146 BULIMIN7E. 



Genus BULIMUS, Scopoli. 



Shell solid, sub-iniperforate, or with the perforation covered, 

 ovate or ovately oblong, last whorl ventricose, equalling the 

 spire ; aperture oblong-oval ; columella rather straight, 

 rarely plicate; peristome thick, expanded, refiexed and 

 sometimes adnate, the margins joined by a callus, the colu- 

 mellar dilated, refiexed. 



Ex. B. oblongus, Miiller, pi. 74, fig. 5. Shell, B. 

 oblongus, fig. 5, a. 



The geographical distribution of the species of BuUmus 

 proper is tropical America, where they are extensively dif- 

 fused north and south of the equator. The species of the 

 subordinate group, Plecocheilus, inhabit the islands of the 

 Caribbean Sea, Brazil, Venezuela, St. Vincent, and Porto 

 Caballo ; those of Auris inhabit the forests of Brazil, 

 along the coast, and the province of Bahia. 



Species of BuUmus. 



adoptus, Reeve. Mathewsii, D'Orb. 



astrapoides, Jonas. maximus, Soiv. 



auritus, Sow. melanocheilus, Nyst. 



Browni, Pfeiff. nucleus, Sow. 



Cantagallanus, Bang. oblongus, Mull. 



crenulatus, Pfeiff. ovum, Brug. 



Funcki, Nyst. pachyckeilus, Pfeiff. 



Gibbonius. Lea. pardalis, Ferns. 



granulosus, Rang. Popelairianus, Nyst. 



Guerini, Pfeiff. proxiinus, Sow. 



lacunosus, DOrb. rosaceus, King. 



Lamarckianus, Pfeiff. Sancta Cruzii, D'Orb. 



lutescens, King. Valenciennesii, Pfeiff. 

 marmoratus, Dkr. 



