HELIX. 



Plate CLXEX. 



Species list. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Cakascaleksis. Hel. tesld angvsQ umbilicata, 

 ffloioso-Jepressa, slria/d, lutesceiUe, comeo-variegala el 

 subfanciolald ; xpird cotivexiiisciild ; aii/ractiiiu rjuin- 

 que ad sex, convexiusculin ; aperliird Iraiimeni rotun- 

 dato-ltmari ; perhtomate patulo, acitlo, in/us levUer 

 labialo, margiiie columellari late re/lexo. 



TuE Carascal Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, glo- 

 bosely depressed, striated, yellowish, horn-variegated 

 and faintly banded ; spire rather convex ; whorls five 

 to six, rather convex ; aperture transversely rotun- 

 dately lunar; lip patulate, sharp, slightly edged within, 

 columellar margin broadly reflected. 



Ferdssac, Hist. Moll. pi. G7. f. 1. 



Hal). Arragonia. 



A small light yellowish-white shell, with intervals of 

 horny pattern. 



Species 1135. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Testje. JHel. testa umiilicatd, orbiculalo-convexi- 

 usculd, minuiim striatd, nitidd, glabrd, superne corned, 

 bast pallidiore ; spird sulelevald ; anfractibm sex, pla- 

 niusciilii, lente accresceiitiliiis, ultimo basi planulato ; 

 umbilico mediocri, pervio ; aperlurd sublrianyidari- 

 lunari ; perislomate simplici, acuto, margiiie supero 

 anirorsum arcuato. 



Testa's Helix. Shell umbilicated, orbicularly convex, 

 minutely striated, shining, horny at the upper part, 

 paler at the base ; spire slightly raised ; whorls six, 

 rather flat, increasing slowly, the last flattened at the 

 base ; umbilicus middling, open ; aperture somewhat 

 triangularly lunar ; lip simple, sharp, upper margin 

 arched in front. 



Philippi, Zeitschrift fur Malac. 184-t, p. lOi. 

 Helix Philippi, Testa. 



Ilai. Sicily. 



A depressed subdiscoid species, of a pale livid horn- 

 colour. 



Species 1136. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix nitens. IM. testa umbilicatd, convexo-depreuS, 

 tenerd, glabriusculd, diaphand, supra lutesceiite, subtus 

 albidd; aiifractibus qualuor ad quinque, platiulatis. 



uUimo atilici dilatalo el subdejlezo ; aperturd obliqiid, 

 lunato-oeali ; perisloinate reclo, repando, simplici, 

 aculo. 



The SHisixo Helix. Shell umbilicated, conveily de- 

 pressed, thin, rather smooth, diaphanous, yellowish 

 above, whitish beneath ; whorls four to five, rather 

 flattened, the last dilated and a little deflected in 

 front ; aperture oblique, lunar-oval ; lip straight, 

 spread, simple, acute. 



MicilAUD, Complement, p. W. pi. 15. f. 1-3. 

 Uelix cellaria, var., I'orro. 



Ilab. Austria, France, Italy, Portugal. 



Of a peculiar transparent reddish hue at the upper part. 



Species 1137. (Mus. Pfeilfcr.) 



Helix consona. Hel. tesld oblecli umbilicatd, deprtuo- 

 globosd, lulescente-comed, fascia intermedia peliitcidd, 

 l^viter striatd, niliduld, pelluciild ; an/ractibus quin- 

 que ad sex, conteximciilis, ultimo atilici cix descm- 

 dente ; aperturd late lunari ; peristomaie recto, aculo, 

 intus alio-labiato, marginibus remotis, columellari dila- 

 tato, umbilicuin angiistum fere obtegenle. 



Tue agreeable Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 depressly globose, ycllowish-honiy, with an intcnuc- 

 diate pellucid band, slightly striated, shining, |k.11u- 

 cid ; whorls five to six, rather convex, the last a little 

 descending in front ; aperture broadly lunar ; lip 

 straight, sharp, white-edged within, margins distant, 

 columellar margin dilated, almost covering the nar- 

 row umbilicus. 



ZiEGLER, Rossmasler, Hist. Moll. vol. ix. pi. 8. f. 572-3. 



Hab. Sicily. 



A rather firm delicate straw-coloured s|)ccie*, without 



pattern or marking. 



Species 1138. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix OBSctbaTA. Hel. testa ofierte umbilicatd, de- 

 preuo-planiusculd, carind depreuo-otatd , Miliild, du- 

 riiisculd, comeo-brunned, tubtlriald ; aperturd oralo- 

 depressd, obliqui lunatd ; perislomate simplici, acuto, 

 repando. 



The fokootten Hkhx. Shell openly umbilicato<l, de- 

 pressly rather flattened, keel ilepassly ovate, shining, 



Julv, 1S53. 



