HELIX. 



Plate CLIII. 



Species 993. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix lapicida. Hel. tedd aperte miLUicatd, lenticulari, 

 dejtressd, acute earmold, sulitilissimi granulatd, littes- 

 cente-comed,fusco-maculatd; anfraclUiiis quinqiie, me- 

 dio conveximculis, ultimo antice subiCo dejlexo ; aper- 

 turd horizontali, tranwerse ovali ; pemtontate continuo, 

 soliito, margine columellari rejlexo, iuhlab'uUo. 



The stone-hewer Helix. SbcU openly umbilicatcd, 

 lenticularly depressed, sharply keeled.very finely gra- 

 nuled, yellowish-horny, brown-spotted ; whorls five, 

 rather convex in the middle, the last suddenly deflected 

 in front ; aperture horizontal, transversely oval ; lip 

 continuous, open, columellar margin reflected, slightly 

 edged. 



LiNN^DS, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1241. 

 Helix uffinii, Linna;us. 

 Helix acuta. Da Costa. 

 Carocolla lapicida, Lamarek. 

 Helix ierebra, Turton. 

 Helix cochlea. Brown. 



Hab. Europe and the British Isles. 



Widely distributed over the continent from Sweden to 

 Switzerland. 



Species 994. QIus. Cuming.) 



Helix Melitensis. Hel. iestd imperforatd, depresso- 

 globosd, glabrd, albidd, itnicolore vel maculis pallidi 

 fiiscis iiibseriatis nubeculatd ; anfractihm quatuor, 

 plaiiiiucidis, ultimo antice de/lexo ; aperturd lunalo- 

 eUipticd, intus lividd; peristomate alio, refkxo, mar- 

 ginibus conniventiiui, dextro arcuato, basali stricto, 

 callow. 



The Malta Helix. Shell imperforated, depressly glo- 

 bose, smooth, whitish, one-coloured, or subserially 

 clouded with pale brown spots ; whorls four, rather 

 flat, the last deflected in front ; aperture lunar-ellip- 

 tic, livid within; lip white, reflected, margins ap- 

 proximating, right margin arched, basal drawn out, 

 callous. 



Fekussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 25. f. 11, 12. 



Hab. Malta. 



A delicate, though rather solid species, in which the 

 spots are wave-clouded and have a semitransparcnt aspect. 



oblique striata, albidd, faiciiA triliiu fuscit anguttii tu- 

 periie cingulatd, interdum fiuciore ; tpird aubelatd , 

 anfraclibus t/uinque, planiutculis, ultimo antice dejlexo, 

 strictiusculo ; uiubilico nngutto, aperto ; aperturd lu- 

 ualo-circulari ; periitomate intut aWo-labialo, margini- 

 bua approximalit. 



The Naxia Helix. Shell umbilicatcd, depressly glo- 

 bose, obliquely striated, whitish, encircled at the 

 upper part with three narrow brown bands, some- 

 times browner ; spire a little raised ; whorls five, 

 rather flat, the last deflected in front, slightly drawn 

 out ; umbilicus narrow, open ; aperture lunar-circu- 

 lar ; lip white-edged within, reflected, margins ap- 

 proximating. 



Fekcssac, Hist. Moll. pi. 69. f. 1. 



Hab. Islands of Naxia aud Candia, Grecian Archipcbgo. 



The specimen here figured is Dr. Pfeifl'cr's var. 0, col- 

 lected near Suda, in the Island of Candia, by Professor 

 Edward Forbes. 



Species 995. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Heux Naxiana. Hel. testa umbilicatd, depresso-globosd, 



Species 996. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix hibta. Hel. testa umbilicatd, orbiculato-dtprettd, 

 planospird, teiierd, hirtd, cinereo-corned, oinoUli uni- 

 fasciatd ; anfractibiis quatuor ad quiiique, ptaniiuculU, 

 ultimo vix descender! te ; aperturd irregulariler laii 

 Imiari; peristonute reJUxo, Jiexuoto, caHdido-labiato. 

 margine columellari recto. 



The shaggy Helix. Shell umbilicatcd, orbicularly de- 

 pressed, flat-spired, thin, shaggy, ash-homy, obso- 

 letcly one-banded; whorls four to five, rather flat, 

 the last descending a little; aperture irrvgularly 

 broadly lunar; lip reflected, flexuous, whito-cdged, 

 columellar margin straight. 



Menke, Synopsis, p. 70 ; EossmiislcT, Hi.'t. MoU. vol. li. 

 p. 5. f. 95, and vol. x. p. 12. f. 599. 



Hab. lUj-ria and Croatia, Austria. 



An olive-homy species, faintly one- or two-banded, with 

 a somewhat Lidian asiJcct. 



Species 997. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Pviienaica. Hel. testa angnste f '" ' "r*i- 

 culato-di-pressd, tuperni planimculd, l ■ida, 



olicaceo-corned ; anfractibus quinque,»>ibplanutatu, ul- 

 timo non descendente ; aprrturd lunari; perislomale 

 acuta, rejlexo, candiJo-labialo, margine columtllan di- 

 latato. 



April. 1853. 



