SSi Zoological Society. 



Diam. 31; alt. 14mill. 



From the island of Jamaica ; Mr. P. Gosset. Mus. Cuming. 



Intermediate between H. tridentina, Fer., and H, Martiniana, Pfr. 

 The position of the teeth is the same, but from the former it is at 

 once to be distinguished by the sharp keel, from the latter by the 

 deflexion of the last whorl. 



8. Helix Bruguieriana, Pfr. Hel. testd imperforatd, turUnato- 

 globosd, solidd, nigro-castaned, epidermide hydrophand, fused stri- 

 gatd, sursum pallescente ohductd ; spird conoided, apice ohtusd, 

 purpured, nitidd; anfractihus 5 convexiusculis, ultimo non descen- 

 dente, bast vix convexo, denudato ; columelld intrante, ohliqud, 

 strictiusculd, planatd, alba ; operturd lunato-ovali, intus lacted; 

 peristomate simplice, brevissime reflexiusculo, intus nigro-margi- 

 nato. 



Diam. 29 ; alt. 24 mill. 



Collected on the island of Tablas by H. Cuming, Esq. 



9. BuLiMus GiLvus, Sow. Bul. testd imperforatd, ovatd, soliduld, 

 striatd, sub epidermide gilvd rufescens ; spird apice obtusd, nudd, 

 pallidd ; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo spird paulh breviore ; volu- 

 melld strictiusculd y albd, subexcavatd ; aperturd obliqud, lunato- 

 ovali, intus lacted; peristomate subincrassato, breviter reflexo, 

 margine dextro arcuato, columellari adpresso. 



Long. 54 ; diam, 38 mill. 



Collected in several varieties on the island of Bohol, by H. Cu- 

 ming, Esq. 



Geomelania, nov. gen. 



Testa imperforata, turrita ; apertura integra, effusa ; peristoma sim- 

 plex, reflexum, ad basin appendiculo porrecto instructum. 



10. Geomelania jamaicensis, Pfr. Geom. testd iruncatd, ttirritd, 

 arcuatim costatd, nitidd, albd; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo ^ 

 longitudinis sub^equante ; aperturd ovali, intus nitidd; peristo- 

 mate simplice, margine dextro sinuoso, basi in appendiculum lingui- 

 formem porrecto, columellari adpresso. 



Long. 12 ; diam. 4 mill. 



Found at Jamaica, " Savanah la Mar," under stones in earth, by 

 M. Attanasio. Mus. Cuming. 



11. Tomogeres turbinatus, Pfr. Tom. testd rimatd, compresso- 

 turbinatd, tenui, lavissime striatuld, pallide corned, nitiduld ; spird 

 turbinatd, acutiusculd ; anfractibus 5 convexis, ultimo spiram vix 

 €dquante, d latere compresso, basi subangulato, antice adscendente, 

 subtils constricto, scrobiculato ; aperturd verticali, subauriformi, 

 fete clausd ; peristomate late expanse, tenui, margine dextro ar- 

 cuato, interne lamind validd, superne bifidd, munito, basali oblique 

 descendente, trident ato ; pariete aperturali lamellis 3 imequalibus 

 armato. 



Diam. maj. 11, min, 7 J ; alt. 10 mill. 



Hob. In BrasiM. 



This interesting shell is nearly allied with Tomogeres clausus, Spix, 



