Bulimus hmmastomus. 441 



Testa ovato-oblonga, ventricosa, subperforata, sordide albido- 



flavescens; aufractibus sex obliqu^ plicatis,* labro colu- 



mellaque + roseis. 



Long. 3 un. 9 I'm. — 4un. 3 lin. 

 Exempla juniora diu tenera subdiaphana, epidermide fusca : mox 



maturescentia epidermide paulatim remota pallescunt. 

 Ova praegrandia, nivea, ovali-elliptica ; crusta corrosa, calcarea 



dura ; vitello vitreo ; long. 13. lin., lat. 9 lin. Animal ex- 



cluditur testa jam formata. J 



Bulimus haemastomus. — Lam. Syst. des Anim. sans vert. 91. 



Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans vert 6. 2. p. 117. n. 2, 

 Leach^ Zool. Misc. p. 67. 68. t. 29. 

 Guilding in Act. Soc. Lin. torn. 14. 2. p. 342. 

 Scopoli, Delic. insubr. t. 25. f. 1. 2. 6. 



Bulimus oblongus. — Bru^. Enc. art. Vers. No. 34. 



Bulimus roseus. — De Montfort Conch. Syst. t. 2. p. 259. 



Helix oblonga.— JI/m//. Ver. p. 86. n. 284. 



Lister^ Conch, t. 23. f. 21. Cum ovo pulloque : 



male. 

 Seba, Mus. 3. t. 71. f. 17—20. 

 D'Aud. Hist, des Moll. No. 411. 

 JBorn, Mus. 1. 15. f. 21. 22. 

 Favanne, Conch, t. 65, f. I*. 

 Gmel. p. 3637. No. 87. ejusdem Turbo hajmas- 



tomus, p. 3597. No. 38. 



Bullaoblonga.— CAe»i.Conch. 9. t. 119. f. 1022. 1023. 



Habitat in Antillarum, et Americae aequinoctialis dumetis; satis 

 frequens. 



* It is necessary to make a distinction between Striee engraved on the sur- 

 face, and mere Plicee or Rugee. 



+ A protuberance is sometimes to be seen on the columella above the um- 

 bilicus, in old shells. 



X Contrary to the opinion maintained by that able Comparative Anato- 

 mist Sir E. Home, in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 18F. 



