HELIX.— Plate CCII. 



The Amplllaria-like Uzlix. Shell cxcavatcly rather 

 narrowly uiubilicated, siuistral, deprcssly globose, 

 rather thin, irregularly striatcil, livid ash ; spire ob- 

 tusely depressed ; whorls live, couvcx ; aperture 

 lunar-cireular, lip simple, margins approximating, 

 joined by a very thin callous lamina. 



Ilai. Neilgherry Hills ; Jerdon. 



A tine reversed species, with very much the aspect of 

 .■/wpiil/nria perversa, collected at the above locality by 

 Dr. Jerdon. 



Species 1424. (Mas. Taylor.) 



Hei,i.\ specthum. Hel. testa perangtiste umMUcald, pluno- 

 conoidea, Imsi late depressd, arciiatim tenuintriala, 

 allm, fascia, angiistd ceiitrnli Ibieimjiie perpaiiris re- 

 niolis castaiteo-rujis cingiilatd ; spird breoi, apice siii- 

 aciitd ; anfractibus quinque, convexu-decUvibus, ob- 

 solete carinalis, ultimo aiitice dejlexo, ad aperturam 

 oblique producto ; apertnrd Imialo-elliptird, fauce ni- 

 tente-albd, labro ampUter ezpanso-re/lexo, margiiie co- 

 liimellari suberecto, ad vmbilicum calloso et Infissimi 

 (lilalato-appresso. 



The spectke Helix. Shell very narrowly umbilicated, 

 flatly conoid, broadly depressed at the base, arcuately 

 finely striated, white, encircled with a narrow chest- 

 nut-red band and a few distant lines ; spire short, 



rather sharp at the apex ; whorls five, convexlv 

 blanting, obsoletely keeled, last whorl a little de- 

 flected in front, obliquely produced at the aperture ; 

 aperture lunar -elliptic, shining white within, lip 

 largely cxpandcdly reflected, eolumellar margin sub- 

 erect, callous, and very broadly dilately apprcsscd at 

 the umbilicus. 



Hub. 



A deliKitely pencilled and very characteristic species, 

 perfectly distinct from any other of the genus, from the 

 collection of Thomas Lombc Taylor, Esq. 



Species 1425. (Mas. Taylor.) 



Helix ovi-vitellus. Hel. lestd vix um&ilicatd, depreuo- 

 roHoided, oblique niguloso-striatd, roito-ritellind, ni- 

 teute, ad suturas all/iJd ; spird oblusd ; aiifractibiu 

 quinque, contexo-decticiius, ad sulurat tentie margina- 

 lia ; aperturd lunari, labro simplici. 



The egg-yelk Helix. Shell scarcely umbilicated, de- 

 pressly conoid, obli(|ucly rugulosely striated, rose- 

 yelk, shining, whitish at the sutures ; spire obtuse ; 

 whorls five, convexly slanting, finely margined at the 

 sutures ; aperture lunar, lip simple. 



ffab. Amboyna. 



This shell also appears to be distinct from any hitherto 

 described species. 



