148 HELIX. 



increasing, the last deflexed anteriorly; aperture rotund-lunar, 

 oblique, white lipped; peristorae narrowly expanded, reflexed, ad- 

 nate at base and over the umbilicus. Diam. 15-20 mill. 



Spain and Southern France. 



Peristome and aperture sometimes rose tinted within. A lovely 

 species, connecting the smaller Maculariw with Tachea, and as far 

 as shell characters go, intermediate between these groups. 



Var. COSSONI Letourneux. 



More depressed; spire moderately convex ; whorls 4, more rapidly 

 increasing, the last large ; aperture less oblique than in the type. 



Diam. 19 mill. Herault, France. 



H. BALEARICA Ziegler. PI. 36, figs. 49, 50. 



Imperforate, depressed, brownish white above variegated with 

 deep brown, white, and corneous marblings; with five bands, all 

 interrupted; whorls 5 rapidly increasing; aperture oblique, rotund- 

 lunar, peristome narrowly reflected brownish, labiate, appressed at 

 base. Diam. 30 mill. Balearic Is.; Spain. 



The synonymy includes H. hispanica Partsch., (pi. 36, figs. 51-53) 

 and H. speciosa Zieg. 



Var. COMPANYONI Aleron. PI. 36, figs. 47, 48. 



Smaller than the type, more fragile and more delicately sculp- 

 tured; peristome and columella white. Diam. 15-20 mill. 



Balearic Is.; Catalonia. 



It is H. haspanica var. pyrenaica Rossm. 



H. MINORICENSIS Mittre. PI. 38, figs. 78-81. 



Imperforate, depressed, lightly striate, white with five brown 

 bands, more or less interrupted with white, the intervening spaces 

 maculated with corneous; spire slightly elevated, apex corneous, 

 smooth, obtuse ; whorls 4, rapidly increasing, the last wide, descend- 

 ing anteriorly ; aperture oblique, rotund lunar, showing the bands 

 within; peristome expanded, adnate at base. Diam. 13-18 mill. 



Minorca, Balearic Is. 



H. BEAUMIERI Mousson. PI. 44, figs. 12-14. 



Imperforate, globose depressed, thin, slightly striate, and with 

 light spiral lines, evanescent at the base ; whitish with five rufous 

 interrupted bands, the upper two usually confluent, those on base 

 narrow; spire obtuse, convex, not conic; whorls 4, the last large, 

 strongly and abruptly descending at aperture, subinflated, rotund 



