HELIX.— Plate CCIV. 



last suddenly deflected in front; aperture oblong- 

 lunar, horizontal, lip callously reflected, with the 

 margins mther iipproximoting. 



Pfeifkeh, Zeitschrifi fur Malac. 1^5 I, p. 150. 



llab. :- 



\ solid groove-striated shell, with a covered umbilicus, 

 and callously rcllected lip. 



Species 1439. (JIus. Taylor.) 



lli.Lix CORYLUS. Ilel. testa vix umbilicatd, conte:M-de- 

 preasa, infra concaciitaculu, olivaceo-castaned, tub- 

 corned, deme tuilitite-r costellato-striatd ; spird ob- 

 liuid, tutiird impressd; aiifractibua quinque ; aper- 

 turd late tiinari, labro »iinplici. 



TuE NIT Heli.\. Shell scarcely umbilicatcd, conveily 

 depressed, rather concave beneath, olive-cbcstuut, 

 somewhat horny, densely finely rib-striated ; spire 

 obtuse, with the suture impressed ; whorls live; aper- 

 ture broadly lunar, lip simple. 



llab. Ceylon ; Dr. Gardner. 



An olive-chestnut homy shell, of rather solid growth, 

 densely finely rib-striated throughout, with scarcely any 

 umbilicus. 



A solid, though transparent homy shell, of which the 

 upper and lower portions present a characteristic contrast ; 

 one dull and roughly rib-striated, the other bright, smooth, 

 and shining. 



Species 1440. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Helix virculata. Hel. testd aubangmti excavato-um- 

 bilicatd, depresso - orbiculari, corned, supra sordidr 

 olitaced et dense costellato-atrialn, infra virescenlr- 

 olivaced, politiasimd, fascid anguald riifi infra peri- 

 pheriam, el circa umbilicum rufd; spird suboblusd ; 

 aifractibm sex, declici-convexis, medio angulato-cari ■ 

 natis ; aperlurd late liniari, labro vix incra.isa/o. 



The striped Helix. Shell rather narrowly excavatcly 

 umbilicatcd, dcprcssly orl)icular, horny, dirty-olive 

 and densely rib-striated above, greenish-olive, highly 

 polished below, with a narrow red band beneath the 

 iwripherj', and red about the umbilicus ; s|)ire rather 

 obtuse ; whorls six, slantingly convex, angularly 

 keeled in the middle ; aperture broadly lunar, lip 

 slightly thickened. 



SowEKBY, Moll. Becchcy's Voyage of the Blossom, p. 

 144. pi. 38. f. 9. 



JM. ? 



Species 1441. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix vilis. IM. tcsld subanytuti profundi umbilicatd, 

 depresao-globosd, granuloso - striata, corned; spird 

 brevi; aiifractibiu quinque, convexis, uilimo antid 

 deflexo ; aperlurd circulari, labro subexpanso, intut 

 talide labialo, margindiiu fere approxiiuatis. 



TuE worthless Helix. Shell rather narrowly deeply 

 umbilicatcd, dcprcssly globose, granulously striated, 

 horny ; spire short ; whorls five, convex, the last de- 

 flected in front; aperture circular, lip a little ex- 

 panded, strongly edged within, margins nearly ap- 

 proximating. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S51. 



Hab. ? 



A depressly globose dull horny species, with a very 

 circular white-rimmed aperture. 



Species 1442. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix ericetouum. Hel. testd aperti suiperspectice um- 

 bilicntd, depressd, tenuistriatd, aUiidd aut pallidi /m- 

 cescente, fiisco rarie fasciald et liiieatd ; spird pla- 

 natd ; anfrnctibus quinque, supra ptanatis, infra ro- 

 tundatis, ultimo subdrflexo ; operturd fere circulari, 

 labro simplici. 



The ueath Helix. Shell openly subperspectively um- 

 bilicatcd, depressed, finely striated, whitish or light 

 brown, variously banded and lineated with brown ; 

 spire flattened ; whorls live, flat al)ovc, rounded Inflow, 

 last whorl a little deflected ; aperture neorly circular, 

 lip simple. 



Muller, Vermes, vol. ii. p. 33. 

 Helix striata, Miiilcr. 

 Ilfiu nicea, Gmelin. 

 Helix albella. Pennant. 

 Helix erica, Do Costn. 



Hoi. Europe. 



This well-known species is mainly distinguished from 

 the equally common //. rirgata by its larger umbilicus. 



