74 AUSTRALIAN LAND SHELLS. 



and bands ; whorls 6, convex above, somewhat margined and fringed 

 at the suture ; spire moderate, obtuse ; aperture elliptically-ovate, 

 throat white ; columella straight, lip acute. 



Habitat. Darling Eange, W. Australia. Priess. Perth, W. Australia. 

 Bacon. 



There are two varieties : A. with a band at the base and beneath the 

 suture, and continuous brown somewhat bundled scattered ribbons 

 length 10, breadth 6 lines. B. with a single band beneath the 

 suture, and two other obsolete interrupted brown bands in the 

 middle of the last whorl. 



The description is a mere translation of the original as quoted above, 

 for I have never seen a specimen. 



183. Bulimus Onslowi. Cox. Plate XIII. Fig. 13. Austra- 

 lian Museum. 



Cox, Catalogue of Australian Land Shells, p. 24, 1864. 



Shell perforate, broadly ovate, rather solid, somewhat shining, striated, 

 surrounded by spiral decussating lines, giving the surface a rough 

 granular appearance on the upper half, whitish, with numerous 

 deeply reddish longitudinal irregular bands and blotches ; spire very 

 short, broadly conical, obtuse, suture crenulated ; whorls 4, rather 

 convex, last much inflated, longer than the spire ; aperture ellipti- 

 cally-ovate, reddish-brown, and cloudy within ; peristome simple, 

 acute, columellar margin white, expanded and reflected, covering 

 and nearly concealing the narrow perforation. 



Length 0*80 ; breadth - 55 ; aperture - 55 long ; 0*30 broad, of an inch. 



Habitat. Dirk Hartog's Island, W. Australia. Capt. Onslow. 

 A very distinct, remarkably inflated, and shortly spired species, 

 beautifully striped with red and white. 



184. Bulimus melo. Quoy et Gaimard. Plate XIII. Fig. 6. M.C. 

 Helix melo. Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. oV Astr., Zool., Vol. II., p. 109. 



PI. IX. Fig. 45. 

 Helix melo. Var. Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. d'Astr., Zool., Vol. II., p. 



110. Plate IX. Fig. 6 7. 

 Bulimus melo. Reeve, Cone. Leon. sp. 243. 

 Bulimus physoides. Reeve, Cone. Leon. sp. 507. 



Shell perforate, ovate, solid, rather shining, longitudinally rugosely 

 striated, seldom strongly, except under the sutures, whitish or pale 

 yellow, with or without irregular reddish or chestnut streaks, and a 

 red sutural band ; spire conical, rather acute ; whorls 5, slightly 

 convex, last swollen, rather less than equalling or exceeding 

 the spire ; aperture oval ; peristome simple, straight, acute, gradu- 

 ally roundly merging into the columellar margin, which is rather 

 callous, expanded, and reflected, nearly covering the narrow but 

 always open umbilical fissure. 



Length T20 ; breadth 0-70 ; aperture 0'70 long ; 0"40 wide, of an inch. 



Habitat. King George's Sound. Quoy et Gaimard. Masters, 8fc. 

 District Hay, W. Australia, on a species of melaleuca, gregarious in 

 October. Priess, apud Menke. Freemantle, W. Australia. Bacon. 



