ilhLl.\. — laATF. LL.VUl. 



Hab. Germany, France, Britain. 



A depressed glossy homy species, with a rather small 

 open umbilicus. 



Species 1085. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Carthcsiana. Eel. testa umbilkatd, ghboso-de- 

 pressd, minute striata, comeo-albidu, sulipellucidd ; 

 spird parum elatd, plerumque mammillald ; anfracti- 

 bus quinque ad sex, vie coiitexiuscidis, ultimo anlici 

 subde/lexo; aperturd late luuari, inlus laltiaid; peri- 

 stoviate acuta, subexpanso, rubella, margine basalt sub- 

 recto, columellari umbilicum semilegente. 



The Caethusian Helix. Shell umbilicated, globosely 

 depressed, minutely striated, homy -white, rather 

 transpareut ; spire but little raised, generally mamil- 

 lated ; whorls five to six, rather convex, the last a 

 little deflected in front ; aperture broatUy lunar, 

 edged within ; lip sharp, a little cxpantled, reddish, 

 basal margin nearly straight, columcllar margin hidf- 

 covering the umbilicus. 



McLLER, Hist. Verm. vol. ii. p. 15. 

 Helix nitida, Chemnitz. 

 Helix Cartliusianella, Draparuaud. 

 Helix Olivieri, var., Ferussac. 

 Helix Gibbsii, Leach. 

 Helix riifilabris, Jeffreys. 



Hab. Southern Europe and the British Isles. 



Chiefly characterized by its inner-tluckened red-edged 



lip- 



Species 1086. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Gemonensis. Hel. testa late umbilicatd, orbicu- 

 lato-convexd, carinatd, lutescente, superrie striata, sub- 

 decuisatd, sericind, subtus glabra; anfraclibus sex, 

 planiiisculis ; aperturd angulato-lunatd ; peri-stamate 

 recto, acuta, sublabiato. 



The Gemona Helix. Shell broadly umbilicated, orbi- 

 cularly convex, keeled, yellowish, striated at the 

 upper part, slightly decussated, silky, smooth be- 

 neath ; whorls six, rather flat ; aperture angularly 

 lunar ; lip straight, sharp, a little edged. 



Feuossac, Hist. Moll. pi. 80. f. G. 

 Helix isodoma, Jan. 



Hab. Environs of Gemona, Italy. 



A pale silky horny species, depressed and keeled, with 



an open subperspective umbilicus. 



Species 1087. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix hufescens. Hel. testa perspective umlilicald, sub- 

 globoso-deprettd, subcarinatd, striatuld, pallida rtffes- 

 cente ; spird parum elatd ; at\fractibus sex, comexius- 

 culis, ultimo obscure albido-cinguMo, autici iton de- 

 Jlexo ; aperturd ovato-lunari ; peristomate patulo, re- 

 mote albo-labiato, margine columellari refleximculo. 



The reddish Helix. Shell perspectively umbilicated, 

 soraewiiat globosely depressed, sUghtly keeled, finely 

 striated, pale reddish ; spire but little raised ; whorls 

 six, rather convex, the last obscurely white-girt, not 

 deflected in front ; aperture ovately luntu- ; lip patu- 

 late, remotely white-edged, columellar margin a little 

 reflected. 

 Pennant, British Zoology (4th edit.) vol. iv. p. 134. 

 pi. 85. f. 127. 

 Helix turturum, Gmelin. 

 Helix corrugata and clandeslina, Hartmauu. 

 Helix circinata, Studer. 

 Helix molilalia and drialata, C. PfeiflTer. 

 Hab. France, Britain, Germany. 



A reddish subtransparent silky species, largely perspec- 

 tively umbilicated. 



Species 1088. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Scdensis. Hel. testa subampliter umbUicatd, de- 

 pressd, regulariter et confertim costuhtd, tenui, dia- 

 pliaiid, rnbello-corned ; spird vix eletatd ; anfractibui 

 sex, cottvexis ; aperturd rotundato-lunari ; peristomate 

 simplici, acuta, margine columellari vix dilatato. 



The Suda Helix. Shell rather largely umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, regularly and closely fine-ribbed, thin, dia- 

 phanous, reddish - horny ; spire but little raised; 

 wliorls six, convex ; aperture rotimdately lunar ; lip 

 simple, sharp, columellar edge scarcely dilated. 



Pfeiffer, Symbola;, vol. iii. p. 67. 



Hab. Suda, Island of Candia ; Forbes. 



AUied to the preceding species, but somewhat rougher 

 in growth, and less broadly depressed. 



Species 1089. (JIus. Cuming.) 



Helix candicans. Hel. testa umbilicatd, contexo-de- 

 pressd, striatuld, nilidd, Candida, interdum lineis pal- 

 lidi rtifs circuindatd ; spird vix elatd, apice fused ; 

 aiifractibus quinque, contexts, ultimo nan descendente ; 

 miMlico mediocri, pertio ; aperturd magnd, lunato- 

 rotmidald ; peristomaie simplici, intus subtililer labi- 

 ato, margin iius approxiniatis. 



The whitish Helix. Shell umbilicated, convcxly de- 

 pressed, finely striated, shining, whitish, sometimes 

 encircled with faint red lines ; spire scarcely raise<l, 

 brown at the apex ; whorls five, convex, the last not 

 descending ; umbilicus middling, open ; aperture 

 large, lunitf-roimded ; lip simple, finely edged within, 

 margins approximated. 



ZiEGLER, Pfcifl^er, m Wiegman's Arcliivcs, 1841, p. 220. 

 Varieties, Helix arenosa, Ziegler. 

 Helix dejecta, Jan. 



Hab. Hungary. 



Of a Cgclostoma-\ikc form, with an open funncl-siinped 



umbilicus. 



