HELIX. 



Plate CXLIV. 



Species 924. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Nivauiexsis. JId. testa mbobtecli angmtmiuie 

 nmbilicatd, globo/io-conica, carinatii, aryuli slriatd, 

 aordlde alba, fasciin duabm interruplU rufa maciilisce 

 fmcis aeriatiiii oniatd ; sjiird coiticd, uculd ; aiifracli- 

 buasex, aennim accri;scenlibits,pluiiulalit, sublnis pluiuUU, 

 carind venun aperturam evaiiidd ; aperlurd rotiiiidulo- 

 lunari ; periatomate acuta, recto, manjine columellari 

 teniiiter dilatulo. 



The NiVAUiA Heli.x. Sliell witii a veiy narrow, par- 

 tially covered umbilicus, globosely conical, keeled, 

 briskly striated, dead white, ornamented willi two 

 interrupted red bands or brown spots ; spire conical, 

 acute ; whorls six, increasing slowly, rather flattened, 

 flat beneath, keel fading away towards the aperture ; 

 a])crture rotundately lunar ; lij) shar]), straight, eolu- 

 niellar margin thinly dilated. 



Shuttle WORTH, Diag. JloUu.sken, No. 1. ilem. Conch, 

 pi. 3. f. 4. 



llab. Island of Tenerifle, Canaries. 

 Verj- closely allied to //. Rosetl. 



Species 925. (llus. Cuming.) 



Helix Armeniaca. Ilel. testa nmbilicatd, depresso-or- 

 bicttlari, convexiiisculd, valid!; plicalo-slriaid, corneo 

 et ciiwrascenle-albido variegatd ; atifractibua sex, de- 

 preasis, ultimo angulato, hreoiter dejlexo ; iimbilico 

 mediocri, pervio ; aperlurd perobUqud, siibcirculari ; 

 periatomate remote et promimdi aWo-labiato, margini- 

 biia approximatia, aiipero recto, basali breciter reflexo. 



The Armenia Helix. Shell umbilieated, dcpressly or- 

 bicular, strongly plicately striated, variegated with 

 horn and ash-white ; whorls six, depressed, the last 

 angled, shortly dellectcd ; umbilicus middling, open ; 

 aperture very oblique, nearly circular ; lip remotely 

 and jiromineiitly white-edged, margins approximated, 

 upper margin straight, basal margin shortly reflected. 



Pfeiffeh, Mon. Helie. viv. p. 303. 



Ilah. Armenia. 



The strong plicated stria; arc opakc ash-white upon a 

 livid red-brown ground. 



Species 926. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix hispidula. Eel. testd orliiadulo-dcpreaad, aiMus 

 convexiuaculd, carinatd, aiibalriutd, hixpiduld, fusco- 

 corned; apird depresao-conicd ; anfraclibiia quinque, 

 rariiiaiia ; aperturd siiborbiciilari, compreaad ; periato- 

 mate rejlexo, acuta ; umbilico niaijiio, patulo. 



The hairy Helix. Shell orbicularly depressed, rather 

 convex benealli, keeled, substriatcd, hair)', brown- 

 horny ; spire depressly conical ; whorls five : aperture 

 ucarly orbicular, coinpressed ; lip rdketed, sharp, 

 umbilicus large, open. 



CarocoUa liiapiJida, Lamarck, Aiiini. sans vert. (Dcshayca' 

 edit.) vol. viii. p. 148. 



Ilab. Island of Tcneriffe, Canaries. 



A subtransparcnt dark horny shell, obliquely rib-like 

 striated and sLiglitly iiairj-. 



Species 927. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Meua. Ilel. teatd nix nmbilicatd, tiipra gloliosd. 

 aubtua concexd, oblique coatellato-atriald, albidd, faacid 

 aubferrugiued iriterruptd inaculUque obacure pictd ; 

 aii/rncti/jua quinque, contexia, ultiiito auljcarinato . 

 aperturd lunari ; periatovate aimplici, margine colu- 

 mellari aubdilatato. 



The Meda Helix. Shell scarwly umbilieated, glolxjsr 

 above, convex beneath, obliquely rib-like striated, 

 whitish, obscurely painted with a somewhat nistv 

 iutcn'upted baud and spots ; whorls five, convex, the 

 last faintly keeled ; aperture lunar ; lip simple, colu- 

 nicllar margin a little dilated. 



PouRo, llevuc Zool. Soc. Ciiv. 1S40. p. 120. 



Ilab. Sardinia. 



Of smiplc growth, strougly plicately rib-like striated. 



Species 928. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix IIILINEata. Uel. t«ald umbHicald, dejntud, tenui, 

 niliild, pelhicidd, Ittrigatd, hi!'- 

 plaiiiuaculd ; auturd alriolatd ; 

 cix concexiusculia, regulariter accrescenlibiu, tiUimo 

 sitbdepreaao, lineia raataueia, altera aupra /irripkeriam, 

 alterd auturali, ad apiceiit iiaque coiiapicud, ornato ; 

 umbilico anguato ; aperturd oblique lunari ; p^ritlo- 

 mate aimplici, acuta, margine columellari brrcii*i»ni 

 rejtcxo. 



The two-line Helix. Shell umbilieated, deprc»»cil, 

 thin, shining, trunspareut, smooth, ycllowish-hom} . 

 spire rather flat ; suture finely striated ; wborls live, 

 slightly convex, increasing regularly, the last a little 

 ilepri'ssed, ornamented with two chestnut lines, one 

 al)ove the peripherj', the Other siitunil, conspicuous 

 to the api'X ; umbdieus narrow ; a]M;rturr oliliqucly 

 lunar ; lip simple, sharp, colunu-llnr marjjin ven, 

 shortly a'fleeted. 



Pfeikfeii, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S15, p. 128. 



Uab. ? 



Decend)er, 18.52. 



