HELIX.— Plate CCIII. 



very finely strintcd, blue-white or fawn-ycUow ; whorls 

 five to six, flatly convex ; aperture rotunilutcly lunar, 

 lip thinly reflected, columcUar margin straight and 

 rather callous. 



I'FEIFFEK, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1815, p. 126. 



Ilab. Island of Jlindoro, Philippine Islands. 



Collected in large quantities by Captain Sir Edward 

 Belcher, in the voyage of the Samarang. 



Species 1431. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Cecillei. Eel. testa mhampliter profimde umhi- 

 licata, orbiculari, tumulimculd, areuatim denne striata, 

 el ifrauidatd,fulco-fu»cd,faiciU duabus castaneis cin- 

 gulatd ; spird obtuse coiwexd ; aiifractibm sex, nltimo 

 roliiiidato, aiilice paululiiiii dejlexo ; aperturd rotiiii- 

 dato-luiiari, labro sublate re/lexo, purpurascente, vmr- 

 ginibiis approxiiiiatis. 



Cecille's Helix. Shell rather largely deeply umbili- 

 catc-d, orbicular, rather tumid, arcuately densely stri- 

 ated, and granulated, fulvous-brown, encircled with 

 two chestnut bands ; spire obtusely convex ; whorls 

 six, the last rounded, a little deflected in front ; aper- 

 ture rotundately lunar, lip rather broadly reflected, 

 purplish, with the margins approximating. 



PiiiLiPPi, Zeitschrift fur Malac. 1849, p. 82. 



J/ai. Tien Tong, China ; Admiral Cecille. 



This fine species was collected in the China Seas by 

 Captain Sir E. Belcher and by the above-named Admiral 

 of the French Navy about the same time. 



Species 1432. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix constricta. He!, lestd imperforatd, semir/lobosd, 

 solu/d, oblique striatd, striis spiralibus minutissimis 

 deciissatd, Jlavicanle-albd, fasciis duabus fuscescenti- 

 bus ciuffulatd; anfractibus quatuor ad quiiique, con- 

 vexia, ullimo ad basin subexcavate planato, aiilice su- 



bilo difiexo, conslriclo ; aperturd tubeoarclalo-ltiMari, 

 labro expanso-rejlexo, iHarginibtu approximatit, batali 

 calloso. 



The co.vstbicteu Helix. Shell imprfonitcd, scmi- 

 globosc, solid, obli(iuely striated, decussated with 

 very minute spiral striae, yellowish-while, encircled 

 with two light-brown bands ; whorls four to five, 

 convex, the last rather excavatcly flattened at the 

 base, suddenly deflected in front, and drawn out ; 

 aperture rather contractcdly lunar, lip expandcdly 

 reflected, margins approximating, basal margin cal- 

 lous. 



Pfeiffeb, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 39. 



Ilab. Island of Jlindoro, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Chiefly distinguished by its simple belt of two light- 

 brown bands, one above the periphery and the other 

 below it. 



Species 1433. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Minoeicexsis. Uel. testa imperforatd, orbicu- 

 lalo-contexd, albidd eel lutescenle, fatciis fuscis plus 

 minus uudato-interruptis ciiigulatd ; anfractibus quiii- 

 que, plano-convexis, ultimo anlici dejlexo ; aperturd 

 subquadrato-luuari, vix re/lexo, intus labiato, mar- 

 ginihus subapproximatis, rolumeltari calloso-dilataio. 



The MiNoncA Helix. Shell imperforated, orbicularly 

 convex, whitish or yellowish, encircled with more or 

 less zigzag interrupted brown bands ; whorls five, 

 slightly convex, the last dcflecte<l in front ; aiR'rture 

 somewhat squarely lunar, scarcely reflected, edged 

 within, margins rather approximated, columellar mar- 

 gin callously dilated. 



MiTTKE, Annales des Sci. Nat. vol. xviii. ]i. 188. 



Hab. Island of Minorca. 



Of the true European type, encircled with close-set 

 broad brown bands, broken more or less with zigzag 

 marks of the yellow ground. 



