4 BOTHRIKMBRYON. 



conic ; apex obtuse. Whorls 5 to 5, slightly convex, the last oval, 

 ventricose. 



Aperture ovate, but slightly oblique, white within ; peristome 

 simple and acute ; columella well reflexed, white or purple brown. 



Alt. 23.5, diain. 15.5, longest axis of aperture 14;8 mill. 



Alt. 2',), dutm. 18, longest axis of aperture, 18 mill. 



Alt. 23.5, diam. 14.5, longest axis of aperture, 13.4 mill. 



Western Australia: King George Sound (Quoy & Gaimard, Mas- 

 ters) ; Freemantle (Bacon) ; between Victoria Spring and Eraser 

 Range, and Eraser Range (Elder Exped.). 



Bulimus inflaJtus LAM., An. s. Vert., vi, pt. 2, p. 122 (April, 

 1822) DELESSERT, Recueil, pi. 28, -f. 1. PFR., Monogr. ii, p. 

 189 ; iii, p. 418 ; iv, p. 478 ; vi, p. 124. 



? Helix (Cochlogena} costulata FER. , Prodr., p. 54 (nude name). 

 ? Bulimus costulatus Pox. & MICH., Galerie, i, p. 138, pi. 12, f. 17, 

 18.? Bulimus inflatus REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 70, f. 512. 



Helix melo QUOY & GAIMARD, Zool. Voy. Astrolabe, ii, p. 109, pi. 

 9, f. 4, 5 and Var., 6, 7 (1832) Bitlhmis melo DESHAYES in Lam., 

 An. s. Vert, viii, p. 245, with var. castanens SOWERBY, Beechey's 

 Voy. H. M. S. " Blossom," p. 145, pi. 38, f. 16. MENKE, Moll. Nov. 

 Holl., p. 7. PFR., Monogr. Hel. Vic. ii, p. 188; iii, 418; iv, 477; 

 vi, 124; viii, 160. Cox, Mon. Australian Land Shells, p. 74, pi. 

 13, f. 0. BEDXALL, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, xvi, pt. 1, p. 

 66 (lS92).B/tfi>/mls melo BECK, Index Moll., p. 68. SEMPER, 

 Reisen im Archip. Phil., Landmoll., iii, p. 154, pi. 15, f. 14 (geni- 

 talia), ]>1. 17, f. 13 (teeth). Orthalicus melo TATI-AROXK CANEKRI, 

 Viaggio int. al globo della R. Fregata "Magenia," Malacologia, p. 

 86. Bnl.imiis (Liparns) melo E. A. SMITH, 1'roc. Malac. Soc. 

 Lond., i, p. 94 Helix melones FERUSSAC, Prodr. p. 54 (nude 

 name). Bali inns nteloites POTIEZ & MICHAUD, Galerie des Moll. 

 Mus. de Douai, i, p. 147, pi. 13, f. 15, 16 Bnlimus ornm Quoy, 

 DESHAYES, in Le Regne Animal, edit, par uue reunion de disciples 

 de Cuvier, Moll., pi. 23, f. 1 a, 1 b (shell), 1 c, d, exterior and in- 

 ternal anatomy). (Published prior to 1838; this name never used 

 by Quoy). 



The typical B. inflatus is distinguished from the ordinary forms 

 of " B. melo'" by its more compactly ovate form, the spire being less 

 conic, by the lighter interior, and less variegated color-pattern, and 

 by having the strire almost uncut by spiral lines on the last whorl, 



