HELIX.— Plate CLXIX. 



rather hard, horn-brown, faintly striated ; aperture 

 ovatcly depressed, obliquely lunar ; lip simple, sharp, 

 spread. 



PoBRo, Villa Disp. syst. p. 56. 



Hab. Corsica and Sardinia. 



A transparent subdiscoid shell, faintly red-tinged about 

 the upper part. 



Species 1139. (Mus. Pfciffer.) 



Helix Pacinian a. Hd. testa ohlecti nmiilicatd, depressd, 

 cariiiatd, ritgosd, riigis aliis, interslitiis lividis; aii- 

 fractibm quinqiie, vix planimculk, ultimo antice de- 

 flexo ; aperturd aiitji'lato-lunari ; perislomate rejiexo, 

 albo-lab'ialo, maryinibits approximate, colu/iiellari di- 

 lalato, appresso. 



Pacini's Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, de- 

 pressed, keeled, rough, wrinkles white, interstices 

 livid ; whorls five, a little flattened, the last deflected 

 in front ; aperture angularly lunar ; lip reflected, 

 white-edged, margins approximated, columcllar mar- 

 gin dilated, appressed. 



PiiiLiPPi, Enum. MoU. SicU. p. 127. pi. 8. f. 9. 

 IJelix muralis, var., Ferussac. 

 Helix vieta, Eossmiisler. 



Hab. Sicily. 



A rather solid roughly wrinkled shcU, with the spire 

 more or less impressed. 



Species 1140. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix cingulella. Tlel. testa late umhilicatd, depressd, 

 tenuiusculd, striatd, nitiduld, sordide alba, livido-ra- 

 diatd, lined fused supra peripkeriar,i cincld ; spird sub- 

 pland ; anfractibus quiuqne, depresses, ultimo superne 

 obsolete angnlato, antice breviler desceudente ; aperturd 

 perobliqud, transverse ovali, subcirculari ; peristomnte 

 subsimplici, teniie expnusiitsculo, margin'dtus approxi- 

 matis, coluniellari snbdilatato, patente. 



The little belted Helix. Shell umbilicated, de- 

 pressed, rather thin, striated, shining, dead white, 

 livid-rayed, encircled with a brown liuc above the 

 periphery ; spire rather flat ; whorls five, depressed, 

 the last obsoletely angled at the upi)cr part, shortly 

 descending in front; aperture very obli((UC, trans- 

 versely oval-subcircular ; lip rather simi)le, thin, a 

 little expanded, margins appruximating, columcllar 

 margin subdilately patent. 



Zieglek, Rossmiisler, Hist. MoU. vol. vi. p. 40. f. 373. 

 Hab. Mountains of Volhynia. 



Of a delicate livid-white, encircled above the periphery 

 with a conspicuous red band. 



Species 1141. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix instabilis. Hel. testa late umlnliratd, depressd, 

 strialo-riif/osd, solidd, albidd ; anfraHVms quinque, 

 convexis, lenti accrescentibus, ultimo ttreti, cii descen- 

 dente ; aperturd fere circuhri ; peristomalt simplici, 

 acuta, nuiri/iiiibiisfere contiyitis. 



The cuangeajsle Helix. Shell umbilicated, depressed, 

 striately rugose, solid, wbitisii ; whorls fi\c, convex, 

 increasing slowly, the last slender, but little descend- 

 ing ; aperture nearly cireiJar ; lip simple, sharp, mar- 

 gins almost contiguous. 



Zieglek, Pllifler, Sj-mlrote, vol. ii. p. 31. 

 Helix ericetorum, var., Rossmiisler. 



Hab. Gallicia. 



A blue-white shell, with a rather contracted rounded 

 aperture. 



Species 1142. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix stenostoma. Hel. tesld imperforatd, globuloto- 

 depressd, solidd, subl<evigatd, nitidd, albd, fascia unicd 

 fused ad peripheriain et macularuM aurantiurum serie- 

 bus duabus oriiatd, punntisque griseis obsolete aspersd ; 

 anfractibus quutuor ad quinque, vix contexiusculis, ul- 

 timo ventroso, antice ubnipti dejlexo ; aperturd subho- 

 rizontuli, elliplied ; peristooiale labia to, albo, margi- 

 nibus approxir.udis, supero brevit4:r expanso, basali ar- 

 cuato, appresse reJlexo. 



The coNTUACTED-MOLTii Helix. Shell imperforated, 

 globulosuly depressed, solid, rather smooth, shining, 

 white, ornamented at the periphery with a single 

 brown band, and two rows of orange .spots, obso- 

 letely sprinkled with grey dots ; whorls four to five, 

 slightly convex, the last vciitricose, abruptly deflected 

 in front; aperture nearly hurizontal, elliptic; lip 

 edged, white, margins aiiproximating, upper margin 

 shortly expanded, basal arched, appressly reflected. 



Pfeufer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 28. 



Hub. ? 



A rather solid compact form, more or less indistinctly 

 marked. 



