HELIX. 



Plate XCV. 



Species 510. (Mus. Cuming.) 



I Fklix figl'HN.\. Ilel. testa iuboUecte umbUicatd, coiiico- 

 globosd, teiiui, venlricoad, rugulosd, aordidi albidd, 

 fasciis fuacuUs interriiptis quinque cimjulald ; anfrac- 

 tibm quatuor, vix coiive.riiisculi<i ; aperttird acute ovato- 

 lunari; perintomate recto, siUiiitcra-ssato, albido, margitie 

 columellari arcuato, dilatato, subappresso, refiexo. 



The potter's Helix. Shell with a nearly covered um- 

 bilicus, conically globose, thin, veutricose, rugulose, 

 dull white, encircled with five interrupted liglit 

 brown bauds ; whorls four, rather convex ; apertui'e 

 sliarplyovatcly lunar ; lip straight, slightly thickened, 

 whitish, eolumcllar margin arched, dilated, rather 

 apprcssly reflected. 



P.\RUEYSS, Rossmasler, Hist, iloll. tcrr. ct Huv. vol. ix. 

 p. 9. f. 580. 

 Hdix ligala, var., Fi'russac. 



Hab. Dalmatia, Greece, etc. 



The rugulose striaB are finely plicately puckered next 

 the sutures. 



Species 517. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Niciensis. Hel. testd suhohtecte umbUicatd, glo- 

 boso-depreasd, striaid, alliiJd, niyiu-fusco macuJose fas- 

 ciatd; anfractibui quinque, planiiiHculis, ultimo ant ice 

 dejlexo ; aperture transverse lunalo-ovali, intus lilaci- 

 nd; peristomate inlus lilaciiio-labicto, maryine supero 

 palulo, banali appresse dilatato. 



The Nice Helix. Shell with a nearly covered umbi- 

 licus, globosely depressed, striated, whitish, encircled 

 with five black-brown spotted bands; whorls five, 

 rather Hat, tlie last dellccted iu front ; aperture trans- 

 versely lunar-oval, lilac within ; lip lilac-edged, upper 

 margin effuse, basal margin appressly dilated. 



Feuussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 39 A. f. 1. ami pi. 40. f. 9. 



/lab. Nice. 



.\ pretty deprcssiy globose species, encircled witli five 

 interrupted black-brown blotchy bands, tinged with lilac 

 at the aperture. 



Species 519. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Taurica. Flel. testa obtecti umbUicatd, globoid, 

 ventrosd, oblique slriatd, lineit impreisii coiuxntricii 

 obsolete decussald, lutescente-albidd, strigis ustulato- 

 fmcis irregulariler radiatd ; spird coiwuled ; anfrac- 

 tibus quinque, convexiusculis, medio subfasciatit, ultimo 

 magna ; aperturd ampld, rotundato-lunald ; peristo- 

 mate subsimplici, hepatico, inargiae columellari perdi- 

 lalato,fornicatim rejlexo. 



The Dalmatian Helix. Shell with a covered umbili- 

 cus, globose, ventricosc, obliquely striated, obsoletely 

 decussated with couccutric impressed lines, yellow- 

 ish-white, irregularly rayed with burnt-brown streaks ; 

 spire conoid ; whorls five, rather convex, faintly 

 banded round the middle, last whorl large ; ap<Tture 

 large, rotundately lunar; lip nearly simple, liver- 

 coloured, eolumcllar margin much dilated, reflected 

 in an arched manner. 



Krynicki, Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. Moscow, vol. vi. p. 423. 

 pi. 9. 

 Uelix radiosa, Zicgler. 



Ilab. Dalmatia, Georgia. 



A large light inflated species, closely allied to U. lueorum. 



Fig. 518. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The shell here figured is the variety of Sp. 506, //. ///*- 

 panica, named by Zicgler I£. Balearica. 



Species 520. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix lutescens. Hel. ttstd obtecti umbUicatd, turbina- 

 to-globosd, striatuld, albo-lutescetile, rarv dilute futculo- 

 fasciatd ; spird breci, conoided, apice oitiud ; an/rac- 

 tibus quatuor, contexiuscutis, ultimo iujlato, detcendeHte: 

 columelld subverticali, leviter arcuatd, aUtd ; aprrturd 

 luitato-rotundatd, intus alba ,- peristomate breciter ex- 

 panso, margine columellari supeme dilatato, fomicato- 

 rejlexo. 



The yellowish Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 turbinately globose, finely striated, whitish-yellow, 

 sometimes faintly banded with pale brown ; spirt' 

 short, conoid, obtuse at thi' apex ; whoris four, rather 

 convex, the last inflated, descending ; columelln nearly 

 vertical, slightly arched, whiu- ; aperture lunntcly 

 rounded, white within ; hp shortly exiwinded, eolu- 

 mcllar margin dilated at the upi^r jMirt, rcflirted in 

 an arched manner. 



ZiEGLER, Kossmasler, Hist. Moll. tcrr. et fluv. vol. v. p. \. 

 f. 292. 



Hab. Gullicia. 



.May, 1S52. 



