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H. CHEFFANA, Bourg. Tunis. 



H. ACORTA, Letourn. et Bourg. Tunis. 



Subsection VII. NUMMULINA, Kobelt. 1871. 



H. NUMMUS, Ehrenb. PI. 44, figs. 45, 46. 



Narrowly umbilicated, pellucid, yellowish brown, with whitish 

 strise; whorls 5?, the last with acutely carinated periphery; lip 

 thin, subreflected. Diain. 17 mill. 



Syria. 



The synonyms are H. Hedenborgi, Pfr., and H. oxygyra, Boiss. 



H. PROMETHEUS, Bottger. PI. 44, figs. 47-49. 



Larger than H. nummus, with much larger umbilicus, base not 

 rugosely striate, very obsoletely granulated, distinctly descending 

 at the aperture, peristome sublabiate with white within. 

 I)iam. 17-5-20-5 mill. 



Caucasus. 

 H. SPIROXIA, Bourg. PI. 44, figs. 50, 51. 



Subperforate, not shining, subpellucid, striate above and below, 

 with spiral, subpilose epidermal lines, corneous, carina whitish, 

 rugose, subcrenulated ; whorls 6, rapidly increasing, suture linear, 

 last whorl shortly descending in front; lip callously thickened 

 within. Diam. 1-4 mill. 



Alexandretta, Syria. 



H. GENEZARETHANA, Mousson. PI. 44, figs. 52, 53. 



Moderately umbilicated, thickly membranaceous, subpellucid, 

 smooth, striate, very minutely and elegantly granular, fulvous or 

 paler, not shining, suture linear; whorls 5?, the last not descending, 

 base inflated round the umbilicus ; peristome simple, lower margin 

 thinly expanded, labiate within, columella broadly reflected. 



Diam. 22 mill. 



Tiberias, Palestine. 

 H. Tiberana, Mouss. is a synonym. 



~H. JASONIS, Dubois. PI. 45, figs. 54, 55. 



Widely umbilicated, rather thin, strongly costulate-striate, the 

 interstices very minutely granular, subdiaphanous, light-corneous, 

 or whitish, suture plane, thread-like; whorls 6, periphery strongly 

 carinated, carina subcrenate, last whorl scarcely descending in front ; 

 peristome not labiate, reflected below. Diam. 24 mill. 



Mingrelia. 



