HELIX.— Plate CXIX. 



at the upper part, all conspicuous at the base, un- 

 equally |)roniiiicut, last whorl keeled at the upper 

 part; aperture kiduey-shaped ; lip simple, angularly 

 reflected, margins joined by a toothed lameUa. 



MuiiLi'ELDT, Berlin, Mag. vol. viii. p. 11. pi. 2. f. 18. 

 UtUj: septemvolea, Ferussac. 

 Helix planorbula, Lamarck. 

 Hdix poli/gi/raln, Biuney. 



Hab. Georgia, Florida, North America. 



A verj' singular species, with the whorls convoluted one 

 over the other like a wax taper. 



Species 699. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix florulifeea. Hel. tedd mnhiUcalu, ghhoso-de- 

 prensd, supenie planlusculd, arcuatim slrialu, bad ru- 

 tundatd, grkeo-albidd ; atifraclibvs quitique, ultimo 

 circa umbilicum parvimi tumidimculo ; aperturd par- 

 viusculd, honzontall, constricld, dciilibm duobus la- 

 melldque auri/ormi peculiariler coarclatd; peristomate 

 expamo. 



The flower-beaking Helix. Shell umbilieated, glo- 

 bosely depressed, rather flat at the upper part, ar- 

 cuately striated, rounded at the base, greyish-white ; 

 whorls five, the last rather swollen around the um- 

 bilicus, which is small ; aperture rather small, horizon- 

 tal, constricted, peculiarly contracted by two teeth and 

 an ear-shaped lamella ; lip exjianded. 



Pfeifker, MSS. 



Hab. Florida. 



The dentition of this species is extremely peculiar. 



Species 700. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix auriculata. Hel. iedd compresso-umbilicald, 

 superne planitisculd, »ubtu% injlatd, codulato-driatd, 

 luleseeide vel fused; atifrnctibm quinque ad sex, an- 

 yuslis, ullimo ad aperturam dejlexo, diyunclo, siiblus 

 constriclo, scrobiculato ; umbilico piano, penultimum 

 anfractum modo numstrante ; aperturd subliorizontali, 

 auri/ormi, fere clausd ; peristomate conlinno, maryi- 

 nibus plica oblongd intraiite superne excavald junclis, 

 dextro inius lamelld profundd munito, cum basali late 

 unituberculoso unguium subarulum formnnte. 



The AURicuLATEi) Helix. Shell conipressly umbiliea- 

 ted, rather flat at the upper part, inflated beneath, 

 finely rib-like striated, yellowish or brown ; whorls 

 five to six, narrow, the last deflected at the aperture, 

 disjoined, constricted and pitted uudci'iiealh ; umbi- 



licus flat, sometimes showing the penultimate whorl ; 

 aperture snbhorizontal, car-shaped, almost closed ; lip 

 continuous, margins joined by an oblong entering 

 fold, excavated at the upper part, right margin fur- 

 nished witli a deep lamella, inwardly forming with 

 the broadly one-tubercled basal margin a rather sharp 

 angle. 



Pobjgyra auriculata. Say, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, vol. i. part 2. p. 277. 

 Helix auriculata, Ferussac. 



Hab. Florida. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but more closely 

 compressly convoluted. 



Species 701. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Cumberlandiana. Hel. testa subampliler tl 

 perspective umbilicatd, depresso-orbiculari, subtus con- 

 vexd, conspicue arcuatim costato-striatd, carinatd, infra 

 cariuam impressd, fuscescente, rufo macula td ; anfrac- 

 tibus quinque ; aperturd angtdatd ; peristomate tenui, 

 acuta. 



The Cumberland Helix. Shell somewhat largely and 

 perspectively umbilieated, depressly orbicular, convex 

 beneath, conspicuously arcuately rib-like striated, 

 keeled, impressed beneath the keel, pale brownish, 

 spotted with red ; whorls five ; aperture angled ; lip 

 thin, acute. 



Lea, Observations, vol. iii. p. fi7. pi. 6. f. 61. 



Hab. Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, North America. 



A conspicuously rib-striated red-blotched shell, allied to 

 H. alternata. 



Fig. 702. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The shell here figured proves to be Dr. Pfeifl'er's Variety 

 of the Helix hirsuta, Say, for which see PI. CXXL It 

 is of much larger and more opake growth than the typical 

 species, and is said to have been named in manuscript 

 by De Ferussac H. stenotrema. 



Species 703. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Edgariana. Hel. testa imperforatd, lentictilari, 

 sMus convexiore, arcuatim striata, lineis spiraliius 

 iinpressis miiiutissime dccusmtd, pellucido-albicante ,■ 

 anfractibtts quinque, plano-contexis, ultimo ad pfri- 

 plieriam carinato ; npi-rturd aiigustissinui, horironlali, 

 denle eloiigato lamindque coarclatd, dentt in metiio itt- 

 cisu ; peristomate antice iiicrassato, erecto. 



