XXXII. — Description of a new Species of Helix, and Note 

 on H. Mohiliana, Lea. 



By THOMAS BLAND. 



Read Jan. 5, 1874. 



[Reprinted from the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, N. Y., Yol. x,Nov., 1873.] 



Helix IVetliertoyi, dov. sp. {3Iesodon.) 



T. obtecte-perforata, orbiculato-depressa, teuuis, granulato-striata, pal- 

 lide cornea; epidermide fusca, pilis prostratis, obliquis obsita, induta; 

 spira breviter conoidea, sutura impressa, apice obtusiusculo ; anfr. 5, con- 

 vexiusculi, lente accrescentes, ultimus antice subito deflexus, gibbosulus, 

 constrictus, subtus convexiis, ad peripheriam siibangulatus ; apertura 

 obliqua, rotundato-lunari, dente albo, erecto, obliquo, linguaeformi, parie- 

 tal! munita; perist. labiatum, augulatim reflexura, margiue suprro ad 

 insertionem expanse, columellari dilatato, adnato. 



Shell with umbilicus covered, orbicular-depressed, thin, 

 graiiulately striate, pale horu-colored ; epidermis dark, 

 covered with oblique, prostrate hairs ; spire somewhat co- 

 lloidal, suture impressed, apex obtuse; whorls five, slightly 

 convex, gradually increasing, the last suddenly deflected, 

 rather gibbous, constricted, beneath convex, subaugulate at 

 the periphery; aperture oblique, roundly lunate, with a 



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