnih. fine rib-like strife, which are granulated. 



