HELIX.— Plate CLXV 



This species would hardly be recognized by its name, 

 being a delicate wrinkled shell, of a light transparent yel- 

 lowish horny substance. 



Species 1105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Hei.ix nitidul.v. Ilel. testa lati umbilicatd, globoso-de- 

 preud, mblavl, siipenw rtifescentc, suLIkk albkld ; splrd 

 subelevald ; mifractibus qualuor ad quinque, vix coti- 

 vexiusculis, ultimo antict dilatato ; aperturd perobli- 

 nud, lunato-oblongd ; penstoiiuite simpUci, acuta, mar- 

 nine supero antrormm dilatato, columellari brevifer 

 arcuato. 



The shining Helix. Shell broadly umbilieated, glo- 

 bosely depressed, rather suiooth, reddish about the 

 upper part, whitish beneath ; spire scarcely raised ; 

 whorls four to five, but little convex, the last dilated 

 in front; aperture very obliciue, lunar-obloug ; lip 

 simple, sharp, upper mai'gin dilated in front, colu- 

 mellar shortly arched. 



nii.ii'AiiNAiD, Hist. Moll. p. 117. 

 Zotdtes nitididus. Gray. 



Hab. Europe. 



More or less shining in some specimens than others, 

 and more or less flatly convoluted. 



Species 110(1. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Cobresiana. Ilel. testa umbilicatd, conoideo-glo- 



bosd, corned, muUispird, pttbescente ; anfractibus sex, 



ultimo alhido-cingulatd ; aperturd depressd, lunari ; 



peristomate patulo, intus labiato, margine basali vni- 



dentato. 

 The Cobkesian Helix. Shell umbilieated, conoidly 



globose, horny, many-spircd, pubescent ; whorls six, 



the last whitc-cncirclcd ; aperture depressed, lunar ; 



lip patiUatc, edged within, basal margin ouc-toothcd. 

 Alten, Moll. p. 79. pi. 9. f. IS. 



Helix miidentata, Draparnaud. 



Helix monodon, Ferussac. 



Toothless variety. 



Helix edentula, Draparnaud. 

 Hab. Germany, France. 



Of a peculiar globosely conoid form, with a character- 

 istic oblong tooth, which is sometimes obsolete. 



Species 1107. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix depilata. Uel. testd umbilicatd, subgloboso-de- 

 prcssd, striald, nilidd, corned; anfractibus sex, angus- 

 tis, convexis, ultimo obsolete angulato, lined pallidd cir- 

 cumdalo ; umbilico majusculo, pervio ; aperturd de- 

 pressd, lunari ; pcrislomale recto, acuta, intus aUio- 



labiato, margine basali slricto, cum columellari breru- 

 simo angulum formante. 



The bald Helix. Shell umbilieated, somewhat glo- 

 bosely depressed, striated, shining, homy ; whorls 

 six, narrow, convex, the last obsolctely angled, en- 

 circled by n faint line ; umbilicus rather large, open ; 

 aperture depressed, lunar ; lip straight, sharp, white- 

 edged within, basal margin drawn out, fonning nn 

 angle with the very short columcllar margin. 



C. Pfeiffeu, MoU. vol. i. p. 35. pi. 2. f. IS. 



Hai. Germany. 



\ light yellowish horny shell of globose form, deej)ly 



umbilieated. 



Species 1108. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix uevelata. Hel. testa umiilicata, depresso-ghbosd, 

 tenui, diaphand, nilidd, rirente- corned, subtilissime 

 striald et corrugatuld, liispidd, pilis sparsis, breviius, 

 rigidulis ; anfractibus qualuor, convexis, rapidi accres- 

 centibus, ultimo inflato ; aperturd luuato-circulori ; 

 peristomate simpUci, acuto, margine columellari stdidi- 

 latato, patente. 



The discovered Helix. Shell umbilieated, di-prcssly 

 globose, thin, diaphanous, shining, greenish -homy, 

 very finely striated and wrinkled, hairj', hairs few, 

 short, and rather rigid : whorls four, convex, in- 

 creasing rapidly, the last inflated ; aperture lunar- 

 circular ; lip simple, shaip, columcllar margin a little 

 dilated, patent. 



Feuussac, Prodrome, p. 273. 



Hab. France, Guernsey, Jersey. 



Of a delicate greenish Vitrina-V^G aspect. 



Species 1109. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix sericea. Hel. testd iwUiilicatd, subglobosd, cor- 

 ned, pilis minulis densis hirid ; anfractUms quinque, 

 coHvexiusculis, celeriter accrescentiius ; aperturd late 

 lunari ; peristomate vix patulo, acuto, intus sublabiato, 

 margine columellari reflexiusculo, umbilicum semile- 

 gente. 



The silky Helix. Shell umbilieated, subglobose, horny, 

 densely covered with minute hairs ; whorls five, rather 

 convex, increasing rapidly ; ai)orturc broadly lunar ; 

 lip scarcely patulate, sharp, slightly edged within, 

 columcllar margin a little rellected, half-covering the 

 umbilicus. 



Draparnaud, Hist. Moll. p. 103. pi. 7. f. 16, 17. 

 Helix pallescens and ntbiginosa, Zicglcr. 

 Helix granulata. Alder. 



Hab. Europe. 



Very transparent, covered with short liairs, sometimes 



tinged with red at the apex. 



