AUSTRALIAN LAND SHELLS. 69 



Length 0*15 ; breadth (WO ; aperture 0*05 long, of an inch. 



Habitat. Brisbane, Ipswich, Port Curtis, &c, along the coasts 



and islands of Queensland, to Cape York and the islands of Torres 



Strait. HacGillivray. 



170. Bulimus lepidula. Ad. and Ang. 



Bulimulus (Chondrula) lepidula. Adams and Angas, Pro. Z>ol. Soc, 

 p. 38, 1864. 

 Shell turreted, pupiform, umbilicated, thin, shining, semi-pellucid, 



horny ; whorls 5, strongly convex, longitudinally striated ; aperture 



roundly-ovate; peristome interrupted, white, widely reflected; 



mouth above with a small, white, tubercular callosity. 

 Length 2 lines ; breadth 1 line. 



Habitat. Shark's Bay, N. AV. Australia. Angas. 

 It is remarked by the authors quoted above, whose description I have 



given unaltered, that this little species differs from B. Adelaides, in 



being semi-pellucid, shining, and of a horn colour, also that the 



whorls are much more strongly convex. 



171. Bulimus Adelaidse. Ad. and Ang. M.C. 

 Buliminus (Chondrula) Adelaidae. Adams and Angas, Pro. Zool. 



Soc, p. 522, 1863. 

 Pupa Eamsayi. Cox, Catalogue of Australian Land Shells, p. 28, 1864. 



Shell umbilicated, somewhat fusiformly cylindrical, rather solid, very 

 finely longitudinally striated, pale brown, or whitish ; whorls 6, 

 rather convex, apex rounded, four first gradually increasing, 5th and 

 6th of equal width, last equalling about 5 of the length ; aperture 

 vertical, oval obliquely truncated ; peristome white, expanded, right 

 margin curved, with a conspicuous white tooth-like callosity in the 

 angle, columellar margin much more callous and expanded. 



Length - 24; breadth 0'10 ; aperture 0*06 long, of an inch. 



Habitat. Probably generally distributed in South Australia. My 

 specimens are from Rapid Bay, and "Wallaroo. Masters. 



XXXI. SECTION OPEAS. Pfr. Vers. p. 156. 



* B. Tuckeri. 



173. Bulimus Tuckeri. Pfr. Plate XIII. Fig. 9. M.C. 



Pfr., Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 30. 

 Reeve, Cone. Icon. sp. 481. 

 Bulimus "Walli. Cox, Catalogue of Australian Land Shells, p. 24, 1864. 



Shell perforate, cylindrically acuminate, very thin, shining, distinctly 

 longitudinally striated, glassy, whitish or pale yellowish ; spire very 

 long, tapering, obtuse at the apex ; whorls 8, convex, last equalling 

 l of the entire length ; aperture of a long oval form ; peristome 

 simple, acute, columellar margin nearly straight, very slightly 

 dilated above. 



Length 0"42 ; breadth (HO ; aperture 0*10 long, of an inch. 



