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XXIV. — New Species of Bulimus from India, Burma, and the 

 Mauritius. Described by W. H. Benson, Esq. 



Bulimus Dominaf B., n. s. 



Testa sinistrorsa, rimato-perforata, ovato-cylindrica, oblique striatula, 

 albida, strigis obliquis, rufo-corneis picta ; spira eylindrica, superne 

 celeriter attenuata, apice acutiusculo ; sutura impressa; anfractibus 

 8 convexiusculis, ultimo f testae vix sequante, basi rotundata; 

 apertura vix obliqua, semiovali ; peristomate undique expanso, 

 marginibus conniventibus, callo brevi junctis, sinistro superne 

 arcuato, columellari dilatato. 



Long. 23, diam. 9 mill. ; long, apert. 9, lat. 6 mill. 



Hab. in regione Casbmiriana. 



Tbis species, collected by Lady Gomm, is an important addi- 

 tion to tbe sinistral group inhabiting the Western Himalaya, 

 and consisting of B. Kunawurensis, Hutton, Nivicola, B., area- 

 atus and Vibex, Hutton, &c. Another conspicuous Bulimus of 

 the same type, B. candelaris, Pfr., had been previously sent to 

 me from the same region, and Dr. Thomson also met with it at 

 Tukhti Suleiman. The habitat was unknown to Pfeiffer. Reeve 

 conjectured that it was from the confines of Europe and Asia. 



Bulimus salsicola, B., n. s. 



Testa rimata, ovato-cyhndrica, tenui, sursum conica, Iseviuscula, 

 oblique obsolete striatula, albida, maculis quibusdam translucen- 

 tibus obscuris notata ; sutura impressiuscula ; apice subpapillari, 

 obtusiusculo ; anfractibus ^\ planiusculis, ultimo \ testae super- 

 ante subtus prope rimam compressiusculo ; apertura vix obliqua, 

 truncato-ovata ; peristomate plane reflexo, marginibus conniventi- 

 bus, dextro arcuato, callo parietali brevissimo, crassiusculo, tuber- 

 culum obsoletum angularem exhibente, junctis. 



Long. 18, diam. 8 mill.; long, apert. 8, diam. 6 mill. 



Hab. in montibus salsiferis Pentepotamise Indicse. Teste W. Theo- 

 bald. 



It is possible that this shell may exhibit coloured markings, 

 like those of some other Punjab species, B. pretiosus, Sindicus, 

 &c., when in finer condition. It has a strong resemblance in 

 form to the larger B. Bertheloti, Pfr., and is also allied to the 

 Levantine B. Ehrenbergi of the same author. 



Bulimus Estellus, B., n. s. 



Testa arete perforata, oblonga, eylindrica, subremote spiraliter sulcu- 

 losa, interstitiis confertissime costulato-striolatis, albida; spira cylin- 

 dracea, apice conico, acutiusculo ; sutura impressa ; anfractibus 8 

 vix convexiusculis, ultimo antice ascendente, ^ testae parum 



