HELIX. 



Plate CCV. 



Species 1443. OIus. Brit.) 



HELl-t PmiaiPl. Hel. lestd imperforala, iubgloboso- 

 depresmt, teiiui, (enue riigala, iiitula, pallide cornea, 

 pellucida, macttlk viridWui irregulariter aspersd ; 

 spira panim elecatd, obtum; anfractibus qtiinqne, 

 planiuscidis, iillimo bau coiicexiitucitlo, medio fmcid 

 anymld albd ciugulatd, siibincrasmtd ; aperttird lit- 

 nari, labro simpUci ; colitnietld breeder arcuatd. 



The Phillip Island Helix. Shell imperforated, sub- 

 globosely depressed, tliin, slightly wrinkled, shining, 

 pale horny, transparent, irregularly sprinkled with 

 green spots ; spire but little raised, obtuse ; whorls 

 five, rather flat, then slightly eonvcx at the base, en- 

 circled round the middle with a narrow white band ; 

 aperture lunar, lip simple ; columella shortly arched, 

 rather thick. 



Gkay, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 65. 



Hob. Phillip Island, Australia ; Cunningham. 



An opake yeUowish-horny slicll, encircled with a nar- 

 row whitish central band, and spotted promiscuously with 

 curiously irregular dusky green spots. 



Species 1444. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helix Sinclairi. Hel. testa late umiilicatd, depressd, 

 tenia, reguluriter et confertim contidato-striatd, fulvo- 

 Jlavd, lineii rnjh interrtiptin midlifanciatd ; spird pla- 

 nidatd; anfractibm qiialitor, planiilatis, suturd lavi- 

 bus, disjunctk, vltimo depresio, aidice valde dejlexo ; 

 aperturd perohliqud, lunato-otali, labro aimplici, mar- 

 ginibiis approximatis. 

 Sinclair's Helix. Shell broadly umbilicated, depressed, 

 thin, regularly and closely rib-striated, fulvous-yellow, 

 banded with numerous interrupted red lines; spire 

 rather flat ; whorls four, flat, smooth and disjoined 

 at the suture, the last depressed, very much deflected 

 in front ; aperture very oblique, lunar-oval, lip sim- 

 ple, with the margins appro.vimating. 

 Pfeiffer, Zcitschrift fiir JIalac. 1845, p. 134. 

 Hub. Van Diemen's Land ; Dr. Sincbir. Sarah Island ; 

 Milligau. 

 A bright green horny shell, encircled with dot-inter- 

 rupted chestnut lines and bands ; but chiefly remarkable 

 for its beautiful close-set ribbed sculpture. 



Species 1445. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helix despecta. Eel. testa aiiginte umhdicatA, subglo- 

 bosd, teiiiii, rugoao-ttriatd, favido-fiucd ; spird pan- 



lulitm elatd ; suturd profunda ; aiifractibus qiiinque, 

 convexis, ultimo iiijhto ; aperturd ampld, lunato-ro- 

 tundatd, labro simplici, intus »ubincra»sato, margine 

 columellari dilatato-rejlexo, umbilicum seiiiioccultante. 



The despised Helix. Shell narrowly umbilicated, sub- 

 globose, thin, rougldy striated, yellowish - brown ; 

 spire a little raised ; suture deep ; whorls five, con- 

 vex, the last inflated ; aperture large, lunar-rounded, 

 lip simple, slightly thickened within, columellar mar- 

 gin dilately reflected at the upper part, half-covering 

 the umbilicus. 



Gray, Zool. Beechey's Voyage, p. 143. pi. 38. f. 5. 



Uab. ? 



A light straw-coloured horny species, of globose form 



and rather solid structure. 



Species 1446. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helix fulgckaTa. Ilel. teitd mediocriter umbilicatd, de- 

 pressd, acute carinatd, lineis confertis regulariter de- 

 cussatd, nitUld, fuhescente-albd, lineis rufis elegan- 

 tissime fulgurald ; spird subplanulata ; anfractibus 

 quatuor, planulatis, ultimo subtus fascid unicd rufd 

 ornato, basi iiijlalo, circa umbUicum angusli infundi- 

 buliformem angulato ; aperturd subtriangulari, ni- 

 teide-Uvidd, labro castaneo, viarginibus callo castaneo 

 inlrorsum diffuso junctis, svpero subexpanso, basalt re- 

 fiexo, cum columellari brevi, oblique, angulum obtusum 

 formante. 

 The LicnTNiNO-MARKED Helix. Shell moderately um- 

 bilicated, depressed, slmqily keeled, regularly decus- 

 sated with close-set lines, shining, yellowish-wliitc, 

 very elegantly zigzag-marked with yellowish lines; 

 spire rather flat ; whorls four, flat, the last orna- 

 mented beneath with a single red band, inflated at the 

 base, angled around the umbilicus, which is narrowly 

 funnel-shaped ; aperture somewhat triangular, shining 

 livid, lii) chestnut, margins joined by a chestnut cal- 

 losity difl'uscd inwardly, upper margin slightly ex- 

 panded, basal reflected, with the columellar margin 

 short and obli(|ue, forming an obtuse angle. 

 Sowerbv, Malac. and Couch. Mag. vol. i. ]>. 47. 



Hub. ? 



This very remarkable shell, of which the peculiar form 

 and colouring is well rcpreseutcd in the accompanying 

 fi<nires, has been for many years in the collection of the 

 British Museum, no one knowing from whence it has 

 come or from whom it was procured. No other spe- 

 cimen has been seen. 



December, 1854. 



