468 Zoological Society. 



lubio externa refexo rotundato,fusco ; columella, latiusculd, deslivi, 

 antice oblique subtruncatd. 



Long, ri ; lat. 1*6 poll, 



Hab. supra folia arborum prope Cagayan, Provincise Misamis, In- 

 sulse Mindanao, Philippinarum. 



Obs. Variat interdum spird minus depressd. 



Of this species there are two varieties in form and several in 

 colouring. The variety with a rather more than usually elevated 

 spire very closely resembles some of the varieties of Helix Roissyana ; 

 still it may be distinguished from that species by the much greater 

 declivity of the columella, and its broader and less rounded outer 

 lip. In the general arrangement of the colouring all the varieties 

 are somewhat similar, particularly in the dark chestnut colour of the 

 apex, which is continuous down the anterior part of the following 

 volutions ; the upper i)art of the second and third volutions are 

 lighter ; the columella is dark brown, and there is always a very 

 light band surrounding it, which when covered with its epidermis is 

 light yellow-brown, but when deprived of it is white ; this is sur- 

 rounded by a very dark brown band. The following are the varieties 

 in colour, viz. 



a. Shell with a dark brown band at the periphery and another 

 antesutural dark brown band ; epidermis with a very pale band at 

 the circumference. 



b. Shell coloured precisely like a. : epidermis with a very dark 

 band at the circumference. 



c. Shell with the spire more elevated ; last volutions very dark 

 brown, with a white antesutural and another white band at the cir- 

 cumference. 



Helix setiger. Hel. testd suborbiculari, tenui, brunned, spird le- 

 vatiusculd, anfructibus senis, rotundalis, angustioribus ; aperturd 

 semilunari, labia externa, tenuissima ; epidermide setigerd, setts 

 regulariter coordinatis. 

 Long. 1- ; lat. 1-2 poll. 



Hab. in ligno putrido prope St. Jaun, Provincije Cagaj'^an, Insulae 

 Lu^on. 



Shell dark brown, with a yellowish band in front of the periphery, 

 and a broad band of the same surrounding the columella, which is 

 small and white and deeply placed. 



Helix velutina. Hel. testd suborbiculari, subdepressd, tenui, 

 paliide brunned, epidermide velutino indutd, antice leevi, nitidd ; 

 spird depressd, anfractibus quinque, rotundatis ; aperturd semi- 

 lunari, postice rotundato-subtruncatd ; labio externa tenui; colu- 

 melld parvd, profundd. 

 Long. 0-7; lat. 1-2 poll. 



Hab. in arboribus putridis ad Insulam Guimaras, Philippinarum. 

 Close-set short hairs, covering the whole of the upper part of the 

 shell and part of the lower, give it a velvety appearance and soft- 

 ness. Two varieties of this species have occurred, one of smaller 



