HELIX.— I'l.ATF.CXXVlI. 



what squarely oval; lip broadly reflected, with the 



margins approximating. 

 Gould, Journ. Nat. Hist. See. Boston, U.S., vol. iv. j). 454. 



pi. 24. f. 9. 

 Hob. Tavoy, Burinah. 



This species, which does not appear to have been known 

 to Dr. Pfeiffer, is an e.\treraely characteristic one, as well 

 in form as in the chestnut-tiiitcil keel with which it is en- 

 circled. 



Fig. 767. (Mus. Cuming.) 



A characteristic variety of //. similark, represented at 

 PI. XXXIV. Fig. 149. 



Species 7(58. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix Ph^dea. Ilel. testa ollecti umbilicata, deprtuS, 

 subtta concavd, corned, takle pellucidd ; anfraclibm 

 quinque, iuboiacure plicato-sulcatU, ultimo obtuse cari- 

 na to ; apertiird lunari, subproducld ; periatonuile sim- 

 pUci, siibiiurassalo, riiarffine columelUiri late dilatato. 

 The Pii.edk.\ Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 depressed, hollowed beneath, homy, very transparent ; 

 whorls five, somewhat obscurely plicately grooved, 

 last whorl obtusely keeled ; aperture lunar, somewhat 

 produced ; lip simple, slightly thickened, columellar 

 margin broadly dilated. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. 

 Uab. St. Domingo ; Salle. 



A Fi/n«a-like species, of very transparent horny sub- 

 stance. 



