HELIX.— Plate XCIIl. 



Desuayes, Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1831. Moll. pi. 30. 



Uftix Varronis, Cantraino. 

 Ilab. Corsica ; Pouzolz. Albania and Monteneg;ro. 



Sometimes the bands are almost obsolete iu this species. 



Species 508. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix trizona. Hel. testa aperte umbilicatd, orbiculato- 

 convexiusculd, lutescente-aliidd, castaneo-trisotiatd, epi- 

 dermide olivaced indutd ; anfractilui quinque ad sex, 

 subplanulatk, ultimo antice deflexo ; aperturd perob- 

 litjud, rottttidato-ovali ; peristomate suhsimpUci, mar- 

 ginibus conniveiitibus, supero expamo, basali refiexo, 

 coluniellari dilatato. 



The three-zoned Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, 

 orbicularly rather convex, yellowish-white, three- 

 banded with chestnut, covered with an olive epider- 

 mis ; whorls five to six, rather flat, the last deflected 

 in front ; aperture very obliejue, rotuudatcly oval ; 

 lip nearly simple, margins approximating, upper 

 margin expanded, basal reflected, columellar dilated. 



ZiEGLER, Rossmasler, Hist. Moll. vol. ii. p. 1. f. 87. 

 Helix zonata, var., Ferussac. 

 Testa minor, Helix RuvieUca, Zicgler. 



Hab. Mehadia ; Turkey. 



This differs little from the preceding species, except in 

 having a more perspective umbilicus. 



Species 509. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix urisea. Hel. testa obtecti perforata, subylobosd, 

 soluliusculd, striis increnwnti rugosis lineisqiie im- 

 presaii confertissimis subdecussatd, fuscu-grised, fascia 

 lalissimd castatwd vel sordidi fused supra peripheriam 

 et duabus palli/tioriius ad batin cinctd ; spird brrci, 

 conicd ; anfractibus quinque, ultimo magno, tentroso ; 

 api-rlurd ovalu-lunari ; peristomate simptici, inliis ti- 

 oido-purpurascente, inargine columellari obliquo, dila- 

 tato, subincrassato, castaneo tincto. 



The grey Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, sub- 

 globose, rather solid, very closely decussiited with 

 rough lines of growth and very close-set impressed 

 lines, brown-grey, encircled with a very broad chest- 

 nut or dark brown band above the periphery, and 

 tvfo paler bands below it ; spire short, conical ; 

 whorls five, the last large, ventricose ; aperture ovately 

 lunar ; lip simple, livid puqilish within, columt'llar 

 margin oblique, dilated, rather thickened, stained 

 with dark chestnut. 



LiNN.BL-s, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 693. 

 Helix cincta, Midler. 

 Helix lemniscata, Brumati. 

 Helix obtusata, Ziegler. 

 Helix PJiilibinensis, Frivaldsky. 

 Helix vulgaris, Parreyss. 



Hab. South of France, Italy, etc. 



Mied in form, and somewhat in marking, to our well- 

 known H.pomatia. 



