II E L I X. 



Plate CXL. 



Species 8S4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix CUTICILa. Hel. testa imperfuratd, Itfiiiii, membra- 

 naced, olivaceo-viridi, depresso-orhiciilari ; splrd brevi, 

 aciiia; anfractibua iribus, arcitatim plicato-atriatis, ad 

 peripheriam acute carinatk, ultimo perampto, oblique 

 injlato ; aperturd ovali-securi/onne ; perislomate vix 

 rejlexo. 



The cuticle Helix. Shell imperforated, thiTi, mem- 

 branaceous, olive-green, depressly orbicular; spire 

 short, sharp ; whorls three, arcuately plicately stri- 

 ated, sharply keeled at the jieriphery, lust whorl 

 vciy large, obliquely inflated ; aperture oval hatchet- 

 shaped ; lip scarcely inflated. 



SiiUTTLEWOKTU, Diag. Mollusken, No. 1. p. 8. pi. 4. f. 5. 



flab. Island of Teneritt'e, Canaries (in fissures of the rocks 

 and under plants) ; Shuttleworth. 



A membranaceous species, not shining, but plicately 

 striated. 



Species 883. (!Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix LENTICULA. Ilel. lestd umbilicatd, lenliculari, 

 carinatd, subliliasime costulalo-striatd, fusco-corned, 

 opacd ; anfractibui qimque, convexiuDculis, ultimo an- 

 tice vix descendente ; aperturd hiiiari ,• perijttomate 

 flexttoso, supenii simplici, recto, marginibua calto tenui 

 junctis, columellari rejlexiusculo, subtiUter Umbato. 



The PIMPLE Helix. Shell urabilicatcd, lens-shaped, keeled, 

 very finely rib-like striated, brown-horny, opake ; 

 whorls five, rather convex, the last a little descending 

 in front ; aperture lunar ; lip flexuous, simple at the 

 upper part, straight, margins joined by a thin cal- 

 losity, coluraeUar margin a little reflected, finely 

 edged. 



Febdssac, Hist. Moll. pi. GC. f. 1. 

 Hdix suitilis, Tjowe. 

 Helix Pintorella, Bonelli. 



Hob. Southern Europe, North Africa, Sicily, Madeira 

 and Canary Islands. 



A small horny orbicular plicately striated species, with 

 au open subpurspective umbilicus. 



depreun, bati conteriore, tublurt/idd, tenui, /miro-m- 

 fi'scente, acute carinatd ; >pird i ■' trrittd; 



suturd dii/iiictd ; an/raclibiui y •, ttriia 



creberrimit, tenuissimia, tranrceraim undulatim lami- 

 noaia, ijuihuadam ad carinam auturamce radinntibut ; 

 nmbilico parvo ; aperturd tranacerad, rolundato-arali, 

 auljlunatd ; perialomate rejlexiuaculo. 



The rayed Helix. Shell umbilicatcd, orbicular, de- 

 pressed, more convex at the base, swollen, thiu, 

 brown-red, 3haq)ly keeled ; spire rather convexly 

 depressed ; suture distinct ; whorls five, flalti.-ned, 

 transversely undulately laminated with vcrj- fine 

 close-set striic, some of which radiate on the suture 

 and at the keel; umbilicus small; aperture trans- 

 verse, rotundatcly oval, sublunar; lip a little re- 

 flected. 



Lowe, Faun. Mader. p. 4.5. pi. 5. f. 11. 



Hab. Madeira (in the woods) ; Lowe. 



Allied in form and sculpture to H. cuticula, but of more 

 solid structure ami uiJiliilir.ii, .! 



Species SS7. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Laciniosa. Hel. teatd umbilicald, aubglobotd, ob- 

 lique corrugato-plicatd, interiae caatn ' ' ' . albo 

 iuterrupte tri/aaciald, epidermide si. iliie 



mtinitd ; suturd impreaad ; a%\fractibui qutnqut, ro- 

 tundatia, ultimo autice deacendmite ; umbitico parto ; 

 aperturd circulari ; periatomate ru/eacente, expatuo- 

 rejlexo, margin ibus junctia. 



The plaited Helix. Shell umbilicnted, subglobosc, 

 obliquely comigately plaited, dark chestnut, shining, 

 three-banded in an interrupti-d manner with white, 

 furnished here and there with bristly epidermis ; su- 

 ture impressed ; whorls five, roundetl, last whorl de- 

 sccn<ling in front ; umbilicus small : apertur*' circu- 

 lar; lip reddish, expandedly reflected, ninrinns joined. 



Lowe, .\nn. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i.\. p. 114. 



JIab. Island of Descrte Minore, Canaries. 



A richly coloured shell, of a rounded form, with an im- 

 pressed suture. 



Species 886. (Mus. Cuming.) Species 8SS. ^Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix actixopuora. Uel. teatd umbilicald, orbiculari, I Helix ciRCiMsEssis. Ilrl. teatd ptraptttiri umbihcalS, 



November, lS5i. 



