BULIMUS.— Pi.ATK IV. 



Pfeiffeb's Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather vcn- 

 tricose, whorls six in numbex, somewhat swollen, 

 columella slightly arched ; pale yellowish green, with 

 the epidermis in longitudinally waved streaks, colu- 

 mella and aperture bluish white, peritreme and the 

 part round the columella blackish brown. 

 Bulimus nimbosm, var. d, Broderip. 

 Hab. Tankay, Island of Negros (on the branches); Cuming. 

 I have long regarded this shell in my own mind as a 

 species distinct from B. nimbosus ; it is composed of one 

 whorl less, is constantly more ventricose, less pyramidally 

 acuminated, and always distinguished by a pale yellowish- 

 green cast of colour with a dark chesnut blotch, nearly 

 black, around the columella, and there is a peculiarity also 

 in the arrangement of the epidermis. 



To Dr. Pfeiffcr, of Cassel, I dedicate this beautilul 

 species, trusting he will appreciate my desire to do him 

 honour for the service he has rendered to conchological 

 science by his laborious investigation of the great tribe 

 of Helicidte of which the preseut genus forms a part. 



Species 19. (Pig. a and i. Mus. Cuming.) 

 IUlimis pictor. Bid. tenia acuminato-obhjiigd, anfrac- 



libus ieiiis, co/ivexii, culumeUd subrecld ; interne brun- 

 iied, epidermide plus minusve alba, fasciis anffuitis 

 loiigitudimilibus undatis, interdum interruptis, prceter- 

 mittente, apertnrd ccerulescenle, peritrenwte nigricante- 

 castaneo marginatd. ^ 



The painter Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, whorls 

 six in number, convex, columella nearly straight: 

 rich brown, epidermis more or less white, leaving 

 narrow longitudinally waved dark bands, which are 

 sometimes iuterrui)ted, aperture bluish white, ])eri- 

 treme edged with blackish chesnut. 



BiiODERiP, Pro.Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 120. 



Hab. Dingle, Province of llo llo. Island of Penang, 

 Philippines (on the trees) ; Cuming. 



A richly coloured species, with the epidermis so depo- 

 sited as to leave a dark, longitudinal, zig-zag stripe 

 at intervals, which is occasionally broken or otherwise 

 interrupted, and has a striking appearance from the epi- 

 dermis being of a thick, opake-white, satiny hue down 

 one side. The aperture is of clear milky white, and the 

 peritreme is peculiar in having the usual dark colouring 

 matter iiuite at tiic edge. 



