HELIX §. 47. 48. 
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crassatum, album, breviter reflexum. — Diam. maj. 33, mjn. 29, 
ait. 37 inill. (Coli. Nr. 343.) 
Helix metaformis (Gochloslyla) F^r. pr. 322. Hist. t. 108. f. 2. 
— — in Proo. Zool. Soc. 1841. p. 17. 
— — Deless, recueil t. 39. f. 3. 
— — Chemn. ed. II. Helix N. 27 9. t. 49. f. I — 5. 
— oimkiris Mke catal. Molsb. p. 4. *) 
— mirabilis var. elong. Fd)\ t. 104. f. 6. 7. 
Bidimus metaformis Gray in Ann. of Phil. XXV. 
— — VaL in Ilmnb. voy. Zool. II. p. 244. 
Cochlostyla metafomnis Pfi\ Synib. I. p. 42. 
Orthostylus inetaformis Beck ind. p. 49. 
Habitat in insula Luzon (Guming). ^ 
Obs. 1. Variat unicolor vel nigricanti-fasciala, epidermide liydrophana 
strigata vel nuda, spira magis minusve clongala, anfractu ullimo interdum tu- 
mido. — Nonne nomen Menkeanum anteponendum? 
Obs. 2. Hic conferantur Buiimi species in §. 1 enumeratae. 
§. 48. 
5S7. H. curta Sowerby. 
T. imperforata, ovato-conica, crassiuscula , substriata, lutea, 
epidermide pallida , hydrophana strigata et marmorata , apice ru- 
bella, nitida; spira elevata, conica, obtusiuscula; anfr. 6 planulati, 
ultimus antice paululum descendens, basi brunnescens, epider- 
mide grisea radiatus; columella obliqua, alba, introrsum valde 
dilatata, dentato-truncata; apertura coarctata, irregulariter semi- 
ovalis; perist. crassiusculum,. album, nitidum, I^tedter reflexum. 
— Diam. maj. 26, min. 23, ait. 25 mill. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Helix curia Sow* in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841. p. 20. 
— — Pfr. Symb. III. p. 70. 
Achatina? curta Pfr. Symb. U. p. 133. 
Habitat in insula Luzon (Cuming). 
^588. H. lloconensis Sowerby. 
T. imperforata, ovato-globosa, crassiuscula, laevis, coloribus 
diversissimis ornata; spira conoidea, obtusa; anfr. 5 convexius- 
culi; columella subrecta, lata; apertura lunato-ovalis, intus lactea; 
perist. album, simplex, late expansum, margine dextro extus 
medio impresso. — R. a. = 5 : 8. — Diam. maj. 29 , min. 24, ait. 
*) T. ovato-coDoidea, obtusissima , imperforata, luteo - fuscescenle ; aper- 
tura alba; columella subunidenlata; labro reflexo. — AU. 16, diam. 12 lin. 
tMke I. c.) 
