HELIX. 



Plate CLXXXII. 



Species 1255. (Mus. PfeiiTer.) 



Helix Besckei. Jlel. teitd angusti nmiilica/d, oriicu- 

 lalo-coHvexd, ItEvigatu, corneo-luteS, nUidimma ; spird 

 mbconoided; anfractiljiin nuhiqm ad kx, convexis, re- 

 gtilariler accrescenlibm ; aperturd lati lunari, labro 

 nimplici. 



Bescke'3 Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, orbicularly 

 convex, smooth, horny-yellow, very shining; spire 

 subconoid ; whorls five to six, convex, increasing re- 

 gularly ; aperture broadly lunar, lip simple. 



Dunker, Zeitschrift fur Malac. 1847, p. 81. 



Hal). Brazil ; Beseke. 



A small depressly conoid subglassy species, with a 

 bright glossy surface. 



Species 1256. (AIus. Cuming.) 



Helix K.\waiensis. Bel. tesld late spiraliler umbili- 

 catd, orbicidato-convexdyfuscescente-corned; spirdmb- 

 depressd, siiturd dMinctd ; anfractibm qtiaiuor, siib- 

 rotundatk ; aperturd lunnto-circidari, lahro umplici. 



The Kawai Helix. Shell broadly spirally umbQicated, 

 orbicularly convex, brownish-horny ; spire rather de- 

 pressed, suture distinct ; whorls four, somewhat 

 rounded ; aperture lunar-circular, lip simple. 



Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 



Hab. Kawai, Sandwich Islands ; Newcomb. 



A minute conoidly spiral shell, with only slight increase 

 in the whorls, which coil around a broad open umbilicus. 



Species 1257. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix suBAauiLA. Hel. testa angmti el profutide nm- 

 iilicald, orbiculalo-coiwexd, corneo-ntramined, teiiiii, 

 semipellitcidd, kevigald; ■'tpird suboitiisd, siiturd im- 

 premd ; anfractibus quatuor, convexis; aperturd lali 

 lunari, labro simplici. 



The SUN-buunt Helix. Shell narrowly and deeply 

 tunbilicatcd, orbicularly convex, horny straw-colour, 

 thin, semitransparent, smooth ; spire rather obtuse, 

 with the sut\ire impressed ; whorls four, convex ; 

 aperture broadly lunar, lip simple. 



SuuTTLEWouTH, Mu3. Cuming. 



Hai. Island of Porto Rico, West Indies ; Blauner. 



June, 



Mr. Cuming's specimen of this species is of a light 

 semitransparent straw-colour. 



Species 1258. (Mus. PfeiflVr.) 



Helix TABELLATA. ffel. tesld subpernpectite umbilicala, 

 perdepresad, tenuiculd, siiperne minute rugosd et granu- 

 latd,fmculo et albido marmorald ; spird concaco-pla- 

 nald, versus apicem elevatiusculd ; aiifraclibus (juinqut, 

 ad peripheriani acute angulatis, infra convexis, fuseo- 

 fascialii ,- aperturd oblijui rotundato-lunari, labro sub- 

 expanso. 



The table Helix. Shell somewhat perspectively um- 

 bilicated, very depressed, rather thin, minutely 

 wrinkled and granulated at the upper part, marbled 

 brown and white ; spire concavely flattened, n little 

 raised towards the apex ; whorls five, ver}' sharply 

 angled at the periphery, convex beneath, brown- 

 banded ; aperture obliquely rotundately lunar, lip 

 slightly expanded. 



Lowe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Second Series, vol. ix. 

 p. IIG. 



Hd>. Madeira. 



A very characteristic species, distinguished chiefly by 

 its broadly convoluted concavely depressed spire. 



Species 1259. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix KEGDLARIS. Hel. tesld rix umbilicatd, pyramidali- 

 conicd, lireriiisculd, hasi conrexo-pland, trorhiformi, 

 pellucido-corned ; anfractibus quinque, cunvi-xo-planis, 

 ulliiiio angulato-carinato ; aperturd depresso-luHari, 

 labro teiiui, simplici. 



The reol'lah Helix. Shell scarcely umbilicated, pyra- 

 midally conical, rather short, convcxly flattened at the 

 base, trochus-shapcd, trnnsparcnt horny ; whorls five, 

 convexly flattened, the last angularly keeled ; aperture 

 dcprc.ssly lunar, lip thin, simple. 



Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Sm-. IS,") I. 



Ilab. New Zealand. 



A somewhat obtuse Irochiform homy species, sharply 

 angularly keeled round the basal periphery. 



Species 1260. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix EXCISA. Jlel. tesld latissiini aperii umbilicatd, 



1834. 



