BULIMUS. 



Species 30. (Pig. r/, b, c, and d. Mu?, Cuming.) 



"BuLiMUS ciNCiNNUS. Bul. testd ovato-pyramidali, teimi, 

 mbhyalina, anfraclilm senis subrotundatis, columella 

 siibintortd, labro simplici,, vix reflexo ; palUde rosacea, 

 albidd aut virescenfe, epidermide fused basin versus 

 sparsim maculatd. 



The curl Bulimus. Shell ovately pyramidal, thin, 

 rather transparent, whorls six in number, somewhat 

 rounded, columella slightly twisted, lip simple, 

 scarcely reflected ; pale pink, whitish or greenish, 

 sparingly bespotted towards the base with dark 

 browii epidermis. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 98. 



Ifnb. Islands of Temple and Burias, Philippines (on the 

 leaves of trees) ; Cuming. 



A very delicate and extremely variable species, the 

 epidermis of wliich is of so tenacious a character that it is 

 rare to meet with specimens having any portion adhering. 

 The colour of some is purple, of others light pink or pale 

 ^'reen, and the shell has not unfrequently a pink columella. 



Species 31. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMus Calypso. Bui. testd suipr/ramidali-ovatd, din- 

 p/iand, anfractibus senis, convexis ; columella pecu- 

 liariter contortd et truncatd, labro tenui, vix reflexo ; 

 albidd, fasciis pallide olivaceo-luteis, pracipue in un- 

 fractu ultimo, cingulatd ; columella apice et peritre- 

 mate roseo-purpureis. 



The Calypso Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, diaphanous, whorls six in mmiber, convex ; 

 columella peculiarly twisted and tnmcated, lip thin, 

 but Uttle reflected ; whitish, encircled with pale olive 

 yellow bands, especiaUy round the last whorl, colu- 

 mella apex and peritreme rose-purple. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 18-iO. p. 182. 



Hah. Tanhay, Isle of Negros, Philippines (in the woods) ; 

 Cuming. 



Only two specimens of this very dehcate diaphanous 

 species were collected ; it is enckcled by numerous faint 

 olive-yellow bands, somewhat crowded towards the base, 

 and the columella, peritreme, and first two whorls of the 

 shell are of a deep rose-pm-ple ; there is, moreover, a 

 dark purplish stripe around the columella. 



It is a peculiarity in this species that the banded pattern 

 does not reside in the epidermis, as in most of its con- 

 geners, but in the shell, where it may be observed 

 ending round the interior. 



Species 32. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus virens. Bui. testd pyranddali-ovatd, laviiisculd, 

 nitidd, anfractibus septenis, subplano-convctis, ■ultimo 

 inferne obscure angulato ; cohmielld rix intortd, labro 

 mdireflexo ; alba, epidermide teuui virescente basin versus 

 indutd. 

 The pale green Bulimus. Shell pyramidally ovate, 

 rather smooth, shining, whorls seven in nimiber, 

 rather flatly convex, the last obscurely angled round 

 the lower part ; columella slightly twisted, lip but 

 little reflected ; white, covered with a thin epidermis 

 wliich is of a pale green colour towards the base. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 153. 

 Hab. Island of Burias, Plulippines (on leaves of trees) ; 

 Cuming. 

 I cannot trace the resemblance which Dr. Pfeiffer 

 notices between this shell and B. carinatus. Lea ; the 

 figure of that species in the Transactions of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, represents a shell 

 belonging rather to that division of the genus which is 

 characterised by a hydrophanous epidermis. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Hindsii. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, anfractibus 

 quinis convexis, cohmielld subintortd, labro reflexo; 

 alba, a iifnictibus fascia castaned supra et infra cingu- 

 latis, cjiiih-riiiiih' Iniiii luted, parte circa columellam 

 et peril i; „nitr jHiriJun-ofuscis 



Hind's Buli-Mis. Shell oblong-ovate, whorls convex, 

 columella shghtly twisted, lip reflected ; white, whorls 

 encircled above and below with a chesnut band, 

 epidermis thin, yellow, peritreme and part around 

 the columella purple-brown. 



Pfeiffer, MSS. Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Tayabas, Island of Luzon, Philippines (on the leaves 

 of trees) ; Cuming. 

 The general aspect of this shell is very simple, but it is 



not a species of common occm-rence. 



AprU, 1848. 



