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Helicina lens. Plate XIX. fig. 56. 



Testd parvd, Jenticulari, supra luted, subtus riifd; anfractibus tribus, quorum 

 infcriori carinato ; spird plano-convexd ; aperturd dilatatd ; labro crasso ; columelld 

 subcallosd el luleold. 



Shell small, lenticular, yellow above and red below ; whorls three, inferior one 

 carinate ; spire plano-convex ; aperture dilated ; outer lip thick j columella thinly coated 

 and yellowish. 



Hab. Feejee Islands. W. W. Wood. 



My Cabinet. 

 Diam. 5-20tbs, Length 4-20ths of an inch. 



The smaller figure is of the size of nature. 



Hemarhs. — The lenticular form and sharp carina of the body whorl 

 distinguish this species. Within it is orange, and about the base of 

 the shell there is a disposition to yellow. 



Helicina pulcherrima. Plate XIX. fiij. 57 



S3' 



Testd. subviridi, subglobosd, crassa, minute striata; anfractibus quaternis, 

 quorum infnno fascid albo-f used induto ; spira obtusd ; aperturd dilatatd ; labro 

 alba et rejlexo ; columelld callosd, albd,fulgenli, tuberculo parvo ad basini. 



Shell subglobose, greenish, thick, finely striate ; whorls four, the body whorl having 

 an indistinct white and brown band ; spire obtuse ; aperture dilated ; outer lip white and 

 reflected ; columella white, thickly coated and shining, with a small tubercle at the 

 bottom. 



Hab. Java ? 



My Cabinet. 

 Diam. -8, Length -7 of an inch. 



Remarks. — This is perhaps the finest species yet known of the 



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