HELIX §. 47. 48. 223 



crassatum, album, brcviter reflexum. — Diam. maj. 33, min. 29, 

 alt. 37 mill. (Coil. Nr. 343.) 



Helix metaformis (Gochlostyla) Fer. pr. 322. Hist. t. 108. f. 2. 



— — Soic. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841. p. 17. 



— — Deless. recueil t. 39. f. 3. 



— — Chemn. ed. II. Ilelix N. 27 9. t. 49. f. 1 —5. 



— ovularis Mke catal. Malsb. p. 4. *) 



— mirahilis var. elong. Fer. t. 104. f. 6. 7. 

 Bulimns metafoymiis Gray in Ann. of Phil. XXV. 



— — Val. in Humb. voy. Zool. 11. p. 2 44. 



Cochlostyla metaformis Pfr. Symb. I. p. 42. 

 Orthostylus metaformis Beck ind. p. 49. 

 Habitat in insula Luzon (Cuming). 



Obs. 1. Varial iinicolor vt"! nigricanti-fasciala, epidermide liydropliana 

 .strigata vel nmla, spira masis minusve elongala , anfracUi ullimo interilum lu- 

 mido. — Nonne nomen Menkeanum anteponendum? 



Obs. 2. Hic conferantur Bulimi species in §. 1 enumeratae. 



§• 48. 



587. H. curta Sowerby. 



T. imperforata, ovato-conica, crassiuscula , substriata, lutea, 

 epidermide pallida , hydrophana strigata et marmorata , apice ru- 

 bella, nitida; spira elevata, conica, obtusiuscula; anfr. 6 planulati, 

 ultimus antice paululum descendeus, basi brunnescens , epider- 

 mide gi^isea radiatus; coluiuella obliqua, alba, introrsum valde 

 dilatata , dentato-truncata ; apertui^a coarctata , irregulariter semi - 

 ovalis; perist. crassiusculum, album, nitidum, breviter reflexum. 

 — Diara. maj. 26, min. 23, alt. 25 mill. (Mus. Cuiuing. ) • 

 Helix curta Sow. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841. p. 20. 



— — Pfr. Symb. III. p. 70. 

 Achatina? curta Pfr. Symb. II. p. 133. 



Habitat in insula Luzon (Cuming). 



5SS. H. Iloconensis Sowerby. 



T. imperforata, ovato-globosa, crassiuscula, laevis, coloribus 

 diversissimis ornata ; spira conoidea , obtusa ; anfr. 5 convexius- 

 culi; columella subrecta, lata; apertura lunato-ovalis, inluslactea; 

 perist. album, simplex, late expansum, margine dexti^o extus 

 medio impresso. — R. a. = 5 : 8. — Diam. maj. 29 , min. 24, alt. 



*) T. ovato-conoidea , obtusissima , imperforata , luteo-fuscescente; aper- 

 tura alba; columella subunidentata; labro reflexo. — Alt. 16, diam. 12 lin. 

 (Mke 1. c.) 



