VITRINA. 
PLATE 
Species 53. (Mus. Cuming.) 
VITRINA SEMILIMAX. 
lutescente-hyalind, spird parva, depressd, anfractibus 
angustis, ultimo perampliter patente ; apertura obli- 
que ovald. 
HALF-Limax VITRINA. 
shaped, yellowish hyaline, spire small, depressed, 
whorls narrow, the last very largely open; aperture 
THE 
obliquely ovate. 
Firussac, Naturf. 1802, st. 19, pl. 1. f. a—p. 
Helia elongata, Draparnaud. 
Testacella Germania, Oken. 
Hyalina elongata, Studer. 
Limacina elongata, Hartmann. 
Vitrina brevis, Gray. 
Hab. Central Ewrope (in mountainous districts). 
A very depressed ear-shaped shell, with a largely ex- 
panded aperture. 
Species 54. (Mus. Cuming.) 
The shell here figured is the Vitrina nivalis, Charpen- 
tier, which is referred by Pfeiffer to V. diaphana, described 
in the preceding plate. 
Species 55. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina PyrReNaAIca. 
hyalind, spird pared, anfractibus convexis, subtilissime 
arcuatim striatis, ultimo oblique producto ; apertura 
ovala. 
Tur Pyrenees Virrina. Shell depressly oval, greenish 
hyaline, spire small, whorls convex, very finely arcuate- 
ly striated, last whorl obliquely produced; aper- 
ture ovate. 
Férussac, Hist. Moll. pl. 9. f. 3. 
Hab. Pyrenees. 
Nearly as depressed as /. elongata, and of the same 
light greenish hue. 
Species 56. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina PeLticuta. Vitr. testd depress? globosd, tenuis- | 
Vitr. testd subelongato-auriforme, | 
Sheli rather elongately ear- | 
Vitr. testé depressé ovali, virente- | 
simd, lutescente-diaphand, spird modicé exsertd, an- 
VIII. 
fractibus rotundatis, subventricosis, dens? arcuatim 
plicato-striatis ; aperturd lunari-ovala. 
THE LITTLE SKIN VITRINA. 
very thin, yellowish-diaphanous, spire moderately ex- 
Shell depressly globose, 
serted, whorls rounded, rather ventricose, densely 
arcuately plicately striated ; aperture lunar-ovate. 
Helicolimax pellicula, Férussac, Prod. p. 21. Hist. Moll. 
jak O Asis BM 
Vitrina pellicula, Gray. 
Helix fuscescens, Wood. 
Microcystis pellicula, Beck. 
Hab. Cape of Good Hope, Natal. 
A perfectly transparent membranaceous shell, of a bright 
golden horny hue. 
. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Cuming). 
Virrina Puanti. Vitr. 
elongatd, virescente-hyalind, spird parva, planata, an- 
-~) 
= 
Species 5 
testd depressé auriformi, sub- 
fractibus perangustis, arcuatim dense plicato-rugosis ; 
aperturd perampliter patente, margine membranacea. 
Puant’s Virrina. Shell depressly ear-shaped, rather 
elongated, greenish hyaline, spire small, flattened, 
whorls very narrow, arcuately densely plicately rugose; 
aperture very largely open, membranaceous at the 
edge. 
PreirFrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1856, p. 324. 
Hab. Natal; Plant. 
Of a very different type of form from the last species, 
though inhabiting the same locality. 
Species 58. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina Kepretii. Viti. testd oblongo-auriforini, lutes- 
cente-corned, spird depresso-pland, anfractibus angustis, 
arcuatim plicato-striatis ; apertura oblique perampliter 
patente, margine membranaced. 
Keprett’s Virrina. Shell oblong ear-shaped, yellowish 
horny, spire depressly flattened, whorls narrow, arcu- 
ately plicately striated ; aperture obliquely very largely 
open, membranaceous at the margin. 
Pretrrer. Zeitschrift fiir Malak. 1853, p. 51. 
Hab. New Caledonia; Captain Keppell. 
Characterized by a more than usually depressed attenua- 
| tion of the body-whorls. 
May, 1862. 
