BULIMUS. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLTMUS APLOMORPHUS. Bill, testd conico-ovati, an- 

 fractihus seim, convexis, nltii/io mpenie obscure aiigu- 

 lato, aperturd parviuscnld, lahro fortiter rejkxo ; cas- 

 taneo-lutescente, zonis rufo-fmcis diiabus cingulatd, 

 epidermide tenumima, peritremate albo. 



The simple-form Bulimus. Shell conically ovate, 

 wliorls six in number, convex, last whorl obscurely 

 angled at the lower part, aperture rather small, lip 

 strongly reflected ; chesnut-yellow, encircled with 

 two red-brown zones, epidermis vei-y slight, peritreme 

 white. 



Jonas, Pro. Zool. Soc, 18-1-3. p. 189. 



Uab. Philippine Islands. 



Allied to A. CrKimarnxeim^ but of another form, dift'ering 

 principally in being more conical and in having a second 

 thin white hydrophanous epidermis, which, however, in 

 the specimen figured, is much rubbed away. It was not 

 collected by Mr. Cuming. 



Fig. 19 c and d. (Mus. Cuming). 



The shells here represented are without doubt varieties 

 of the B.pictor described at Plate IV. although so much 

 smaller in size, and not characterized by the zigzag 

 shadowed flames depicted in the specimens there figured : 

 in these the outer hydi-ophanous epidermis is either 

 arranged in sbghtly waved streaks, or it covers the shell 

 leaving streaked spaces. Where the varieties chiefly simu- 

 late is in the livid piu-ple-black colouring of the peritreme. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus user. Bui. testd subabbreviato-ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 diaplmnd, anfractibm guatemis, venirieosis, lonffitu- 

 dinalUer confertim regulariter Uriatis, ultimo apira 

 magnitudinem valde superante ; pellucido-albd, epider- 

 mide temii lutescente iiiduid. 



The nipple Bulimus. SheU somewhat shortly ovate, 

 rather thin, diaphanous, whorls four in number, ven- 

 tricose, longitudinally closely regidarly striated, last 

 whorl far exceeding the size of the spii'e ; transparent 

 white, covered by a thiu yellomsh epidermis. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843. p. loo. 



Mav 



Hab. Island of Guimaras, Philippines, (on the leaves of 

 trees) ; Cuming. 

 The spire of this shell is of a peculiarly swollen ma- 

 millary structiue, whilst the shell is composed of no more 

 than four whorls ; it is of a semitransparent diaphanous 

 textiu:e with oidy a veiy simple shining epidermis. 



Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus .Igle. Bid. testd oblongo-ovatd, vix pyramidali, 

 (uifractibus guinis, convexis, obligue creberrinie striatis, 

 uIUmo subefuso, infenie obscure obtuso-carinato ; fulvd, 

 ba«i indistinct^ fasciatd, suturis subtiVmivie albilineatis, 

 peritremate conspicue castaneo-fiisco. 

 The ^Egle Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 

 pyramidal, whorls five in number, convex, obliquely 

 very closely striated, last whorl somewhat eft'used, 

 obscurely obtusely angled round the lower part ; 

 fidvous, indistinctly banded at the base, sutures 

 marked with a very fine white line, peritreme con- 

 spicuously stained with chesnut-brown. 

 Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840. p. 181. 

 Hab. Casan, Province of Misamis, Island of Mindanao, 

 Philippines (in a dense forest on the leaves of trees) ; 

 Cuming. 

 Peculiar in form but of a dull fulvous hue, not distin- 

 guished by any ornamental epidermis, nor of an aspect at 

 all complimentary to the fair nymph to wliom it is drdi- 

 cated. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus leucoph.eus. Bui. testd subpyramidali-ovata, 

 crassimculd, plus minus ventricosd, aiifraciibus senis, 

 convexis, columelld rectd, aperturd subcontractd, labro 

 refiexo ; castaneo-fuscd, epidermide Uucoplued, scepe 

 albifiamniatd, infenie fascia angustd vel lined nigricante 

 cingulatd, interdum zona, infra snturas, albidd, kic illic 

 peculiariter abrasd, columelld et apertura finice cif- 

 rdescente-albis, peritremate castaneo-uigricaide mar- 

 giiiato. 

 The russet-grey Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyrami- 

 dally ovate, rather thick, more or less ventricose, 

 whorls six in number, convex, columella straight, 

 aperture slightly contracted, lip reflected ; chesnut- 

 brown, covered with a russet-grey epidermis, often 

 1848. 



