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vory obtuse : sptre with rcg^ular and very convex outlines : 

 whorla nine, very narrow, moderately convex, with a well 

 impressed suture: last whorl slightly convex beneath, with 

 the umbilical region slightly concave: apeiture nearly trans- 

 verse, rathcr narrow, It'nate; with a very prominent sharp 

 stout revolving lamella far within in tho lower part of the 

 last whorl: labrum tliin and sharp: iabium in old shells, with 

 a rather thick deposit: columella produced very obliquely^ um- 

 bilicus wanting. 



Divergence eto. {ul supra).^') 



llelix coimectens Reeve Nr. 312 t. 62. 



Obs. Pfeiffer kennt diese Art nur aus der Beschrei- 

 bung. Die citirte Figur von Reeve, obwohl nur Rücken- 

 ansicht, ist eine getreue Abbildung des Habitus der Adams'- 

 schen Art, welche möglicherweise blos Form von Helix 

 epistylioides Fer. sein konnte. 



7. HELIX TORREFACTÄ Adams. 



Pfeiff. 1. c. Suppl. p. 140. Nr. 736 et in add. 1. c. 



„Testa imperforata, conico-globosa, solidula, sub cpidermide tenuis- 

 sima lutescenti-albida^ spira convcxo-conica, apice acutiuscula ; sutura 

 impressa; anfr. 9 parum convexi, superiores eleganter striati, inferiores 

 subltevigati, ultimus periphcria subangulatus, basi raedio vix inipressus; 

 columella fere rede descendens , subtorto-incrassata ; apertura lata, 

 depresso-lunaris, lamella basaü valida munita^ perist. simplex, acutum. 

 Diam. maj. 16, min. 15, alt. 15 mill. 



Helix torrefacta Adams Conlr. to Gonch. Nr. 2 p. 31. 



Q^Jlelix torrcfacla. Shell conoid, with a very thin transparent epi- 

 dermis, on the uppcr whorls, which is a little thicker and straw- 

 coloured on the lower whoi-Is; smooth or with aimnst imper- 

 ceptible Striae of growthj spire like that of /i. Coükiana Fer.^ 

 but a little more elevated j whorls eight , short, moderately 

 convex, with a well impressed suture j last whorl with the 

 base, (intermediate betweon that of Helix Cookiana and IL 

 EpUillliwn MüUJ) havlng; its central reaion rather deeply but 

 not vciy widely indcntcdj aperturc lunate^ labrum sharp; co- 

 lumeÜA somcwhat tvvistcd and produced rather obliquely j 



