266 HELICID^E. 



1. BULIMUS FASCIATUS. 



PLATES LV. LVI. LVII. 



B. testa conico-elongata, minutissime striata, alba, fasciis 

 aut lineis aut maculis diversimode colorata ; anfractibus 

 octonis, convexis ; apice ssepe roseo ; apertura sub-ovata ; 

 labro simplici, interne incrassato, acuto, aliquando crenato ; 

 columella plerumque alba, interdum rosea, sinuata sed non 

 truncata, imperforata. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Bucdnum fasciatum, MULL. I. c. II. 145, anno 1774. 



Bulla virginea, LIN., Syst. Nat. 1186. 



Sulla fasciata, CHEMNITZ, 1. c. IX. t. 117, f. 1004-1006. 



Bulimus vexillum, BRUG. 1. c. No. 107. 



Helix vexillum, FERUSSAC, Hist. pi. 121. 



Achatina vexillum, LAM. 2d ed. VIII. 298. 



Achatina crenata, SWAINS. 1. c. pi. 58. 



Achatina pallida, Ibid. pi. 41. 



Achatina fasciata, Ibid. pi. 162. 



REEVE, Conch. Syst. II. 178, f. 12. 



D'ORB., Moll. Cub. I. 172, pi. 6, f. 1-7. 



PFEIFFER, Monog. Helic. Viv. II. 245. 

 Achatina solida, SAY, Journ. Acad. V. 122. 



LISTER, Icon. 1. c. t. 12, f. 7 ; GUALT, 1. c. t. 6, f. C. D. 



D'ARGENV., 1. C. pi. 11, f. M. 



DESCRIPTION. 



ANIMAL dark brown, or chocolate color, over the whole 

 body. Surface very prominently granulated. Superior 

 tentacles very long when extended, thick at their base, 

 ocular points black and small ; lower tentacles long, 

 conical, rounded at the extremities. Collar lead-color. 

 Extremity of foot usually rounded. When in motion, the 



