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last not descending in front, subconstricted behind the aperture ; 

 peristome subsinuated, expanded, the margins joined by a semi- 

 circular reflected lamina. Diam. 5 mill. 



Near Valencia, Spain. 



H. VALLISNIERI, Stefani. (Unfigured.) Central Italy. 



Chinese Species. 

 H. BICONCAVA, Hende. PI. 23, figs. 9-11. 



Widely umbilicated, rufous, longitudinally striated, with long 

 hairs ; whorls 5, narrow, convex, the last laterally compressed, and 

 much deflected at the aperture ; aperture obliquely diagonal, peris- 

 tome a little thickened, reflected, basal margin sinuous. 



Diam. 9 mill. 



China. 



H. SUBOVOLUTA, Ancey (unfigured). Inkiapo. 



Subsection CARACOLINA, Ehrenb., 1831. 

 European Species. 



*Eearinate. 

 H. LUSITANICA, Pfr. PI. 23, figs. 88-90. 



Umbilicated, discoidal, brownish, somewhat obliquely closely 

 postulate, spire plane ; whorls 5J, the last much wider than the 

 preceding, not descending in front ; aperture lunar, the lip white, 

 angularly reflected, dextral margin sinuous, columellar arcuate. 



Diam. 15 mill. 



Portugal. 

 H. GYRIA, Roth. PI. 23, figs, 91-93. 



Moderately umbilicated, depressed, concave above, rather thin, 

 distinctly striulate, somewhat shining, corneous ; whorls 7, convex, 

 narrow, the last compressed, scarcely descending in front, base 

 smoothly convex, subangulated around the umbilicus ; peristome 



shortly reflected, whitish. Diam. 14 mill. 



Caria, Lycia. 

 H. CORCYRENSIS, Partsch. PI. 23, figs. 94-96. 



Openly umbilicated, costulate-striate above, corneous, hispid; 

 whorls 7, a little convex, narrow, the last obtusely angulated above, 

 gibbous and deflected in front, convex below ; peristome flexuous, 

 white-lipped, reflected. Diam. 11 mill. 



Corfu, Cephalonia, Epirus, etc. 



H. eontorta and H. tersa, Ziegler, and If. ambliostoma, Parr., are 

 synonyms. 



