HELIX. 



Plate XCIII. 



Species 504. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



IIeli.x CoDRiNGTONi. Hel. leald oUecte umbilicatd, Hub- 

 dtpressd, solidd, driatd, fusio-corneo el albido irre- 

 gulariter drigatd et marmorald ; spird depreaso-co- 

 noided; anfradibus qtiinque, convexiiiaciilis, ultimo 

 lined obioletd albd ciiiyutalo ; apurturd perobliqud, 

 sumiovali, iutus nitidisdvid ; perinlomate acuto, inim 

 allio-labialo, margine columelluri breviler arcuato, ba- 

 sali dilalalo, prope columellam incrasmto. 



Codkixgton's Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 rather depressed, solid, striated, irregularly streaked 

 and marbled with brown-horn and white ; spire de- 

 prcssly conoid ; whorls five, rather convex, the last 

 encircled with an obsolete wiiite line ; aperture very 

 oblique, semioval, very shining within ; lip sharp, 

 white-edged within, cohimellar margin shortly arched, 

 basal margin broadly dilated, thickened near the 

 columella. 



Gk.vy, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 67. 



Helix Fenissaci, Christofori and Jan. 

 ffelix spiripl/ina, Deshaycs. 

 Helix vermiculata, var., Cantraine. 



Hab. Greece. 



The umbilicus of this species is usually covered over by 

 a broad callous enlargement of the columellar edge of the 

 lip, which below this is prolonged into an oblong tooth. 



Species 505. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Alonensis. Hel. iesld obtecle umbilicatd, tle- 

 presM-ylobom, solidiitsculd, albidd, varii fusvo fasciatd 

 vel marmorald, striis irreffulariius liiieiique spiralibiia 

 subtililer decussald ; anfractiius quatuor ad quinque, 

 convexiusculis, ultimo nuignu, lumido, antice breviler 

 dejlexo ; aperturd ampld, rotuiidato-lunari ; perinto- 

 mate simplici, intus albo-sublabialo, marginibus sub- 

 connivenlibtu, mtpero et baaali vix expansis, columellari 

 Inti rejlexo, appreuo. 



The Alon Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, de- 

 pressly globose, rather solid, white, variously banded 

 and marbled with brown, finely decussated with 

 irregular striie and spiral lines ; whorls four to five, 

 rather convex, the last large, swollen, shortly de- 

 flected in front ; aperture large, rotundately lunar ; 

 lip simple, white-edged within, margins rather ap- 



proximating, upper and basal margins but little ex- 

 panded, columellar margin broadly reflected, op- 

 pressed. 



Fekussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 3'J. f. 1-9. pi. 39 B. f. 8. 



Hab. Spain. 



In the variety of this species selected for illustration, 

 the bands are somewhat obscured on a cream-coloured 

 ground, and there arc a few black dots sprinkled over the 

 base of the shell. 



Species 506. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix IIispaxica. Hel. testa imper/orald, globovhde- 

 preisd,fuiculo-albidd,fiiiiailo tariegatd uibidoque ma- 

 culatd, castaueo quinqiie-fanciatd ; ax/ructiLui qMiMqiie, 

 celeriler accreiceitliiui, planulalis ; aperturd ptrobli- 

 qud, late rotuiidalo-litnari ; perittomatt hepatico,tubla- 

 biato, margine exteriore rejlexiusculo, iiileriore aitloao. 



TuE Spanisu Helix. Shell imperforated, globosely 

 depressed, brownish-white, variegated with light 

 brown and white-spotted, encircled with five chest- 

 nut bands; whorls five, increasing rapidly, rather 

 flat ; aperture very oblique, broadly rotundately 

 lunar ; lip liver-coloured, outer margin slightly re- 

 flected, callous within. 



Paktsch, Mus. Ca?sar. Vindobonensis ; Rossmasler, Hist. 

 Moll. p. 15. f. 460. 



Hab. Spain. 



Of a greyish speckled ground, prettily pointed with 

 interrupted chestnut bands. 



Species 507. (Mus. Cimjing.) 



Helix Pouzolzi. Hel. te»id ap<rli umbilicatd, orbicn- 

 lato-contexiusculd, striata, siiprme spiratiter lixeala, 

 saturate olicaced, obsriire funco-trizoiid ; ai^raclibHt 

 sex, rotundatis, ultimo antici defltxo ; aperttird tali 

 lunari ; peristomate rejlexo, incrauato, allido w/ tor- 

 dide cariieo. 



PoczoLz' Helix. Shell openly umbilicatcd, orbicularly 

 rather convex, striated, spirally lincatcd at the upper 

 part, dark olive, faintly thn'r-bandc<l with brown, 

 whorls six, rounded, the ln«t dellcctcd in frunt; aper- 

 ture broadly lunar; lip refli-eled, thieken.il, whitish 

 or dark flesh-tinged. 



AprU, 1852. 



