AND OTHER FAMILIES. 55 



spire flattened ; aperture large and nearly round ; outer lip simple ; columella very short 

 and smoolli. 



Hab 



My Cabinet. 

 Diam. 1*4, Length •? of an inch. 



RemarlxS. — This species has a strong resemblance to H. citrina. It 

 may be distinguished from that species by its colour, which is more 

 pale, being almost a light horn colour; by its being more flattened, and 

 by its band, which is white bordered on each side by a delicate brown 

 hne. The umbilicus is small. 



Helix Himalana. Plate XIX, fig. 66. 



Testa sinistrosu, siibcarinata, tenui, subdiaphana, umbilicatA, superne. subcon- 

 vexd, in/erne ivflata, longitudlnaliter et transversim minute striata, superne fusco- 

 lutea, ill/erne fuscu, prope carinam tenebrosiori ; anfractibus quaternis ; spird 

 obtusA ; aperturd late rotundatd ; labro simplici et acuta; columella brevi. 



Shell sinistral, subcarinate, thin, translucent, umbilicated, obtusely convex above, 

 inflated below, longitudinally, transversely and minutely striate, superior part brown- 

 ish yellow, Inferior part brown, being more intense near the carina ; whorls four ; spire 

 obtuse ; aperture widely rounded ; outer lip simple and sharp ; columella short. 



Hab. Himalaya Mountains. Dr Burrough. 



]My Cabinet. 



Cabinet of Dr Burrough. 



Cabinet of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Cabinet of Mr Hyde. 



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



Remarks. — In the splendid collection of objects of natural history 

 brought from India and other countries by Dr Burrough was this spe- 

 cies, which Dr B. procured himself among the Himalaya mountains. 

 It is easily distinguished from any species I am acquainted with, and 

 approaches most closely to the H. Ixvipes (Fer.). Its sinistral opening, 



