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  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species 
  and 
  Varieties 
  of 
  Shells, 
  

  

  Named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  my 
  Conchological 
  friend, 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  W. 
  

   Budd, 
  of 
  New- 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  Fresh 
  specimens 
  of 
  Helix 
  Blandiana 
  have 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   transverse 
  ill 
  defined 
  stripes 
  alternating 
  with 
  pale 
  brown 
  

   spaces. 
  

  

  Helix 
  pulchrior. 
  Shell 
  subconic, 
  rather 
  thin 
  : 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  

   light 
  burnt-sienna 
  color, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  cream 
  

   color, 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  numerous 
  ill 
  defined 
  unequal 
  

   transverse 
  lines 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  dark 
  burnt-sienna 
  ; 
  often 
  with 
  a 
  

   tinge 
  of 
  ash 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  whorls 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  spiral 
  rather 
  

   dark 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  burnt-sienna 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  suture, 
  above 
  

   which 
  the 
  transverse 
  dark 
  lines 
  rarely 
  extend 
  ; 
  with 
  another 
  

   very 
  dark 
  spiral 
  stripe 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  periphery 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  well 
  defined 
  large 
  

   very 
  dark 
  circular 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  umbilical 
  re- 
  

   gion, 
  which 
  is 
  sometimes 
  margined 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  circle, 
  exterior 
  

   to 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  rather 
  dark 
  burnt-sienna 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  

   with 
  a 
  fine 
  spiral 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   periphery 
  : 
  surface 
  moderately 
  shining, 
  with 
  fine 
  close 
  striae 
  

   of 
  growth 
  : 
  spire 
  with 
  the 
  outlines 
  moderately 
  curvilinear 
  : 
  

   whorls 
  five, 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  ; 
  last 
  whorl 
  subangular 
  on 
  the 
  per- 
  

   iphery 
  : 
  aperture 
  wider 
  than 
  long 
  : 
  lip 
  thin 
  and 
  rather 
  sharp, 
  

   slightly 
  reflected 
  : 
  umbilicus 
  wanting. 
  This 
  most 
  richly 
  col- 
  

   ored 
  of 
  the 
  Jamaica 
  Helices 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  subcotiica. 
  In- 
  

   habits 
  Portland. 
  

  

  Greatest 
  breadth 
  .65 
  inch 
  ; 
  least 
  breadth 
  ,57 
  inch 
  ; 
  height 
  

   .5 
  inch. 
  

  

  A 
  variety 
  has 
  the 
  dark 
  umbilical 
  spot 
  margined 
  with 
  a 
  

   circle 
  of 
  bright 
  cream 
  color, 
  with 
  another 
  stripe 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   next 
  below 
  the 
  dark 
  periphery. 
  It 
  inhabits 
  St. 
  Thomas-in-the- 
  

   East. 
  

  

  Helix 
  Jacobensis. 
  Shell 
  depressed 
  conic, 
  transversely 
  

   ovate 
  : 
  yellowish 
  horn 
  color 
  : 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  well 
  impressed 
  

   crowded 
  striae 
  of 
  growth 
  : 
  spire 
  with 
  the 
  outlines 
  but 
  little 
  

  

  