HELIX. 



Plate CLXIII. 



Species lOSO. (JIus. Ciiming.) 



Helix Cythia. lid. tenia iimiilicatd, cli-pretiaa, »oIuIiiu- 

 cula, supernh codulalo-slriatd, sericinti, fiilvd, basi 

 laviyata, pallkUore ; npird vix elevatd, oUmimmd ; 

 avfructUtim ijidnque ad nex, ptaitiitsculk, leiili accrea- 

 ceiilUius, ultimo anlici noit denceiidente, bad aubptanH- 

 lato, circa umiilicum /itediocrcM impresao ; ajterturd 

 obliqud, rolundato-lunan ; pemtoiiiale sitiiplici, acuto. 



The Cyprus Helix. Sliell uiubilicatcd, depressed, rather 

 solid, finely rib-like striated at the upper part, silky, 

 fulvous, smooth aud paler at the base ; spij'e scarcely 

 raised, very obtuse; whorls live to sL\, rather flat, 

 increasing- slowly, last whorl not desceudin^ in front, 

 rather ilattenetl at the base, impressed around the 

 middling umbilicus; aperture oblique, rotundately 

 lunar ; lip simple, sharp. 



Pfeiffer, Zeitsclirift fui- Malac. IS 17. p. 12. 



Hab. Island of Cyprus. 



A didl light fulvous shell, shining around the umbilicus. 



Species 1081. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix c.mbrosa. Jlel. testa umbilicatd, suiorbiculalo- 

 depressd, obtme carhiatd, lenui, pellucidd, corned vet 

 alftido-lutesceute, mibtilissimi granulatd; aiifractdjm 

 qidnque, eonvexiwKiilis, ultimo vix dcjlexo ; miiiilico 

 infundibuliforvti ; aperturd transverse ovali ; peristo- 

 mtite iniits teiiuissiiie labiato, simplici, expaiiso, mar- 

 ffiniius npproxiiiuetis. 



The shady Helix. Shell umbiLicated, somewhat orbi- 

 cularly depressed, obtusely keeled, thin, transparent, 

 horny or whitish-yellow, veiy finely gi-anidated ; whorls 

 five, rather convex, the last uellected in fi-ont ; um- 

 bilicus funnel-shaped ; aperture transversely oval ; lip 

 very thinly edged witliin, simple, expanded, with the 

 margins approximated. 



Partscu, Mus. Ca;s. Vindobonensis ; llossmiisler, Hist. 

 Moll. vol. i. p. r,i. f. 13, and vol. vii. p. 1. f. 421. 



llal). Austria, Ba^■aria, Saxony. 



A light transparent subdiscuiJ species. 



Species 1082. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix lanuginosa. Het. testd nntbilicatd, globoso-di'- 

 pressd, liilesceiite-conit'd, kispidd, opiicd, latimme siib- 

 carinatd ; nnfructibua i/uiiiqite ad sex, plaiiiuscnli/i ; 

 aperturd rotundato - tunuri ; peristomate tiibpiilu/o, 

 acuto, intus lanissimH calloso, roseo, uargine coluhtil- 

 lari rejkxo. 



J uue. 



The downy Helix. Shell umbilicated, globosely de- 

 pressed, yellowish-horny, Imiry, opake, very faintly 

 u!)3oletely keeled ; whorls live to six, rather flat ; 

 aperture rotundately lunar; lip subpatuLntc, sharp, 

 vcrj' sniootli within, callous, rose-tinged, eulumellar 

 niurgin reflected. 



UolssY, Mag. de Zool. 1S35, JIolI. pi. C9. 

 IlifliX roaeotiiictti, Forbes. 



llai. Island of Jlujorca, Oran, Constantine. 



.\ ligiit thin shell, of a delicate blush-rose tint about 

 the lip, covered with a slight down. 



Species 1083. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix neolecta. Het. tesld ajierii umbilicata, subtur- 

 biualo-depressd, aU/uld, fxuco fuKiaid ; anfractibuii 

 quinijue, coucexis, ultimo iion dejiexu ; aperturd lu- 

 nato-rotiiiidd ; peristoimle recto, iulus niru/o-laiialo, 

 manjiuibui subcipproximatia. 



The neglected Helix. Shell ojicnly umbilicated, some- 

 what turbinately depressed, whitish, brown-banded ; 

 whorls five, convex, the last not deflected ; a|>erture 

 lunar-rounded ; lip straight, faintly red-edged within, 

 margins rather approximated. 



Draparnauu, Hist. Moll. p. lUS. jil. C. f. 12, 13. 



llab. France, Spain, North Italy. 



A prettily banded species, with a pink-tinged rounded 



aperture. 



Species 1084. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix ALLiARiA. Ilel. testd aw -o- 



depres-id, jwlitd, nitidU>>u,id, < ; . ^ / r<i, 



sublus albitld ; aiifraclibua quinque, tit coHttxiMtenliji, 

 reyuluriter accrcKeutibut ; aperturd deprend, oblique 

 liimiri ; pmnlonifiU recto, acuto, simplici. 



Tin; CAiiLicK Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, ooii- 

 vexly (lepii'ssrd, polished, very shining, dinphaiiou-i, 

 fulvous at the \ipiHT part, wliitish beneath ; » hurl-> 

 five, scarcely convex, regularly increasing; apertua- 

 depressed, obliquely lunar ; lip straight, sharj), 

 simple. 



-MlLLEli, .Vnnnls tif Philosophy, vol. vii. p. 379. 

 Helix alliacea, Jefl'rcys. 

 Jl'lix yliibra, Studer. 

 IMix liirida, Studer. 

 Jlelix uileu-i, Shtppard. 

 llrlixfwtida, Stjirk. 

 Helix teuera, llortniann. 

 Zonites aUiariui, Gray. 



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