HELIX. 



Plate CLIV. 



Species 1003. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix lect-i. Uel. tesld umiilicala, globoto-depreitd, 

 tenui, oblique confertim coatalo-plicald, alba,fasciU an- 

 gmtii fuscis iiderdum cingulald ; atifrac/iiiis quittque, 

 plaiiimcuUs, ultimo bani ceiitroso, aittice dejlexo ; um- 

 bilico angusto, pervio ; aperlurd perobliqud, mbcircu- 

 lari; peristomate intus labiato, alio, undique breviler 

 expanso, viargiiiibus approximalis, callo junctis, colu- 

 mellari dilataio. 



The choice Helix. Shell umbilicated, globosely de- 

 pressed, tkia, obliquely closely plicately ribbed, white, 

 sometimes cnciiTlcd with three narrow brown bands ; 

 whorls live, rather flat, the last vcntricose at the 

 base, deflected in front ; umbilicus narrow, open ; 

 aperture very oblique, nearly circular ; lip edged 

 within, white, shortly expanded throughout, margins 

 approximated, joined by a callosity, eolumellar mar- 

 gin dilated. 



Fekcssac, Hist. Moll. pi. 69. f. 2. 



Hab. Island of Candia, Grecian j\jcipelago. 



Beautifully sharjjly wrinkle-ribbed throughout. 



Species 1004. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix baebola. Ilel. lestd aperte umbilicatd, lenticu- 

 lari, carinatd, corned, ardiipird, confertim subtilis- 

 sirne costulatd; anfractibus sex, planulatis, ultimo non 

 desceiuleiite, anlice constrictu ; aperturd depresad, an- 

 gusld, lunaio-trininuatd ; peristomate Jlexuoao, basi re- 

 plicato, albo-labiato, bidenticulato. 



The little beard Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, 

 lenticular, keeled, horny, close-spired, closely very 

 finely ribbed ; whorls six, rather flat, the last not de- 

 scending, constricted in front; aperture depressed, 

 narrow, lunately Insinuated ; lip flexuous, folded 

 back at the base, white-edged, two-toothed. 



Chaepentier, Eossmiisler, Hist. Moll. vol. vii. p. 11. 

 f.4.51. 

 Carocolla Guerini, Anton. 



Ilah. Portui^al. 



A small light olive-brown species, more or less ob- 

 scurely keeled. 



quatuor ad quinque, conterit, »uturd profunda diAlitK- 

 tia, ultimo dilatato, basi contexo ; aperturd tunato- 

 semiovali, iiitiu lacted ; perittomate acuta, ejpatuiua- 

 culo, intut validi albo-labialo, margine columellari di- 

 latato. 



The western Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, glo- 

 boscly depressed, roughly striated, covered with a 

 slightly hairy greenish-ycUow epidermis, generally 

 two-zoned with red ; whorls four to five, convex, 

 distinct at the the suture which is deep, last whorl 

 dilated, convex at the base ; aperture lunar, semi- 

 oval, milk-white within ; lip sharp, rather expanded, 

 strongly white-edge<l within, columcllur margin di- 

 lated. 



Reclos, Revue Zool. 1845, p. 311. 

 Helix PorretUina, Morelet. 

 ITelix Liaboneiisis, Pfeiffer. 



Hab. Portugal. 



A small subtransparcnt-grecnish shell, faintly bandi-tl 

 at the peripherj'. 



Species 1005. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix OCCIDENTALIS. Ilel. tesld auguste umbilicatd, glo- 

 boso-depressd, ruguloso-striatd, epidermide cireute-Jtavd 

 hispidd indutd, plerumque rufo-bi:onatd ; anfractibus 



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Species 1006. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Schsiidtii. Uel. tesld umbilicatd, ortAeulutu- 

 concexiusculd, solidd, fused, rugoso-striatd, stramiHrv 

 eel aliido variegatd ; anfractibus quinque ad sex, aju- 

 vexis, sensim accrescent iius, ultimo anlice viz deflexv ,■ 

 umbilico mediocri, pervio ; aperturd rotundato-lunari, 

 fauce fused ; peristomate albo-labiato, marginibus coh- 

 nivetitiius, supero vix expanso, basali breviier reflexo, 

 columellari vix dilatato. 

 Schmidt's Helix. Shell umbilicated, orbicularly mthcr 

 convex, solid, brown, wrinkle-striated, variegated 

 with white or straw-colour; whorls five to six, con- 

 vex, increasing slowly, last whorl a little deflected in 

 front; umbilicus middling, open; a|)crturc rotuii- 

 dately lunar, interior brown ; lip white-edged, mar- 

 gins approximating, upper maroHn a little oipand«l, 

 basal shortly rcllcetid, eolumellar a little dilated. 

 Ziegleb, Rossmiisler, Hist. Moll. vol. iii. p. 5. f. 15C. 



Helix colubrina, var., Dcsbayes. 

 Hab. Italy. 



Of a subeonoidal spiral form, red-brown, profusely mot- 

 tled with ash-white. 



Species 1007. (Mus. Ciuning.) 

 Helix alpina. Uel. testa tubampUttr umbilicatd, orbi- 

 1858. 



