HELIX. 



Plate CLXV. 



Species 1100. (JIus. Cuming.) 



Helix exc.\vat.\. Ilel. testa late unMlicatd, depreuS, 

 tenui, striata, nilidd, pellucidd, corned ; spird subele- 

 vatd ; anfractibiis quinque, convexiuscidu, lenti accre*- 

 centibus, ultimo non descendente ; aperturd obliqud, 

 subcirculari ; peristomate simplici, tetiui. 



The excavated Helix. Shell broadly umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, tbin, striated, sliiiiing, transparent, honiy ; 

 spire scarcely raised ; whorls five, rather convex, in- 

 creasing slowly, the last not descending ; aperture 

 oblique, nearly circular ; lip simple, tbin. 



Bean, Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot. vol. ii. p. 107. 

 Helix nitida, var., Jeffreys. 



JIai. Britain and Ireland. 



A homy circular shell, with a broad, open, perspective 

 umbilicus. 



Species 1101. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix kudebata. Hel. testa perspective umiilicatd, de- 

 pressd, lutescente-comed, concolore, subtilisdme costu- 

 lato-striatd ; spird coiivexd; anfraclibtts quinque, con- 

 vexis, ultimo basi rotiindato ; aperturd perohliqud, lu- 

 nato-ovali ; peristomate simplici, acuto, margindius 

 coimiventibus. 



The eubbisu Helix. Shell perspectively umbilicated, 

 depressed, j'cllowish-horny, of one colour, very finely 

 rib-like striated ; spire convex ; whorls five, convex, 

 the last rounded at the base ; aperture very oblique, 

 lunar-oval ; lip simple, sharp, with the margins ap- 

 proximating. 



Stdder, Verz. p. 12; Fe'russac, Hist. Moll. pi. 79. f. 6. 

 ITellx rotundata, var., Nilsson. 



Hall. Europe. 



Distributed throughout the continent, from Switzerland 

 to Sweden. 



Species 1102. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix nitida. Hel. tesld aperte umbilicatd, globoto-de- 

 pressd, striatd, pellucidd, fulto-fuscd, concolore, ni- 

 tida ; anfraclibus quinque, coiivexiu-iculis, ultimo terdi, 

 circa und/ilicum excavato ; aperturd lunato-circulari ; 

 peristomate tenui, acuto, margine basali arciiato. 



The shining Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, glo- 

 boscly depressed, striated, transparent, fulvous - 

 brown, of one colour, shining ; whorls five, rather 

 convex, the last slender, excavated around the umbi- 



licus ; aperture lunar-circular ; lip thin, sharp, basal 



margin arched. 

 MuLLEB, Hist. Verm. vol. ii. p. 32. 



Helix Ittcida, Draparuaud. 

 Hab. Europe. 



Of a peculiar reddish fulvous-brown colour. 



Species 1103. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix hispida. Hel. tesld aperti umbilicatd, luborbicu- 

 lato-depressd, corned, pilis brecibus hitpidd, nititlutd ; 

 spird convexd ; anfraclibus quinque ad lex, conrexim- 

 culis, angustis ; aperturd late lunari ; peristomate pa- 

 tulo, intus albo-labiato, labia in margine batali stricti- 

 usculo, acute prominente. 



The hairy Helix. Shell openly umbilicated, rather or- 

 bicularly depressed, homy, downy with short hairs, 

 shining ; spire convex ; whorls five to six, rather cou- 

 vex, narrow; aperture broadly lunar; lip patulate, 

 white-edged within, lip at the basal margin a littln 

 drawn out, sharply prominent. 



LiNN.Eis, Syst. Xat. (12th edit.) p. 124t. 

 Helix sericea, C. PfeifTer. 

 Hel'u concinna, Jeffreys. 

 Helix /lispidnla, Jan. 



Hab. Gemiany, France, Austria. 



Somewhat globosely convoluted, with a rather narrow, 

 though open, umbilicus. 



Species 1104. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix FUSCA. Hel. testd imper/oraid, depreud, tenuit- 

 simd, pellucidd, corned, niiidd, tupeni rugoio-plicatuld, 

 basi convexiusculd, l<eeigatd ; spird cix elevatd ; an- 

 fraclibus quinque, coHcexiusculii, ultimo obtoleti angn- 

 lato ; columella brerissimd, subrerlicali ; aperturd lu- 

 nari ; peristomate simplici, acuto, margine eolumrllan 

 reflexiusculo. 



The iirown Helix. Shell impcrfomtcd, depressed, vrry 

 thin, transparent, horny, shining, finely rugoscly pli- 

 cated about the upper part, rather convex and smooth 

 at the base ; spire scarcely raised ; whorls five, nithii 

 convex, the last obsoletcly angled ; columella vcrj' 

 short, subvcrtical ; aperture lunar ; lip simple, sharp, 

 columcllar margin rnthcr reflected. 



.MoNTACi', Testacea Britaunica, p. 421. pi. 13. f. 1. 

 Helix Midirufescens, Miller. 



Ifab. Britain and Ireland. 



June, 1S53. 



