HELIX. 



Pl.^te CXCllI. 



Species 1352. (JIus. Cuming.) 



Helix Pcnica. Eel. lesld imperforata, depreuo-globosd, 

 »trm oMiqiiU sulcinque miiiulin ipira/iiiin decitntald, 

 alia, upadiceo-fusco quadrifmciatd ; anfruci'ibus ijuiti- 

 que, coiicexin, iillimo aiUici dejlexo ; aperlurd Iram- 

 verae subquadrald, in/us spadiceo tiiicld, lairo »ubla- 

 b'mto, ad colmrwllam xpadiceo (iiicio. 



TuE Punic Helix. Shell imperforated, depressly glo- 

 bose, decussated with oblique stria; and minute spiral 

 grooves, wliite, encircled with four fawn-brown bands ; 

 whorls live, convex, the last deflected in front ; aper- 

 ture transversely subquadratc, tinged with fawn with- 

 in, lip slightly edged, fawn-stained at the columella. 



MoRELET, Journ. Coneh. 1851, p. 352. pi. 9. f. 3, 4. 



Ilali. Constautiue, Algeria. 



I give a figure of this species since it is acknowledged 

 as such by Dr. Pfciller, but consider it no more than a 

 variety of II. lactea. 



Species 1353. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix appendiculata. Ed. ledd obkcte umbilicatd, 

 globoHO-tarhinatd, ohllque subniffone siriald, slriit ad 

 suturas levi/er pUca(is,J'iiiceice>ile-lac(ed, iiiyro spira- 

 Uter faiclald el Ihteald, epidermide leniii corned lules- 

 cenle inditld ; spird oblnm ; anfractibm qiiinque, coii- 

 vexii, ultimo antice dejlexo ; aperiurd nubquadrulo- 

 lutiari, labro rejlexo, ad timiilicum late calloso-ap- 

 presso,fiimco-purpurasce7ite. 



The APPENDAGE!) Helix. Shell with a covered umbili- 

 cus, globosely turbinated, obliquely rather roughly 

 striated, striic slightly plicated at the sutures, brown- 

 ish cream-colour, spirally banded and lineated with 

 black, covered with a thin yellowish-homy epidermis; 

 spire obtuse ; whorls five, convex, the last reflected 

 in front ; aperture somewhat squarely lunar, lip re- 

 flected at the umbilicus, broadly callously appressed, 

 smoky-purple. 



Pfeiffeu, Pro. Zool. Sec. ISSt. 



Uab. Australia. 



Allied somewhat to //. Fraseri, from the same locality, 



but a very distinct and characteristic species. 



tiimidiii.irn/d, aulj'jbs'jt'liplicalo-tlrlald, »padiceo-ftucd, 

 rrrsus aptcem ctuiUiiieo-nifd, faicid opacd infra peri- 

 pfieriaia et ad mlurat citufulald ; tpird eletatu, apiee 

 ohtimd ; aiifraclibiM KX,coiicexiu«culi-f ; aperturd qun- 

 dra/o-liinari, labro liinptiri. 



The pretty Helix. Shell scarcely umbilicated, glo- 

 bosely conic, somewhat swollen, rather obsoletely pli- 

 cately striated, fawn-brown, chestnut-red towards the 

 apex, encircled with an opakc-whitc band below the 

 periphcr)' and sutures ; spire raised, obtuse at the 

 apex; whorls six, rather convex; aperture quadratcly 

 lunar, lip simple. 



Pfeiffeu, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 



Uab. Moluccas. 



A light globose fawn-red shell, peculiarly chnraeteri7.cd 

 by opake white in the sutures. 



Species 1355. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix QU.ESITA. Ilel. tenia profundi umiiliratd, t'-niti- 

 ylohoM, siiiiitrali, oblique ntdiruguiio-ntriatd, Kiuip-'Hii- 

 cido-albd, zonula caMaued aiigustd viedio cimjutntd .■ 

 Hpiri mtbobtimd ; anfractibm quinque, conrexii ; aprr- 

 tiird roluiidato-limari, labro tenui, aubreflexo. 



The socght Helix. Shell deeply umbilicated, thinly 

 globose, sinistral, obliquely rather roughly striated, 

 semitransparent white, encircled round the middle 

 with a narrow chestnut zone ; spire rather obtuse : 

 whorls five, convex ; aperture rotundately lunar, lip 

 thin, a little reflected. 



Deshayes, Hist. Moll. vol. i. p. 17'J. pi. 10 IV f. lO-l:!. 



Uab. Moluccas. 



A reversed shell, of light scmitrauaparent white sub- 

 stance, encircled round the middle with a narrow chestnut 

 zone. 



Species 1354. (ilus. Cuming.) 

 lli.Lix iii,i.LA. Uel. lesld tix uinbilicald, i/lobom-coiiicd, 



Aujust, 



Species 1356. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Helix Martini. Uel. Ustd excaeati lubanguAti umbili- 

 catd, deprcMO-ylobosd, pallidi sericeo-oliracfd, tubtu* 

 coiirard, undique pulclierriiiii drnti cottellaiu-tlriald, 

 iutemtitiit nub leiite minute cancellatin 'd, 



niiturd imprensd ; anfractihiu octu, rotti Umo 



ad periplieriam obsolete carinato ; aperturd oblique 

 iHiiari, labro, prtfcipue ad ntargiuein iiiferiorem, rr- 

 Jlexo. 



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