72 Zoological Society. 



December 8. — W. H. Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



A paper by G. B. Sowerby, Esq., was read, in which the author 

 continues his descriptions of the new shells collected in the Philip- 

 l)ine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq. 



Helix Monticula. Hel. testa suborbicniari, subconicd, tenui, pal- 

 lescente, Iccvi; spird brevi, subpyramidali, obtusd ; anfractibus 

 quatiior tenerrime {lineis incrementi) striatis, depressiusculis , ulti- 

 mo magno, obtusissime angulato, antice depressiusculo,viridi ; aper- 

 turd subtrapeziformi, ungulis posticis acvtiusculis ; peritremate 

 angusto, tenuiter reflexo, albo ; columelld alba. 

 Long. 0-9 ; lat. 09 poll. 



Hub. supra foliis arborum apud Lallo, provincise Cagayan insulae 

 Luzon, PhiliiDpinarum. 



All the varieties of this pretty species are green in front, and the 

 apex appears to be always colourless. The following six varieties 

 occur : — 



a. Yellow above ; circumference orange-yellow ; front green. 

 From Lallo. 



b. Yellow above ; circumference orange-yellow, with a dark brown 

 slightly interrupted band ; green in front. From St. Jaun, in the 

 province of Cagayan. 



c. Yellowish white above, with a narrow dull yellowish green 

 circumferential band , green in front. From Gattarang, in the ]5ro- 

 vince of Cagayan. 



d. Volutions banded in the following order : band next to the su- 

 ture yellowish white ; then a pale green broader band ; then a yel- 

 lowish white band ; then a dark brown circumferential band, with 

 jagged edges ; then another yellowish w'hite band, and then green in 

 front. From Lallo. 



e. Small ; pale yellowish, with a light band, consisting of short 

 dark brown lines near to the suture ; a dark brovt'u circumferential 

 band; front dull yellowish green. From St. Jaun. 



/. Antesutural band consisting of irregular dark brown lines ar- 

 ranged side by side ; then a yellowish white band ; then a broad, 

 dark brown, somewhat mottled and interrupted band ; then another 

 yellowish white band, and then the green front. From Abulug, in 

 the province of Cagayan. 



Helix Coccomelos. Hel. testd subglobosd, tenuiusculd, Icevi, an- 

 fractibus quatuor rotundatis, Icevigatis, striis incrementi solum in- 

 sculptis, ultimo maxima ; aperturd suborbiculari, peritremate re- 

 flexo ; labia columellari alba, declivi, abluso, depressiusculo . 

 Long. 1-3 ; lat. 1-4 poll. 



Hab. supra foliis arborum ad insulam Tablas dictam Philipi)inarum. 

 In general this species bears a great resemblance to a plum, for 

 which reason I have called it //. Coccamelos. Several varieties may 

 be distinguished. 



a. Apex dark brownish red, softened off gradually to a pale j'cllow- 

 green, which becomes gradually darker, until the body of the last 

 volution is of a fine dark green : lij) white. 



b. Similar to a, only dark brown instead of green. 



