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3. Descriptions or Forty-two New Species or He tix, 
FROM THE CoLuectTion or H. Cumine, Esa. 
By Dr. L. Preirrer. 
1. Hetix urnuua. UH. testa obtecte perforata, helicophantoidea, 
tenui, submembranacea, irregulariter oblique sulcata et malleata, 
parum nitida, pellucida, virenti-fusca ; spira minuta, conoidea, 
apice obtusa, pallida ; sutura profundiuscula ; anfract. 3, convexis, 
rapidissime accrescentibus, ultimo magno, deorsum subcompresso, 
basi subexcavato ; apertura obliqua, truncato-ovali, intus nitidis- 
sima ; perist. simplice, obtuso, subinflexo, marginibus approximatis, 
columellari superne reflexo, adnato. 
Diam. maj. 16, min. 13, alt. 9 mill. 
flab. New Zealand. 
2. He~ix NEMATOPHORA. UH. testa imperforata, depressa, tenui, 
costis filiformibus, subconfertis sculpta, diaphana, non nitente, 
corneo-lutea, maculis castaneis presertim superne tessellato-varie- 
gata ; spira plana ; sutura impressa ; anfract. 55, convexiusculis, 
lente accrescentibus, ultimo altiore quam lato, antice non descen- 
dente, basi planiusculo ; apertura subverticali, lunari, intus nitida ; 
perist. simplice, recto, marginibus remotis, supero brevissimo, 
dextro subverticali, basalt leviter arcuato, versus regionem umbi- 
licalem dilatato, adnato. 
Diam. maj. 93, min. 8, alt. 5 mill. 
Hab. Salomon’s Islands. 
3. Hexrx Quitrensis. H. testa subobtecte perforata, conoidea, 
tenui, levigata, pellucida, lutescenti-hyalina ; spira conoidea, acu- 
tiuscula ; sutura profunda; anfract. 5, convexis, lente accrescen- 
tibus, ultimo non descendente, basi conveaxiusculo ; apertura ob- 
liqua, lunari ; perist. simplice, recto, marginibus distantibus, colu- 
mellari declivi, sursum subdilatato, perforationem fere claudente. 
Diam. maj. 7, min. 62, alt. 4 mill. 
Hab. Quito. 
4. Hexrx saccata. UH. testa sinistrorsa, perforata, turbinato- 
depressa, tenuissima, oblique striatula et lineis spiralibus confertis 
minute decussata, vix nitidula, pellucida, rubello-cornea ; spira 
subturbinata, acutiuscula ; sutura impressa, anguste marginata ; 
anfract. 43, vir convexiusculis, celeriter accrescentibus, ultimo non 
descendente, compresse carinato, supra carinam oblique rugoso, basi 
convexo, antice saccato; apertura diagonali, contracta, subangu- 
lato-lunari ; perist. simplice, recto, marginibus subconvergen- 
tibus, basali perarcuato, juxta perforationem non perviam breviter 
reflexo. 
Diam. maj. 28, min. 23, alt. 16 mill. 
Hab. India. 
5. Hexrx capiranea. H. testa aperte perforata, turbinato-len- 
ticulari, tenui, levigata, sulcis spiralibus nonnullis obsoletissimis 
signata, nitidissima, pallide rubello-cornea, linea rufa immediate 
No. CCLXIII.—Procreepines or THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
