HELIX. 



Plate CLXTY. 



Species 1090. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Helix capzhata. Uel.teddumbiUcatd,deprei>o-glohota, 

 costulato-driatd, albidd vel lulescente, fasciis ilrigisque 

 fuscis plerumque bderruplis oriiatd ; spird aeiite con- 

 tend; anfracliiiis quiiique, contexts, ttUinio non de- 

 Jiexo ; umbilico mediocri, aperto ; aperlurd liinato-ro- 

 tttndd; perkt ornate recto, acuto, iiitus fulvo- tel rufo- 

 labiaio. 



The wrinkled Helix. Shell umbilicatcd, dcpressly 

 globose, fine rib-like striated, whitisU or yellowish, or- 

 namented with brown streaks and bands, generally 

 interrupted ; spire sharply convex ; whorls five, con- 

 vex, the last not deflected ; umbilicus middling, open; 

 aperture lunar-rounded; lip straight, sharp, fulvous 

 or red-edged in the interior. 



Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 430. pi. 11. f. 11. 

 Helix striata, Drapamaud. 

 Helix interaecta, Poiret. 

 Helix crenulata, Dillwyn. 



Hab. Britain and Southern Europe. 



A small concentrically banded species, rouge-tinted in 

 the aperture. 



Species 1091. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix glabella. Hel. testa umbilicaid, suidepressd, gla- 

 brd, nitidd, corned ; anfraclihus quinque ad sex, pla- 

 niusculis, seimni accresceniibus, ultimo obsolete angu- 

 lato, lined pallidd circuntdalo, antice subdejtexo ; um- 

 bilico angusto, pervio ; aperturd rotundato-lunari ; pe- 

 ristomate recto, acuto, intus siiblabiato, margine colii- 

 mellari reflexiusculo. 



The siiooTH Helix. Shell umbilicated, rather depressed, 

 smooth, shining, horny ; whorls five to six, rather 

 flat, increasing gradually, the last obsoletely angled, 

 encircled with a faint line, a little deflected in front ; 

 umbilicus narrow, open ; aperture rotiinJatcly lunar ; 

 lip straight, sharp, slightly edged within, columellar 

 margin slightly reflected. 



Draparnaud, Hist. Moll. p. 102. pi. 7. f. «. 

 Helix sericea, var., Rossmiisler. 



Hab. France. 



A slightly depressed semitransparent homy shell, ob- 

 tusely keeled at the periphery. 



Species 1092. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix cellaria. Hel. testa aperli utMUcatd, depressd, 

 planiusculd, nitidd, mtbpeUucidd, slriatuld, palliJi ri- 



June, 



/■tiitc-conied, tiibtiu albidd; anfract'diui sex, planu- 

 latit, ultimo depreuo ; aperturd cix obliyud, depressd, 

 oblique lunari ; periitonmte limplici, acuto, margine 

 colutiiellari non rejlexo. 



The cellar Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, depressed, 

 rather flat, shining, semitransparent, finely striated, 

 pale greenish-horny, whitish beneath ; whorls six, 

 rather flat, the last depressed ; aperture a little ob- 

 liipie, depressed, obliquely limar; lip simple, acute, 

 columcUar margin not reflected. 



McLLER, Hist. Verm. vol. ii. p. 28. 

 Helix lucida, Pultcney. 

 Helix nitens, Maton and Saekett. 



Hai. Central Europe. 



A pale straw-coloured, subtransparcnt, but rather solid 

 shining shell. 



Species 1093. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Balmei. Hel. testa aperti umbiliealo, orbieutald, 

 convexiusculd, ttriatd, comeo-fultd, tubtiu lactescente, 

 striis loHgiiiidinaliter regulariter disposUit ; anjrac' 

 tibus sex, contexis ; suturd impressd ; aperturd ocali, 

 compressd, labro simplici, acuto, apice obluso. 

 Balme's Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, orbicular, 

 rather convex, striated, homy-fulvous, whitish be- 

 neath, with longitudinally rcgidarly disposed stria- ; 

 whorls six, convex ; suture impressed ; ap«Tture ovid, 

 compressed, lip simple, sharj), apex obtuse. 

 PoTiEZ and MiciiAUD, Moll. Galerie de Douai, vol. i. 



p. 120. 

 Hab. Sardinia. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but more com- 

 pressed and of darker colour. 



Species 1094. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix turbinata. Hel. testa umbilicatd, coHico-gtobotd, 

 solidiusculd, miiinli striata, albd,fasciis et JIauuuulii 

 fuscis variegaid ; anfractibiis quinque ad sex, ronrfxi- 

 usculis, ultimo itijlato ; aperturd luHaio-rotundati ; 

 peristoiiiate simplici, intus labialo, puirgine eolumel- 

 hri subrijlexo, uiMlicum angnsti' • >•■. 



The tchbix.\ted Helix. Shell un ally 



globose, rather solid, minutely striated, white, varie- 

 gated with brown bands and flnnu-s ; whorls five to 

 six, rather convix, the last inflated ; aperture lunar- 

 rounded ; lip simple, edged within, columellar mar- 

 gin a little reflected, half-covering n very narrow um- 

 bilicus. 



1853. 



