HELIX.— Plate CXV. 



Species 663. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Reiibeinii. Hel. teald imperforatd, globom, soU- 

 (iiusculit, l<evigatd eel sub lente mimiti oblique striata, 

 lutescente, viridi-iiii/ricaiite, aut fusco tri/Mcmtd, fas- 

 cia centrali latiore ; aperturd lunato-circulari ; peri- 

 stomate albo, expamo, rejleio, ad columellam planato. 



Rehbei.n's Helix. Shell imperforated, globose, rather 

 solid, smooth, or beneath the lens minutely obliquely 

 striated, yellowish, encircled with three greenish or 

 brown bands, of which the middle one is broader 

 than the others ; aperture luuar-circular ; lip white, 

 expanded, reflected, flattened at the columella. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1852. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



A new species received by Jlr. Cuming from the Philip- 

 pine Islands, closely allied to //. spluerica and orbitulus. 



Species 664. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix akeolata. Hd. testa vi^ umbilicatd, orbiadato- 

 conoided, striata, nitiduld, albd, lineis fuscis intemtp- 

 tis varie omatd ; spird depresso-conoided ; an/ractiius 

 quinque, convexiuscidis, ultimo vix descendente, basi 

 parum convexo ; aperturd rotundato-lunari, intusfus- 

 cescente; peristomate acuta, intus sublabiato, inargine 

 columellari breviter arcuato, unidentato, dilatato, re- 

 jlexo, umbilicmu fere teyente. 



The chequeked Helix. Shell scarcely umbilicated, or- 

 bicularly conoid, striated, shining, white, variously 

 ornamented with interrupted brown lines ; spire de- 

 pressly conoid ; whorls five, rather convex, the last 

 a little descending, but little convex at the base; 

 aperture rotundatcly lunar, brownish within; lip 

 sharp, slightly thickened inwardly, coluraellar margin 

 shortly arched, obsoletcly one-toothed, dilated, re- 

 flected, almost covering the umbilicus. 



SowEEBY, Pfeiffer, Zeitschrift fiir Malac. 1845. p. 154. 

 Ilab. California, near the Columbia Itivcr ; Hinds. 



Encircled with numerous irregular interrupted blotchy 

 brown lines, upon an upake-white ground. 



Species 665. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Kellettii. Ilel. ttstd angutii umbilicatd, de- 



presso-globosd, tenni, rugulosd, granulatd, fulrd, sor- 

 dide Jlaco et upaco-allo conxpersd, rufo uiiifasciatd ,- 

 spird subturbimdd ; anfradibus sex, conrexiusrulis, ul- 

 timo ad peripheriam fascia prdlidd ciiicto, basi subln- 

 f.ato ; aperturd lunalo-roluiidatd, intus pallidi fused 

 unifascintd; peristomate reflexiusculo, margine colu- 

 mellari dilatato, reflexo, umbilicum plus minus occul- 

 tante. 



Kellett's Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, depressly 

 globose, thin, wTinkled, granulated, fulvous, sprinkled 

 with dirty yellow and opake white, with a single red- 

 brown band round the middle ; spire somewhat tur- 

 binate ; whorls six, rather convex, last whorl en- 

 circled with a pale band at the peripherj-, slightly 

 inflated at the base; aperture lunar-rounded, pale 

 brown and one-banded within ; lip a little n-flected, 

 coluraellar margin dilated, reflected, more or less 

 concealing the mnbilictis. 



Forbes, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1850, p. 55. 



llab. Central America? 



This interesting species, besprinkled with opake-whitc 

 flames, belongs apparently to a Californian tyjie of the 

 genus. It is named by Professor Edward Forbes in 

 honoiu- of Captain Kellett, ll.N., late of H.iM.S. Herald, 

 and now Conunandcr of II. M.S. Kcsolute, on her way 

 to the Polar Regions in search of Sir John Franklin. 



