HELIX.— Plate CLXXXIV 



oblique arcuato-ilriatd ; »pird lumidd, apice oblma ; \ 

 ait/raciibus qiiinque, ad mituras obaoMe mari/inatu, 

 ultimo carina pared Jere obsoUld cingulalo ; aperttird 

 oblongo-qiiadratd, labro lati reflexo, albo, marline 

 basali late calloso, tlrictiiinculo, nuhaiigidato. 



The Luqcillo Helix. Sbell imperforated, globose, 

 solid, obliquely produced at the aperture, dark brown, 

 obliquely arcuatcly striated; spire swollen, obtuse at 

 the apex; whorls live, obsolctcly margined at the 

 sutures, the last encircled with a single small, nearly 

 obsolete keel ; aperture oblong-quadrate, lip broadly 

 rellected, white, basal margin broadly calious, drawn 

 out, and slightly angled. 



Shcttlewoutu, Mus. Cuming. 



Uab. Luquillo, Island of Porto Rico, West Indies. 



A very characteristic species, of solid globose Pupa-Xikc 

 form. 



Species 1275. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix abnoemis. Hel. iesld imperforatd, orbiculato- 

 conoided, basi plannlatd, solidd, caManeo-rufd, arcu- 

 ato-striatd el granulald ; spird elevatd, apice oblusd ; 

 aufraclibus qiiinque ad sex, plano-concexis ; apertiird 

 siibquadrato-liinari, horizoniali, labro expanse, mar- 

 gine bamli calloso-re/lexo, denie unico acuto. 



The .vbnokmal Helix. Shell imperforated, orbicularly 

 conoid, flat at the base, solid, chestnut-red, arcuatcly 



striated and granulcd ; spire raised, ol>tusc at the 

 apex ; whorls five to six, flatly convex ; aperture 

 subquadrately lunar, horizontal, lip expanded, basal 

 margin callously reflected, with a small sharp tooth. 



Pkeikeek, Pro. Zool. See. 1S5-1. 



Uab. Jamaica. 



A somewhat doubtful ill-conditioned specimen. 



Species 1276. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix PE.F.stans. Eel. Ustd imperforatd, orbiculari-con- 

 vexd, liimidiiiiculd, oblique ttHui*lriatd, niltntf, ipa- 

 diced, cantnneo supra »trigato-marmorat4, infra inttr- 

 rupti :onald ; spird obtuse conrexd ; aiifractibut qua- 

 tuor, cotttexi* ; aperturd late lunari, lairo rejlrxo, 

 livido. 



TuE excelling Helix. Shell imperforated, orbicularly 

 convex, nitlicr tumid, obliquely finely striated, shin- 

 ing, fawn-colour, mottled with chestnut above, inter- 

 ruptedly zoned beneath ; spire obtusely convex ; 

 whorls four, convex ; aperture broadly lunar, lip re- 

 llected, livid. 



Pfeiffee, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 



Uab. Province of Ocana, Ecuador ; Schlim. 



A fine richly coloured species, belonging to the group of 

 which II. pellia-serpentis is the typical species. 



