BULIMUS 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUs MiNDOKOENSis. Bill, testd cyUndraceo-oblongd, 

 anfractibm sen is, convexis, columella, subarciiatd ; fiisco- 

 nigricante aut nifescente, epiJermide in strigis conspi- 

 cuis subdistantibm, aperturd carulescente-albd, peritre- 

 mate effusd, intense fusco-nigricante. 

 The Mindoro Bulimus. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 whorls SL\ in number, convex, colimiella slightly 

 arched ; brownish black or reddish, with the epi- 

 dennis in conspicuous, rather distant, longitudinal 

 streaks, aperture bluish white, peritreme effused, 

 deeply stained with brown-black. 

 Bkoderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1810. p. 84. 

 Hab. Puerto Galero, Philippine Islands (on the leaves of 

 trees) ; Cuming. 

 The epidennal pattern of this species is characteristic, 

 consisting of numerous conspicuously marked longitudinal 

 streaks, which in parts are somewhat distant from each 

 other. The apertm-e in most of the species is comparatively 

 rather small, and the lip in all is effused rather than re- 

 flected back. 



I cannot quite agree in the varieties noted by Mr. 

 Broderip, some of which are too nearly alike to make it 

 worth while to mark a distinction, whilst there is one 

 which appears to me of so different a character, that it 

 shoidd be regarded as another species, see Plate V. Sp.20. 



Species 16. (Fig. a and b. Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus chrysalidiformis. Bui. testd cyUndraceo- 

 oblongd, medio ventricosiore, anfractibus septenis, sub- 

 plano-convexii, columelld subintortd, aperturd parmus- 

 culd ; intense rufo-cmtaned, epidermide iti fasciis la- 

 tiusculis, longitudinalibus, tmdatis, vel flavescente, 

 epidermide mb fascid rufo-fuscd infra sutiiras eximie 

 tessellatd, peritremate interne coitaned. 

 The chrysalis-shaped Bulimus. Shell cyhndrieally 

 oblong, more ventricose in the middle, whorls seven 

 in number, rather flatly convex, columella slightly 

 twisted inwards, apertiire somewhat small; deep 

 reddish chesnut colour, with the epidermis in rather 

 broad longitudinal waved streaks, or yeUowsh, with 

 the epideimis delicately tessellated upon a reddish 

 brown band beneath the sutures, peritreme deep 

 chesnut brown. 



SowEBBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. f. 37. Conch. Ilhis. 



Bulimus, f. 28. 

 Hab. Fig. 16 a, Mansalai, Island of Mindoro. Fig. IGi, 

 Puerto Galero, Philippines (in dark forests of thick 

 foliage, upon and beneath the leaves) ; Cuming. 

 The Bulimus chrysalidiformis described by Mr. Sowerby, 

 prior to Mr. Cuming's voyage to the PhOippine Islands, 

 from a pale uncoated specimen, is mainly distinguished by 

 its elongately cylindrical form, the aperture being com- 

 paratively rather small, and a little distorted from the 

 twisting of the columella. The yellow variety represented 

 at Fig. 16 a, is very remarkable, and appears, at tii'st sight, 

 to dift'er materially from the type of the species, which 

 approaches rather to B. Mindoroensis. 



Species 17. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus nimbosus. Bui. testd pyramidali-oblongd, spird 

 acnminatd, anfractibus septenis, convexis, columelld 

 nrcuatd; intense brunned, epidermide in fioccis latis 

 subdistantihus undatis, aperturd ceeruUscente-albd, pe- 

 ritremate brnnned. 



The rainy Bulimus. Shell pyramidally oblong, spire 

 acimiinated, whorls seven in number, convex, colu- 

 meDa arched ; deep brown, with the epidermis in 

 broad, rather distant, wavy flakes, aperture bluish 

 wlute, peritreme brown. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 121. 



Hab. Island of Negros (on the summits of the mountains) ; 

 Cuming. 



A fine dark brown species of a pyramidally acuminated 

 form, with the epidermis disposed in light longitudinally 

 waved flakes. Mr. Broderip's variety d has always aji- 

 peared to me so constantly distinct from this, that I 

 propose to elevate it to the rank of a species, in compli- 

 ment to my friend. Dr. I'feiffer. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Pfeifferianus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, sub- 

 veiitricosd, anfractibus senis, tumiditcsculis, columelld 

 subarcuatd ; Jtavo-viridescente, epidermide in strigis 

 longitudinalibus undatis, columelld et aperturd cteru- 

 lescente-albis, peritremate et parte circa columellam, 

 nigricante-fuscis. 



April, 1848. 



