214 HELIX. 



H. VOTIVA, Crosse. PI. 49, figs. 4, 5. 



Narrowly umbilicated, subtranslucent, a little shining, thinly, 

 subobliquely striate, yellowish straw color, with two dark chestnut 

 bands on the penultimate, three on the last whorl ; whorls 4, rather 

 flattened, the last anteriorly descending, scarcely angulated at the 

 periphery ; aperture whitish, showing the bands, peristome white, 

 the extremities closely approaching. Diam. 26 mill. 



Madagascar. 



H. CANESCENS, Ads. and Keeve. PL 50, figs. 39-41, 



Subcovered perforate, somewhat solid, striate, obsoletely decus- 

 sated, greyish white, with a median corneous-pellucid spiral line, or 

 several interrupted lines and bands of maculations, apex corneous; 

 whorls 5, the last gradually descending in front; aperture bluish, 

 peristome acute, sublabiate within, columellar margin oblique, 

 callously tuberculated. Diam. 20 mill. 



Africa. 



The rather indefinite locality has not been verified; the figure 

 and description given by Keeve (fig. 41.) are suspiciously close to 

 the Western American group to which belong H. Icevis, H. Veatchi 

 and If. Pandoras] Kiister's figures (figs. 39, 40) appear very 

 different. 



*** . 

 Australian Species. 



H. L^ESA, Reeve. PL 49, fig. 15. 



Narrowly umbilicated, plicate-striate and minutely granulated, 

 livid greenish, purple-tinted ; whorls 5-6, convex, the last a little 

 deflected in front; lip expanded, reflected, widely dilated at the 

 umbilicus. Diam. 25 mill. 



Hunter River, Australia. 



H. EXPEDITIONS, Cox. PL 49, fig. 19. 



Umbilicated, thin, transparent, yellowish brown, shining, rudely 

 striated; whorls 5 2-6, the last large, inflated, descending in front; 

 aperture pale violaceous, peristome simple, white. Diam. 26 mill. 



Tropical Australia. 



H. FUNICULATA, Pfr. PL 49, fig. 16. 



Moderately umbilicated, thin, rugosely granulated, a little snin- 

 ing, chestnut color, with a peripheral white band, suture subchan- 



