B U L I M U S . 



Species 53. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS INCOMPTUS. Bid. festd ()Mo)i(jo-ovrdu, obtmo- 

 pyramidali, aufractibus quinis, rDlidnhith, colmnelld 

 redd, labro vix refiexo ; hilrxicufr-liniinied, zomdd 

 nigricmUe-fuscd cingulatd, vjiiilirmith' li-mti iiidutd. 



The unadorned Bulimus. Shell oblong ovate, obtusely 

 pyramidal, whorls five in number, rounded, colimiella 

 straight, lip but slightly rcflexed ; yellowish brown, 

 eucii'cled by a narrow blackish brown zone, covered 

 by a thin epidermis. 



Helix inconqda, Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1840. 



Hob. Island of Tablas, Philippines. 

 Only a single specimen of this species was collected, 



and it has very much the appearance of being an abortive 



growth of one subsequently named by Mr. Sowerby, Helix 



acuiiiiuata (Sp. 60) ; they ai'e identical in colour and 



pattern, but vary materially in form. 



Species 5-i. (Pig. a and h. Mus. Cuming.) 



Bdlimus Partuloides. Bui. testa pyramidali, spird 

 aouuinatd, anfractibus qninis, convexis, aperturd par- 

 viuscidd, subquadrato-ovali, labro latissime reflexo ; al- 

 bidd, zonuld castaneo-nigricante cingulatd, epidermide 

 luted indutd, interdum onmino hileuse castaned, peritre- 

 vmte albo. 



The Paetula-like Bulimus. Shell pyramidal, spire 

 acmninated, whorls live in number, convex, aperture 

 rather small, somewhat square-ovate, lip veiy broadly 

 reflected; whitish, encircled by a narrow chesnut 

 black zone, covered by a yellow epidermis, sometimes 

 dark chesnut throughout, peritreme white. 



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



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

 Cuming. 

 This is the nearest approach to Parlnla of any species 



of the genus, the aperture having the same square-like 



form and widely reflexed lip. 



Species 55. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Luzon icus. Bui. testd subelongato-omtd, apice 

 obtusd, anfractibus seiiis, convexis, colmnelld iutortd, 

 aperturd si(bconiractd, labro reflexo; eburned, zonuld 

 angustd uigricante cou-spicue cingulatd. 



The Luzon Bulimus. Shell somewhat elongately ovate, 

 obtuse at the apex, whorls six in nimiber, convex, 

 cohmiella twisted, aperture somewhat conti-acted, lip 

 reflexed ; ivoiy white, conspicuously encircled by a 

 narrow black zone. 

 ffab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (on the trees) ; 

 Cuming. 

 I have always considered this shell to represent a species 

 distinct from B. ovoideus, and propose to re-establish Mr. 

 Sowerby's name, although he himself abandoned it upon 

 the grounds of its relationship. It is of a more elongately 

 oljlong form, is composed of a whorl more, and the narrow 

 black zone with which it is encircled never varies. These 

 characters may be regarded as of trifling importance, but 

 they are constant. In a parcel of upwards of a hundi-ed 

 of each species which came into my possession some time 

 since, there was no variation or the least tendency to 

 merge one into the other. The name is rather an inap- 

 propriate one, for Mr. Cuming did not collect a single 

 species at Luzon; there is, however, no reason why it 

 might not become naturalized in that island. 



Species 56. (Fig. a and b. Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus ovoideus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, subven- 

 tricosd, apice obtusd, anfractibus quink, convexis, colu- 

 mella vix intortd, labro reflexo ; alba, fasciis diiabus 

 tribusve latimculk aurantio- vel castaneo-fusds cingu- 

 latd, epidermide temcissimd. 



The ovoid Bulimus. Shell oblong ovate, rather ven- 

 tricose, obtuse at the apex, whorls five in number, 

 convex, columella scarcely twisted, lip reflected; 

 white, encircled with two or three rather broad 

 orange-brown or chesnut bands, epidermis very thin. 



Bruguiere, Enc. Meth. Diet., No. 64. 



Hab. Islands of Ticao and Masbate, Philippines (on the 

 trees); Cuming. 

 Distinguished by its oval ventricose growth and broad 



spii-al bands of colour. 



Species 57. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 JuLlMUS VELATUS. Bill, testd oblongd, sub-PupcBformi, 

 anfractibus seuis, subrotundis, aperturd parviusculd, 

 labro simplici ; lutescente-albd, zonula rufo-fuscescente 



Mav, 1848. 



