60 HELIX. 



H. CHINENSIS, Phil. PI. 13, fig. 14. 



Widely umbilicated, shining, subpellucid, striated, light fulvous 

 above, whitish beneath, epidermis thin, very fugacious ; whorls 8, 

 convex, slowly increasing ; peristome white, sublabiate, shortly re- 

 flected. Diam. 25 mill. 



Near Nankin, China. 

 H. VERMES, Reeve. PL 13, fig. 15. 



Very widely umbilicated, solid, closely rugosely striate, shining 

 fulvous horny, with a white peripheral line, whorls 8, slowly in- 

 creasing, flattened, the last scarcely deflected in front, periphery 

 subangulated ; peristome thin, whitish, reflected. Diam. 32 mill. 



China. 



Has been considered a variety of H. Chinensis, but differs con- 

 siderably from that species, in its more depressed form, wider um- 

 bilicus, etc. 



H. PSEUDO-CHINENSIS, Mollendorlf. PL 13, figs. 16-18. 



Widely umbilicated, thin, closely obliquely striate, subpellucid, 

 somewhat shining, rosy horn color ; whorls 8, slowly increasing, 

 slightly convex, suture impressed, last whorl a little deflected in 

 front ; peristome reddish, widely reflected. Diam. 27 mill. 



Dlst. Hochan, China. 



This is H. Chinensis, Heude, not Phil. 



H. HERPESTES, Heude. PL 13, figs. 22-24. 



Widely umbilicated, brownish corneous, with an obscure whitish 

 corneous band, epidermis brownish or whitish, closely obliquely 

 striate ; whorls 7, slowly increasing, the last obsoletely angulated J 

 peristome white, narrowly reflected. Diam. 22 mill. 



Ttihenkeou, China. 

 H. FURTIVA, Heude. PL 13, figs. 19-21. 



Moderately umbilicated, corneous, striate, suture slightly im- 

 pressed ; whorls 6, slowly increasing, the last narrow, with obsoletely 

 angulated periphery ; peristome white, expanded. Diam. 19 mill. 



Prov. Kouetcheou, China. 



H. AUBRYANA, Heude. PL 13, figs. 45-47. 



Widely umbilicated, thin, obliquely striate, brownish white, 

 suture impressed ; whorls 7, slightly convex above, periphery ob- 

 tusely angulated, deflected in front, more convex on the base ; peris- 

 tome thin, white, reflected. Diam. 21 mill. 



Prov. Kouetcheou, China. 



