HELIX.— Plate CXLl. 



texts, ultimo anlice subdeflexo ; aperturd late luruiri ; 

 periilomate rejlexo-expamo. 



Abmitage's Helix. Shell uarrowly and deeply umbili- 

 cated, depressly globose, greeuish-liorny, faintly two- 

 banded with brown, transparent, obliquely rather ob- 

 soletcly plicately striated, stria; a little hairj' ; whorls 

 five, convex, the last a little delleeted in front ; aper- 

 ture broadly lunar ; lip rellectedly expanded. 



Lowe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. llist. vol. L\. p. 115. 



Hal). Madeira. 



Distinguished chiefly by its faint banded colouring and 

 delicate hairy striaj. 



Species 899. (Mas. Cuming.) 



Helix compacta. Ilel. testa wnbiUcald, orhiculato-con- 

 vexa, solidiusculd, siipertw costulalo-siriatd et granit- 

 latd, baai lavigatd, striaiiild, nitldd, albido el corneo 

 variegatd, sitl/tus obsolete fiisco-unifa.iciatd ; spird con- 

 vexd ; anfraclUms sex, vix couvexiuscuUs, ultimo obso- 

 lete angulato, anlice vix descendente ; umbilico minimo ; 

 aperturd lunato-circulari ; jieristomale simplici, mar- 

 yinibus approximatis, basali rejlexiiisculo. 



TuE COMPACT Helix. Shell umbilicatcd, orbicularly 

 convex, rather solid, rib-like striated and granulated, 

 smooth at the base, shining, variegated with white 

 and horn, encircled with an obsolete brown baud be- 

 neath ; spire convex ; whorls six, slightly convex, 

 the last obsoletely angled, a little descending in 

 front ; umbilicus very small ; aperture lunar-circu- 

 lar ; lip simple, margins approximating, basal margin 

 a little reflected. 



Lowe, Faun. Mader. p. 50. pi. C. f. 2. 

 Helix innominata. Gray. 



Hab. Island of Porto Santo, Madeira. 



The umbilicus of this little solid species is nearly closed 



Species 900. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix calva. Hel. testd obtecte umbilicatd, aubdepresso- 

 globosd, superne costulalo-siriatd, basi lavigatd, dia- 

 plianu, corned, obsolete et anijuslefiisco-bifasciald; an- 

 fractibus seplem, vix convexiusculis, ultimo anlice vix 

 descendente; aperturd liinari ; peristomale tenui, sub- 

 expanso, intus albo-labiato, margine basali planH ar- 

 cuato. 



The scalp Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, glo- 

 t)03cly depressed, rib-like striated at the upper part, 

 smooth at the base, diaphanous, horny, obsoletely 



narrowly brown-banded ; whorls seven, slightly con- 

 vex, the last a little descending in front ; aperture 

 lunar; lip thin, a little expanded, white-edged within, 

 basal margin flatly arched. 



liOWE, Faun. Madur. p. 49. ])1. 5. f. 20. 



I[a6. JIadeira. 



Of more globose form than its congeners, encircled with 

 two light brown bands. 



Species 901. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix peksimilis. Hel. testa subobtecte umbilicatd, 

 globoso-lurbinatd, plicato-striatd, tenui, sordidi corned, 

 fasciis duabus fuscis, sttpe inferruptis, maculisque al- 

 bidis variegatd ; spird globoso-elevatd, subobtusd ; an- 

 fraclibus sex, semim accrescentibus, convexis, uUimo 

 obsolete subunguluto, anlice uon descendente ; aperturd 

 rotundato-lunari ; peristomale simplici, redo, acuta, 

 margine columellari tenuiter dilatato, umbilicum semi- 

 occultante. 



The VEiiY-LiKE Helix. -Shell with a nearly covered 

 umbilicus, globosely turbinated, plicately striated, 

 thin, dull horny, variegated with two often inter- 

 rupted brown bands and white spots ; spire glo- 

 bosely raised, rather obtuse ; whorls six, increasing 

 slowly, convex, last whorl obsoletely slightly angled, 

 not descending in front ; aperture rotundately lunar ; 

 lip simple, straight, sharp, columellar margin thinly 

 dilated, half-covering the umbilicus. 



SiiUTTLEWORTii, Diag. MoUusken, No. 1. p. 7. pi. 3. f. ». 



Hab. Island of Teneriffe, Canaries. 



A bright very prettily painted species. 



Species 902. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix coronata. Hel. testd profundi et sublati imiili- 

 catd, discoided, planulald, laded, solidd ; anfractiius 

 quinque, oblique arcuatim coslato-laniinalis, medio spi- 

 raliler acute carinatis, carina prominente, erecid; aper- 

 turd minima, peculiariler trigonalHer contradd, media 

 unidentatd. 



The cuuwxed Helix. Shell deeply and rather broadly 

 umbilicatcd, discoid, flattened, cream-colour, solid ; 

 whorls five, obliquely arcuatcly riblikc-laminated, 

 spirally sharply keeled in the middle, keel proniinrnt 

 aiul erect ; aperture very small, peculiarly triangularly 

 contracted, one-toothed in the middle. 



Hesuaves, Ed. Ferussac, Hist. Moll. vol. i. p. 71. pi. <'i9 K. 

 f. 1-1. 



