HELIX. 



Plate CLXXVII. 



Species 1205. (Mus. Pfeiffer.) 



Helix Mekcuiensis. llel. tenia late perspective umhili- 

 cald, depresaa, ulrinque convexa, carinntd, tetiiti, mi- 

 tilksime gruuulalo-striatd, pilis xpanin hmihun obnild, 

 ^uUlde fitscescente, carina .siiljcomprfHsd, liurd cantoned 

 notatd ; »pird vix elecatd, obliud ; anfradihui qualuor 

 ad quinque, convexiiisciifis, ultimo aiilice dejlexo, circa 

 umbilicnm anyulato-comprenso ; aperturd ijerohliqud, 

 luhro late rejlexo, appmso, maryinibus fere cunlinuis. 



The Mekgui Helix. Shell broadly perspcctively ura- 

 bilicated, depressed, convex on both sides, keeled, 

 thin, very finely gnmnlarly striated, covered with a 

 few short hairs, light-brownish, keeled, rather com- 

 pressed, marked with a chestnut line ; spire scarcely 

 raised, obtuse ; whorls four to five, rather convex, the 

 last deflected in front, angularly eonipresstd about the 

 umbilicus ; aperture very oblique, lip broadly reflected, 

 appressed, margins almost continuous. 



PuiLll'iT, Zeitsehrift fiir Malac. 181G. p. 192. 



JMi. Mcrgui, Burmah. 



A sulitransparcnt shell, with a rather broad obtusely 

 angled umbilicus. 



Species 1206. (Mus. Pfeiffer.) 



Helix serkul.\ta. Ifel. tenia anijudlmme umbilicald, 

 troc/ii/ormi, corruffato-slriald, mrdide alhd, carinald, 

 carina obscure tuberculald ; anfractibus sex, convexius- 

 cttlis, supremis mbbicarinatis ; aperturd rolundatu-lu- 

 nari, labro simptici, aculo, intus nubliliter labialu. 



The sehrulated Helix. Shell very narrowly umbili- 

 cated, trochus-shaped, wrinkle-striated, dull white, 

 keeled, obsciu'ely tuberculated ; whorls six, rather 

 convex, the uppermost slightly two-keeled ; aperture 

 rotundately lunar, lip simple, sharp, slightly edged 

 within. 



Turricula serrulala, Beck, Index, p. 10. 

 Uelix crenulata, Olivier. 



Ilab. Alexandria. 



A rough-wrinkled trochus-shaped shell, peculiarly slant- 

 ingly tnbercled at the iieriphcry of each whorl. 



Species 1207. (Mus. Pfeifl'er.) 



Helix oallopavonis. Ilel. tedd rix nmliilicntd, xuli- 

 ylobosd, tenui, rugulosd, aWidd, funciiit latin J'ascis rir- 



Mav, 



cumdatd el funco-marmoratd ; npird conicd ; anfrarfi- 

 bun qualuor ad quinque, context unculis ; aperturd lu- 

 nalo-rulundnld, iutun roneo-laiiald ; columella latiun- 

 culd, expound, rosed, lairo nimptici, nidireflexo. 



The peacock's-ckest Helix. Shell scarcely uinbili- 

 catcd, subglobose, thin, rugulosc, whitish, surrounded 

 with broad brown bands, and marbled with brown ; 

 spire conical ; whorls four to five, rather convex ; 

 aperture lunar-rounded, edged with rose within ; co- 

 lumella rather broad, expanded, rose, lip simple, a 

 little reflected. 



Valenciennes, Pfcifl^cr, Symbolic, vol. ii. p. 28. 



Hub. Turk's Island, near San Domingo. 



Chiefly distinguished by the pink colouring of the colu- 

 mella and inner edge of the lip. 



Species 120S. (Mus. Pfeitfer.) 



Helix Smyrnensis. Hel. testa late umiilieatd, orbiru- 

 tato-contexd, obtuse carinatd, lutescente-corned, nuperui 

 suilililer gratiulato-decunnatd, subtus Utri, nitidd, rf- 

 mole Inteo-radiatd ; anfractdiun sex, contexo-iltcliri- 

 bun ; aperturd oblique lunari, labro recto, nimptici. 

 acuta, in tun remote labiato. 



The Smyrna Helix. Shell broadly umbilicatcd, orbi- 

 cularly convex, obtusely keeled, yellowish homy, 

 finely granulately decussated at the up|K>r part, 

 smooth and shining beneath, distantly yellow-rayed ; 

 whorls six, convexly slanting ; aperture obliquely lu- 

 nar, lip straight, simple, sharp, remotely edged within. 



Roth, Diss. p. 10. pi. 1. f 8, 9. 



Ilab. Smyrna. 



An orbicularly depressed olive-horny shell, rather obso- 

 letely keeled at the periplierj- and broadly deeply umbili- 

 c<ited. 



Species 1209. (Mus. Pfcifler.) 



IIkliX GLOBULOIDEA. llel. testa sultaHgusti umbilicald, 

 coHoideo-depressd, solididd, irregularitrr striata, nitidr 

 albd, interduni mult{fasciatd ; spird breriusculd, npirr 

 snbaculd; anfractibus sex, conrexo-declicibHS : aprr- 

 turd lunatn-rotundatd, labro simplici, acuta, intus pal- 

 tide carneo-labinto, maryinibus suliapproximatis. 



The OLoncLoiD Helix. Shell rather narrowly umbili- 

 cated, conoidly depressed, nither solid, im-giilarly 



1854. 



