HELIX. 



Plate CXXXIIl. 



Species 817. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ukli.x Erigoxe. Hd. testa anguHe umbilicatd, pyrami- 

 dali-conicd, apice obtusd, peUucido-corned,fusco macit- 

 latd ; aiifractibus qualuor ad qubiqiie, convexiiiscidU, 

 ■tiMilissime comigalo-driatis, ultimo basi angulato el 

 cariiiato; aperturd mbtrigono-ovatd ; peristomate tenui, 

 juxta columeUam dilatalu-rejlexo. 



The Ekioone Helix. Shell uaiTowly umbilicated, py- 

 rauiidally conical, obtuse at the apex, trauspareut 

 horuy, spotted with brown ; whorls four to five, 

 rather convex, very finely T\Tinkled-striated, tlie last 

 angled and keeled at the base ; aperture somewhat 

 triangularly ovate ; lip thin, dilately reflected next 

 the columella. 



Naniiitt Erigoitf, Gray, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1849, p. 165. 



JIab. Auckland, New Zealand ; Greenwood. 



The smallest species of the genus at present known. 



Species 818. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix caput-spimul^.. Hel. tesid umbilicaid, turbinaid, 

 pellucido-corned, lavigatd; anfradibtta tribus ad qua- 

 tuor, rotundatis ; aperturd stibdrcidari ; perhtomate 

 siibexpanso. 



The i>ix's-HEAD Helix. Shell umbilicated, turbinated, 

 transparent horuy, smooth ; whorls three to four, 

 rounded ; aperture nearly circular ; lip a little ex- 

 panded. 



Helix epsiloii, Pfciffcr, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



A very minute homy species, turbinated somewhat after 

 tlie manner of a Cgclodonut. 



Species 819. (Mus. Cuming.) 



IIklix nn.LiLA. IIi'l. iedd obtecte umbilicatd, sub- 

 globosd, teniii, pelluddo-dramined ; aiifractibus sex, 

 aiigiislis, convexis, ultimo basi tumidiusculo ; aperturd 

 luiiari ; peristomate simplici, margine coluntellari dila- 

 tato-rejlexo. 



The little bubble Helix. Shell with a covered um- 

 bilicus, somewhat globose, thin, transparent straw- 

 colour ; whorls six, narrow, convex, last whorl rather 

 swollen at the base ; aperture lunar : lip simple, co- 

 lumellar margin dilately reflected. 



ijrtobcr, 



lIiTTON, Joum. Asiatic Society of Calcutta, vol vii. part 1 . 



p. 218. 

 Hab. Landour, India. 



A subtrausparent straw-coloured globular shell, com- 

 posed of several narrow whorls. 



Species 820. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix LeimoNIAS. Hel. testa subobtecti umhilicaid, yy- 

 ramidali-conicd, pellucido-corned, tenuissimd ; nnfrac- 

 liius septem, plaualis, l/ecigalls, iiitentiiiis, ullimo me- 

 dio spiraliter sulcata ; aperturd trigoiio-ovatd, Iri/a- 

 mellatd, lamellis aiigustis, acutis, una in pariete aper- 

 turali, duabus opposUis ; peristomate simplici, inarijtne 

 columetlari dilutato-rejtexu. 



The Leimoxias Helix. Shell with a nearly ni\crtd 

 umbilicus, pyramidally conical, transparent homy, 

 very thin ; whorls seven, flat, smooth, shining, liust 

 whorl spirally grooved in the middle ; aperture tri- 

 angularly ovate, three-lamellated, lamellm narrow, 

 sharp, one on the wall of the ajjerture, two opposite 

 to it ; lip simple, coluniellar margin dilately reflected. 



Buliiiius? {Liioma) Leinioiiiaa, Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc. \^V.i. 

 p. 167. 



Hab. Auckland, New Zealand ; Greenwood. 



This is certainly not the young of a Pupa, as .Mr. <imy 

 intimates it may be, but a well-defined mature specie^. 



Species 821. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix blccIXELLa. Hel. testS snbampliter umbilicatd, 

 discoided, fuscescente, strigis riifi* lubdistaiitibin d- 

 lique pidd; spird planulatd,suturd iiiipressd : ■ 

 tibus quinque, convexis; aperturd suboblongu- 

 peristomate simplici, subexpatuo. 



The little tri'mpet Helix. Shell rather largely um- 

 bilicated, discoid, brown, obli(|ucly painted willi 

 rather distant red streaks ; spire flattened, with the 

 sutiu-e impressed ; whorls five, convex ; aperture *\\h- 

 oblong-ovate; lip sini|>lc, a little expanded 



Pfeiffeu, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Of open discoid growth, painted with rather di^lnnl 



oblique streaks. 



1151. 



