HELIX.— Plate LXXXVIII. 



to be distingiiishcd as a species, with the name //. vikl- 

 lus. It only differs in being rather more than usually 

 globular. 



Species 479. (Mus. Cuming.) 



lltLlx MoussoNl. JId. testa angusti umb'dicald, lurbi- 

 natd, tenui, carinatd, striis incrementi et lineis coiifer- 

 liasimis impressis, obliqui antrormm descendentihus, 

 subtilissimi decussaid, diaplmnd, albidd, lined rufd 

 medio cingulald ; spird conoided, apice obtimmculd, 

 sulurd submarginatd ; anfractibus sex, subplanuhtU, 

 ultimo magno, infra lined rufd carinato, bad convexius- 

 culo ; aperturd obliqud, subangulalo-lunari ; periilo- 

 mate simplici, margine columellari juxta columellam 

 bre viler reflexo. 



Mobsson's Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicalcd, turbi- 

 nated, thin, keeled, very finely decussated with striae 

 of growth, and veiy close -set impressed lines, de- 

 scending obliquely anteriorly, diaphanous, whitish, 

 encircled round the middle with a red line ; spire 

 conoid, rather obtuse at the apex, suture slightly 

 margined ; whorls six, rather flattened, the last large, 

 keeled below the red line, rather convex at the base ; 

 aperture oblique, somewhat angularly lunar ; lip sim- 

 ple, columellar margin shortly reflected next the colu- 

 mella. 



Ppeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1849. p. 126. 



Uab. Java. 



A light diaphanous shell of a peculiar pagoda-like form, 

 very minutely engraved with close-set wrinkles ninning in 

 an opposite direction to the striu: of growth. 



Species 480. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Helix Rumpuh. Hel. testa vix umbilicatd, sinittrati, 

 tenuiculd, carinatd, saturati cinnamomed, ad carinam 

 fascia angustd canlaued albimargiiiatd pictd, suprrnr 

 planiusculd, striata et malleatd, bati subrotuiidatd, striis 

 incrementi lineis spiralibus impressis sub lente minutis- 

 sime decussatis ; anfracliius rjuiuyue ad sex ; aperlurd 

 subrhondied, intus livido-fuscescente ; peristomate sim- 

 plici, columellam versus subre/lexo. 

 lU Mi'Hius' Helix. Shell scarcely umbilicat<'d, sinistral, 

 rather thin, keeled, dark cinnamon, painted at the 

 keel with a narrow white-edged chestnut band, rather 

 flattened at the upper part, striated and indented, 

 somewhat rounded at the base, very minutely decus- 

 sated beneath the lens with spiral impressed lines ; 

 whorls five to sLx ; aperture subrhomboid, livid- 

 brown within ; lip simple, slightly reflected towanis 

 the columella. 

 Buscii, Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, pi. 1. f. 2. 

 Hab. Java. 



A very characteristic, light, reversed species, of a pecu- 

 liar livid cinnamon-colout. 



