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deep crimson ground. They approach nearest to the Turlo pethola- 

 tus, differing, however, in a very remarkable degree in the charac- 

 ter of the painting above noted. The riband-like bands, vi^hich form 

 a never-failing peculiarity in that species, are wanting, and so also 

 is the green or yellow tinge of colour which runs round the colu- 

 mellar side of the mouth. 



Descriptions, by Dr. L. Pfeiffer, of some new species of Helicidte, 

 collected by Mr. Bridges in the northern parts of Chile, were then 

 read : — 



BuLiMUS Bridgesii. Bui. T, suhperforatd, oblongo-ovatd, apice 

 obtusd, tenui, pallide luteo-fulvescente, confertissime et leviter de- 

 cussatd ; suturd mediocri, marginatd ; anfractihus 4 convexiusculis, 

 ultimo spiram super ante ; aperturd ovali, intiis nitidefulvidd ; peri- 

 stomate simplice, late reflexo, intils albo, marginihus callojunctis, 

 columellari perforationem fere occultante. 



Long. 11^; diam. 5^ lin. 



From the town of Frierina (Huasco, Chile). Found under stones. 



BuLiMus PACHYCHiLus. Bul. T. subperforatd, ovatd, apice obtusd, 

 crassd, albd, longitudinaliter striatd, lineis confertissimis trans- 

 versis sub lente decussatd ; anfractibus 4 J convexiusculis, ultimo J 

 longiludinis subcequante ; aperturd integrd, ovali, intus albd ; peri- 

 stomate late incrassato, pallide fulvescente, nitido, marginibus callo 

 crasso junctis. 



Long. 19^; diam. 11 lin. 



From La Questa de Arenas (Huasco, Chile). Found buried in sand. 



BuLiMUS RHODACME. Bul. T. perforata, ovato-oblongd, longitudina- 

 liter striatd, striis transversis obsoletis minutissime decussato- 

 subgranulatd, albd maculis et flammis pellucidis rubellis ornatd, 

 apice obtuso rosea ; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo ^ longitudinis 

 subcequante; aperturd oblongo-ovali ; peristomate simplice, recto 

 margins columellari reflexo. 



Long. 71 ; diam. 2 J lin. 



From the town of Frierina (Huasco, Chile). Found under small 

 Cacti. 



BuLiMus TEREBRALis. Bul. T. rimttto-subperforatdy subulatd, lon- 

 gitudinaliter rugulosd, albidd, superne fusco-ccerulescente ; anfrac- 

 tibus 10^ planis, ultimo ^ longitudinis vix superante, basi subcari- 

 nato ; columelld obsolete plicatd ; aperturd ovali intils albd ; peri- 

 stomate simplice, margine dextro dilatato, columellari reflexiusculo, 

 superne carincc affixo. 



Long, 10^ ; diam, 2^ lin. 



From Coquimbo (Chile). Found on rocks and plants near the sea. 



SucciNEA ELEGANs. Suc. T. ovato-oMongd, tenui pellucidd, lavius- 

 culd, rubello-corned, strigis longitudinalibus, opacis, albis, rufo- 

 marginatis ornatd; anfractibus 5| planiusculis , ultimo spiram 

 acutam vix superante ; aperturd ovali-oblongd, intvis nitidd, conco- 

 lore ; peristomate simplice, inargine columellari vix calloso. 



Long. 18; diam, 8^ lin. 



