HELIX 



Plate CXXX. 



Species 787- (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix iiypopolea. Eel. testa umbilicatd, depressa, un- 

 dujue creberrime pitcalo-slriatd, oUvaced; spirit con- 

 vexd, aiiturd impresmi ; atifraclibm quinque, convexis, 

 uUii/io basi roluiidato ; aperturd Imiato-circulari ; pe- 

 riitomale teiiiii, acuta. 



The undek-tckned Helix. Shell umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, very closely plicatcly striated throughout, 

 olive ; spire convex, suture impressed ; whorls five, 

 convex, the last rounded at the base ; aperture lunar- 

 circular ; lip thin, sharp. 



Pfeiffeb, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1851. 



Hab. New Zealand ; Strange. 



A small horny shell, with the whorls somewhat rounded 

 and finely plicated. 



Species 788. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Jeffreysiana. Ilel. tedd lalissime umbilicatd, de- 

 pressd, subdiscoided, impresso-slriald, pellucido-corned, 

 ttilenle ; spird planald, siiturd impressd ; anfractibus 

 Iribus ad qiialuor, ultimo rotundato ; aperturd circu- 

 lari, marginibna coniiiveutibus. 



Jeffrey's 1Ieli.\. Shell very broadly umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, somewhat discoid, im|)rcssly striated, trans- 

 parent horny, sliininf; ; spire flattened, with the suture 

 impressed ; whorls three to lour, last whorl rounded ; 

 aperture circular, margins approximating. 



Pfeiffeb, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. 



Hab. ? 



Of a thin shining horny substance, with the whorls con- 

 voluted after the manner of a Plnnorbi.i. 



Species 789. (llus. Cuming.) 



Helix Ide. Hel. testd subampliter umbdicald, depressd, 

 pelluculd, intense castaneo subremuti radiatd, liris mem- 

 branaceis pilosis undique decussald ; spird impressd, 

 subconcavd ; anfractibus quinque, ultimo tumidiusculo ; 

 aperturd lunari ; peristomate simptici, acuta. 



The Ide Helix. Shell rather largely umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, transparent, somewhat distantly rayed with 

 dark chestnut, decussated throughout with hairy mem- 

 branaceous ridges ; spire impressed, somewhat con- 



cave ; whorls five, the lost rather swollen ; aperture 



lunar ; lip simple, acute. 

 Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc. 18+9, p. Ifi6. 

 Uai. Auckland, New Zealand ; Greenwood. 



.'Vn extremely characteristic species, peculiar in form. 

 sculpture, and marking. 



Species 790. (>[us. Cuming.) 



Helix PIILOGOPIIORA. ITel. ttsld subumbilicatd, deprn- 

 siusculd, tenuissimd, striatuld, peltucidd, nit idd , futro- 

 liited, Jlummulis angulatU et terridatit nifn c/M/erlu 

 pic/d ; spira parum e/eratd, apice lubpapillatd ; an- 

 fractibus tribus ad quatuor, concexu, rapide accretcen- 

 tibus, ultimo depresso, basi planiuaculo ; aperturd prr- 

 obliqud, rotundiito-hiuari ; peristomate simptici, rtcto, 

 margine columella ri subrejlexo. 

 The flame-bearixg Helix. Shell slightly umbilicated, 

 rather depressed, verj' thin, finely slrintcd, tmns|>a- 

 rent, shining, fulvous-yellow, painted with elost-set 

 angled and semdated flames ; spire but little raised, 

 somewhat papillatcd at the apex ; whorls three to 

 four, convex, increasing rapidly, the last deprwswl, 

 rather flattened at the base ; aperture very oblique, 

 rotundately lunar; li|i simple, straight, columellar 

 margin slightly reflected. 

 Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1>KI, p. 127. 



Helix mullilimbata ? Hombrou and Jacquinot. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



A light delicate horny shell, brightly painted with clow- 

 set brown stripes. 



Si)ecies 791. (Mus. Ciuniug.) 



Helix compkessivolvta. //■''' 

 dr-pressd, tubtns cancard, /<. 



do-corned; anfractibus quatuor, anffustu, mpem'e dr- 

 clivibus ; aperturd lunari-elliptico ; peristomate letmi, 

 margine culumellari tenuissimo, late dilatato, umbili- 

 cum fere occuUanle. 



The C0.MPHESSLY-WIIOULEU Helix. Shell narrowly um- 

 bilicated. de|)res»ed, concave umlcmcalh, thinly pli- 

 catcly strialid, Iranspari'Ut horny ; whorN four, nar- 

 row, slanting at the up|KT part; niK-rturc luii.ir-<l- 

 liptic; lip thin, columellar margin vcrj thin, br<>adl) 

 dilated, almost covering the umbilicus. 



October, 1852. 



