332 HELIX. 



v. peucetana Kob., iv, 122. carseolana Auct. 



v. apula BL, iv. 219. marrucina Tib. 



H. forsythi Paul., iv, 223. v. recondita West., iv, 220. 



/. orta Paul., iv, 224. v. contaminata Paul.,iv, 220. 



H. argentarolse Paul., iv, 223. v. uzielliana Paul., iv, 220. 



H. signata Fer., iv, 223. v. persianii Tib., iv, 220. 



circumornata Mts. not Fer. v. uniarmata Paul., iv, 220. 



fauum Miihlf. v. milettiana Paul., iv, 220. 



/. virginea Blanc. H. nebrodensis Prj., iv, 220. 



H. scherzeri (Zel.) Pfr. v. silvestrii Cafici, iv, 226. 

 H. carsoliana Fer., iv, 219. 



Section Levantina Kobelt, 1871. 



Levantina KOB., Catal. Eur. Binnenconch., p. 19. See for anat- 

 omy SCHMIDT, Stylom., pi. 4, f. 21, and SCHUBERTH, Arch. Naturg., 

 1892, pi. 5, f. 9, 10. 



Shell solid, rather cretaceous, large and depressed, the earlier 

 whorls acutely keeled, rendering the sutures rather superficial, last 

 whorl wide, rounded, umbilicate or imperforate, ornamented with 4 

 or 5 bands of arrow-like spots, or unicolored whitish, deflexed in 

 front. Aperture ovate-rounded, very oblique; lip expanded, the 

 baso-columellar margin reflexed and dilated. Type H. guttata. 

 (See pi. 44, figs. 1, 2, 3, H. guttata var. sesteri.) 



Jaw with 4-6 ribs denticulating the margins. Radula with the 

 middle cusp of the median and lateral teeth wide, about as long as 

 basal plates, no side cusps. Marginals with a long bifid inner cusp 

 and a small ectocone. 



Genital system (pi. 61, fig. 10, H. hierosolyma) with penis and 

 flagellum as usual in Otala. Dart sack rather small ; mucus glands 

 3-branched. Spermatheca duct long, with a long diverticulum. 

 Dart four-bladed. 



Distribution, Island of Rhodes and Palestine to the Mesopota- 

 miau Desert and Persia. 



The anatomy offers nothing separating this group from Otala or 

 Iberus, but the characteristic shell and the distribution render it 

 convenient to retain the group. 



