HELIX.— Plate XC. 



doubtless presents colours of which there is here little or 

 no inrlicatioii. 



Species 488. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Hei.ix papilla. Eel. testa obtecte umlilicatd, ovato- 

 globosd, iolidd, valide undulato-codatd, superni ccmiles- 

 cente et rufo variegatd, cosiis albis, baai albidd ; spird 

 elald, apice obtusd; anfractibus (juinque ad sex, convex- 

 iusculk, ultimo obtuse anyulato, antice dejlexo; aperturd 

 perobliqud, transverse oblongd, intus lividd; peristomate 

 incrassato, late reflexo, marginibus callo conlinuo, pro- 

 minente, umbilicum plus minus tegente, junctis, supero 

 sitmoso, basali obsolete dentate. 



The pap Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, ovately 



globose, solid, strongly wavc-ribbcd, bluish and rcd- 

 variegated above, ribs white, and whitish below ; 

 spire raised, obtuse at the apex ; whorls tivc to six, 

 rather convex, the hist obtusely angled, deflected in 

 front ; aperture very oblique, transversely oblong, 

 livid ; lip thickened, broadly reflected, margins joined 

 by a prominent contiimous callosity, more or less 

 covering the umbilicus, upper margin sinuous, basal 

 margins obsoletely toothed. 



MuLLER, Venn. Hist. terr. et fluv. vol. ii. p. 100. 

 Trochits papilla, Cheimiitz. 



Hab. Islands of the Australian Archipelago ; Beck. 



This fine species is well characterized by the undulating 

 character of the ribs, «ith which the aperture is conform- 

 able. 



