BULIMIS.— Plate VI. 



other. The chief peculiarity of the B. mnara/fdinus consists 

 ill the nature of its epidermis, wliich, unlike that in most 

 of the preceding Philippine species, exhibits no pattern, 

 hut contains all the coloui-ing matter. The sheO is pure 

 white, and the beautiful emerald-green colour, so much to 

 be admired, resides within the epidermis, which is of a 

 lliiu shining horny character, commencing in a singiUar 

 manner just beneath the sutures, and may be peeled away. 



Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Hi'i.iMUS CINCINNIFOKMIS. Bul. testd subpijramidaH- 

 ovatd, tentdculd, anfractibus senis, plarw-convexk ; 

 alia, anfractibus fasciis duabus distantibus, nigrican- 

 fiim, epidermidis particulis notatix cingulatu, labro 

 hinii, vix rejiexo. 



The curl-shaped Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyrami- 

 dally ovate, rather thin, whorls six in number, flatly 

 convex ; white, whorls encircled with two distant 

 black bands marked with particles of epidermis, lip 

 thin, scarcely reflected. 



Iliib. Island of Luban, Philippine? (on the trees) ; Cuming. 



A thin pyramidal shell, in which the black bands 

 curiously studded with light particles of epidermis. 



Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Satyrus. Bul. testd mibpwpiformi, anfractibus 

 (juinis, convexis, columella sicbinturtd ; purpvreo-nigrd, 

 epidermide fused slmpUci indutd, aperturd ccerulescente- 

 albd, colmnelld carneo-purpurascente, peritremate pur- 

 pureo-nigrd. 



The Satyr Bulimus. Shell somewhat pupiform, whorls 

 five in number, convex, columella slightly twisted ; 

 jjiu'ple-black, covered with a simple brown epidermis, 

 aperture blueish white, columella light flesh-purple, 

 peritreme purple-black. 



Brodeeip, Pro. Zool. Soe., 1842. p. 181. 



Uab. Island of Tablas, Philippines (on the leaves of trees) ; 

 Cuming. 



Mr. Cuming only obtained a few specimens of this 

 species; it is of a dark purple-black hue without any 

 epidermal pattern to attract particular attention. 



