B U L L I N A. 



Genus BULLINA, Ferussac. 



Testa Bullcefarmis, plerumque solida, ovata, spiraliter 

 cicala, post columellam sulninibiUcala ; sjnrd ex- 

 sertd ; columella plus minusve tortud. 

 Shell BuUa-sliaped, generally solid, ovate, spirally sul- 

 cated, slightly umbilicated behind the columella; 

 spire produced ; columella more or less tortuous. 

 Three species of this genus were published in Mr. 

 A. Adams's Monograph, from Japan, Ceylon, and Aus- 

 tralia. The two species now added are from the Sand- 

 wich Islands. In the solidity of the grooved shell and 

 the exsertion of spire, the Bullinm differ from the gene- 

 rality of the family. The animal does not appear to be 

 yet known. 



Species 1. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 



BuLLK.\ scAiu!.\. Bvl. tesld ovatd, scabrd, spiraliter 

 tenuissimi Uratd, slriis longiludinallhus decussatd ; 

 albidd, lineis binis perdistantibus spiraliter cinctd, 

 lineis flammalis undatis roseis lomjitudinaliter 

 omatd ; spird parilm elevatd, obtusd ; columella 

 sinuosd reflexd. 

 The scabrous Bullina. Shell ovate, scabrous, spirally 

 very finely lirated, decussated with longitudinal 

 strife ; whitish, girt with two very distant spiral 

 lines, longitudinally ornamented with red flame- 

 like, undulated lines ; spire a little elevated, ob- 

 tuse ; columella sinuous, reflected. 

 Chemnitz. Conchology, tab. 14(J, f. 1352, 1353. 

 Ilah. Japan. 



The scabrom Bidlina differs from the lineated one 

 in the minute decussation of the ribs and in being more 

 ovate in form. The longitudinal lines are also con- 

 tinuous, and more flame-like. 



et alteris longitudinalibus, subundatis, distantibus, 

 disjuiictis omatd, spiraliter costatd, coslis Imvigatis, 

 interstitiis punctatis ; spird ohtusd, siibekratd, co- 

 himelld uniplicatd, tortud. 



The lineated Bullina. Shell subovate, ventricose, 

 yellowish or rosy white, ornamented with two 

 "bright red lines and others longitudinal, slightly 

 waved distant, disjoined; spire obtuse, rather 

 elevated ; columella uniplicate, tortuous. 



Wood (Bulla). Ind. Test., suppl. pi. 3. 



Bidla undata, Bruguiere. 



Hah. Australia. 



Instead of the scabrous strioe of the last species, we 

 have here smooth ribs with punctured interstices. 



Species 2. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Sowerby.) 

 Bullina lineata. Bui. testa stibovatd, ventHcosd, luteo- 

 vel roseo-albd, lineis rubris vividis duahis spiraliter 



October, 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 



Bullina BnuGuiEM. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, pallidd, 

 fasciis carmineis duabus lalis spiraliter cinctd, 

 inter fascias lineis arcuatis rubris distantibus 

 notald; spiraliter costald, costis scabris, planu- 

 latis, interstitiis lineis elevatis decussatd; spird 

 prominuld ; apice obtuso, anfractibus tribus 

 rotundis ; apeHurd antice prodmtd ; labio acuta 

 intUs sulcata, columelld reflexd elongatd, tortud. 



Bruguiere's Bullina. Shell oblong-ovate, pale, 

 spirally girt with two broad bands of carmine, 

 marked between the bands with distant arched red 

 lines; spirally ribbed, ribs scabrous, flattened, 

 interstices decussated with elevated lines; spire 

 rather prominent; apex obtuse, with three 

 rounded whorls; aperture anteriorly produced; 

 outer lip acute, sulcated within, columella 

 reflected elongated, tortuous. 



A. Adams. Sowerby's Thesaurus Conchylioruni. 

 Bulla, No. 3. 



Hub. Ceylon. 



Instead of the distant spiral red lines of Bidliini 

 lineata, this species presents two broad bands. 



