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(jitudinaliter granulato-rugosiuscula . pallide castaneo- 

 rufa; spira hrevis, apice obtuso^ planato; sutura im- 

 pressa; an fine tus 5 Convexi. embryonales primi \ ifi vix 

 long itudinali ter striati, pallide castaneo-rosei^ ultimus 

 magnus, inftatus, spiram super ans ^ spiraliter fusco-nigri- 

 cante hifasciatus, basi rortundatus ; apertura subverticalis, 

 oiiato-piriformis, intus livide albida, fasciis anfractusul- 

 timi transmeantibus ; peristoma refîexum, sordide album, 

 marginibus callo tenuijunctis, columellari dilatato, crasso, 

 verticali, recto, basali et externo reflexis, incrassatis. — 

 Diam. maj. 35, ait. 49 mill. Apertura 35 mill. longa, 

 26 lata (Mus. Parisiense). 



Habitat in insula Madagascar dicta(A. Grand idier). 



Obs. Species Helici Goudotianœ Ferussaci colore et 

 forma satis vicijia, sed multo minor, magis globosa, aper- 

 tura subverticuli, nec obliqua, et margine columellari 

 multo magis dilatato distinguenda. 



H. C. et P. F. 



DeSCriplion de Iflollusques terrestres et flu- 

 viatllcs provenant de la Xoiiwelle-Calédonie, 



PAR J. B. Gassies. 



i. Hëlix confinis, Gassies. 



Testa miniitissima, umbilicata^discoidea, subrotundata, 

 transversim oblique striata, striis elevatis, lamelliformi- 

 bus, castaneo-ferruginea, concolor; spira superne planata 

 infernevix convexa; apice obtuso castaneo-sublœvi; sutura 

 impressa; anfractus 4 gradatim accrescentes, ultimus sub- 

 dilatatus; apertura rotundato-ovalis ; peristoma simplex, 

 superne vix dilata tu?n, descendens ; columella tennis; um- 



