APPENDIX. 379 



Helix Franklandiensis. Tab. ii. fig. 2. a, b. 



Testa aperte-umbilicataj tumido-depressa, nitidissima, 

 supeme radiatim striata, cornea, fasciis angustis transversis 

 distantibus fulvis j spira angusta ; anfractus 5 planiusculi, 

 ultimus rotundatus, antice vix descendentes ; apertura ro- 

 tundata; peristoma simplex, vix acutum, rectum, marguie 

 columellari non reflexo. Diam. maj. 26, mia. 21, alt. 

 14 mUl. (Mus. Brit.) 



This beautiful snail is of a brigbtly shining yeUowisb or 

 greenish horn colour. The whorls of its spire are small, 

 but the body whorl, whilst preserving a wide diameter 

 throughout, gradually increases in. trumpet-like manner to 

 the round mouth. It belongs to the same group with H. 

 olivetorum and H. nitida, and is allied to the Austrahan 

 H. ptycomphala. It occurs about the roots of trees iu the 

 Frankland and Lizard Islands. 



Helix iuloidea. Tab. ii. fig. 4. a, b, c, d. 



Testa late et perspective umbihcata, orbicularis, supeme 

 depressa seu subconcava, rufo-comea, regulariter costulata ; 

 anfractus 4^ convexiuscidi, idtimus tumidus, rotundatus ; 

 apertura lunaris j peristoma simplex, acutum. Diam. maj. 

 4i min. 4, alt. 3 mOl. (Mus. Brit. & Geol.) 



This curious little snaU, resembUng a rolled-up lulus, 

 and reminding us of our own H. rotunda ta and its allies, 

 was found under a stone at Port MoUe. 



Helix inconspicua. Tab. ii. fig. 3. a, b, c. 

 Testa perforata, depresso-convexa, laevigata, nitidiuscula, 

 paUide cornea, basi subcompressaj anfractus 6, planius- 

 culi; spira obtusa; apertura lunaris; peristoma rectum, 

 simplex, margine columeUari reflexQ : umbilicus minutus, 

 subobtectus. Diam. maj. 8 — min. 7 — alt. 5 miU. (Mus. 

 Brit.) 



