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designated as distinct species by other authors, and pro- 

 bably with justice. B. Scliiedeanus, Pfeiffer, answers to 

 our PI. LI. b. ; and B. lactarius, Menke, to PI. LI. a. ; 

 and this latter, Dr. Binney seems to have regarded as the 

 B. alternatus of Say. There are other names given, 

 which, if not applied to really identical species, are very 

 closely allied: such are B. pruinosus, Sowb., B. liqua- 

 biliS) Reeve, and B. Dunkeri, Pfeiffer. G.] 



5. BULIMUS VIRGULATUS, FERUSSAC. 



PLATE LVIII. 



B. testa tenui, vix umbilicata, oblongo-ovata, polita, lutes- 

 cente, linea suturali et strigis longitudinalibus zonisque 

 castaneis multimodis picta ; anfractibus ad septem convex- 

 iusculis ; apertura ovata, labro acuto, columella recta, 

 superne dilatata. 



SYNONYMS AND EEFEEENCES. 



Helix (Cochlogena) virgulata, FEEUSSAC, Hist. Moll. pi. 142, B. f. 1 - 7. 

 Bulimus Caribbceorum, LAMAECK, Animaux sans Vert. 2d ed. VIII. 233. 

 Bulimus multilineatus, SAY, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. V. 120, anno 1825. 



PFEIFFEE, Monog. Helic. Viv. II. 204. 

 Bulimus Menkei, GEUNEE, Wiegm. Archiv. 1841. 

 Bulimus venosus, REEVE, Conch. Icon. pi. 45, fig. 285, Oct. 1848. 



DESCRIPTION. 



SHELL thin and strong, elongated, ovate-acuminate, 

 smooth and shining, of a bright yellowish white color, 

 variegated with longitudinal stripes and spiral zones of 

 dark chestnut, of various widths, none of which are con- 

 stant except a sub-sutural line, continued to the apex, 



