HELIX.— Plate CXLV. 



somctunes obsolete, elegantly plieately ribbed, ribs 

 smooth ; spire depressed ; whorls four to five, rather 

 convex, last whorl suddenly deflected in front ; aper- 

 ture nearly horizontal, suboval ; lip sharp, expanded, 

 reflected, brown-violet, margins approximating, basal 

 margin callous. 



SiiUTTLEWOKTU, Diag. MoUuskcu, No. 1. p. 9- Mem. 

 Conch, pi. 5. f. 3. 



Hab. Island of Teneriffe, Canaries. 



Apparently distinct from H. plicaria, though belonging 

 to the same exact type. 



Species 938. (Mus. Cuming.) 



11eli.\ splendida. Ilel. testa obtede umbilicatd,(jloboso- 

 depreud, ulbidd, Ueoimcidd, faicik fuacis iKtpe emnen- 

 centibus vet supenie conjluentibm ornatd ; anfract'ibtm 

 quatuor ad quinque, convexiusculk, celeriter accrescen- 

 tibiis, ultimo aiilice mhdeflexo ; aperlurd lata, ovali ; 

 pemtomate recto, albo-labialo, margine columellari di- 

 latato, umbilkum anyuslimmum oblegente. 



The splendid Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 globosely depressed, whitish, rather smooth, orna- 

 mented with five brown bands, often fading or flow- 

 ing into each other at the upper part ; whorls four 

 to five, rather convex, increasing (juickly, the last a 

 little deflected in front ; aperture broadly oval ; lip 

 straight, white-edged, columcllar margin dilated, co- 

 vering a very narrow umbilicus. 



Draparnaud, Hist. Moll. p. 98. pi. 6. f. 9-11. 



Hab. Southern France and Spain. 



.\ light strongly banded species, the bands being very 

 irregular, according to the different varieties. 



The zones articulated red-brown aud white, and the 

 flesh-tinged enamel of the columella, are characteristic 

 features in this species. 



Species 939. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix GejELLSIana. Eel. testa imperforatd, ylobosd, 

 luteo-corued, tenui, oblique leviler striata ; anfraiAiiim 

 quatuor, ultimo ceteris duplo viajore, zonk ex maculis 

 rufo-fuscis seriatim dkpositia omato ; labro tenui, colu- 

 melld et peristomnle camels. 



Gb/ELLs' Helix. Shell imperforated, globose, yellowish- 

 horny, thin, obliquely lightly striated ; whorls four, 

 the last twice as large as the rest, ornamented with 

 five red-spotted zones ; lip thin, columella aud Up 

 Hcsh-tinged. 



I'iKlPFEU, Helic. viv. vol. i. p. 437. 



Helix Oratdoupi, GracUs (not of Pfciffcr). 



Ilttb. Island of Majorca. 



Species 940. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix cibccmoknata. IM. testa imperforatd, globoto- 

 depressd, glabra, albd, fascia unicd rufd in medio, et 

 seriebus macularum aurantio-fuscarum cingulata ; an- 

 fructibus quatuor, planulatk, ultimo inflate; apertura 

 lunato-elliplicd, inlus fusculd ; peristomate subreflexo. 



The encihcled Helix. Shell imperforated, globosely 

 depressed, smooth, white, encircled with a single red 

 band in the middle, and wnth three rows of orange- 

 brown spots ; whorls four, rather flat, the last in- 

 flated ; aperture lunar-elliptic, brownish within ; lip 

 a little reflected. 



Fekussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 41. f. 2. 



Ilab. ? 



The rows of spots are mostly broken up into waved 

 flames. 



Species 941. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Helix Eichwaldi. Hel. testa umbilicatd, deprestd, n- 

 guloso-striatd, nitidd, albidd, pnnctk coriiek corispersa 

 et corneo-bifasciatd ; spird planiusculd ; anfractihus 

 ■sex, vix convexiusculk, ultimo antice deflexo ; iimbilico 

 latiuscuh, pervio ; apertura perobliqud, fere circulari ; 

 perktomate expanso, intus remote et prominetiter albo- 

 labiato, marginibus acutis,fere contiguk. 



Eichwald's Helix. Shell umbilicated, depressed, roughly 

 striated, shining, whitish, sprinkled with homy spots, 

 and two-baudcd with horn; spire rather flat ; whorls 

 six, slightly convex, the last deflected in front ; um- 

 biheus rather broad, open ; aperture very oblique, 

 almost circular ; lip ex])andrd, remotely and promi- 

 nently white-edged within, margins sharp, almost 

 contiguous. 



Pfeiffek, Symbolic, vol. iii, p. 77. 



JIai. Caucasia. 



A bluish-white shell, encircled with two horn-brown 

 bands, haWng a round cxpandcil aperture with a strong 

 callous rintr within. 



Fig. 942. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The shell here figured. If. nidk, Muhlfeldt, is n variety 

 of II. arbuslorum. 



