BULBIL'S.— Plate L 



This is the largest of the Philippine species, and that 

 of the most ventricose proportions. The columella is of 

 a livid blueish purple, and the epidermal pattern consists 

 of a number of circidar bands or lines, frequently ex- 

 tending around the last and penultimate whorls ; tiie 

 specimen figured, in which the bands are confined to the 

 last whorl, is rather an exceptional variety. 



Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS RUFOGASTER. Bid. testd ovato-comided, sub- 

 veiitricosd, anfractibtis senis, convexin, columella suli- 

 intortd ; nigricante-purpured, interdum rufescente, 

 epidermide basin versus ttnifasciatd, strigis longitudi- 

 naliius nigricantibus, prope ad suturas latiorihus, no- 

 tatd, aperturd columelldgue cwrulescente-albidis. 



The red Bclimus. Shell ovately conoid, somewhat 

 ventricose, whorls six in number, convex, columella 

 somewhat twisted; blackish purple, sometimes reddish, 

 epidermis marked towards the base with a single 

 band, and with dark longitudinal streaks, wliich are 

 broader near the sutures, aperture and columella 

 blueish white. 



Hab. Province of Baie, Island of Luzon (in dark and 

 lofty forests) ; Cuming. 



In this species the columella is slightly twisted, and of 

 the same blueish white hue as the interior of the shell. 

 TJie pattern of the cpidei-mis exhibits a single band round 

 the lower part of the last whorl, and a row of broad, 

 short, interrupted streaks around the sutures. This last 

 mentioned design I have not observed in any other species. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



IkLiMUs PuiLiPPiNENSis. Bul. testd ovnto-conoidcd, 

 ba.u subplanulatd, anfractibm senis, convexis, ultimo 

 basin versus subobscure angulaio ; columella leviler 

 intortd; nigricanie-fuscd, epidermide in strigis oblique 

 concentricis, aperturd candescente-albd, columella pal- 

 lida rosaceo-purpurascente. 



TiiK Philiim'Ine Bulimcs. Shell ovately conoid, some- 

 what flattened at the base, whorls six in number. 



convex, last whorl somewhat obscurely angled towards 

 the base ; columella slightly twisted ; blackish-brown, 

 epidennis disposed in obliquely concentric streaks, 

 aperture blueish wliite, columella pale pinkish purple. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. 



JIab. Islands of Luzon and Marinduque, Philippines (on 

 the leaves of trees) ; Ciuning. 



There is little to distingiiish this species from the 

 B. pijlhoganler ; it has a somewhat angular inclination of 

 growth around the lower part, but this is not a character 

 to which much importance can be attached, seeing that 

 the typical varieties above figured of that species present 

 almost as great a difference of form. 



(Mus. Cuming.) 

 BULIMUS Reevii. Bul. testd oblongo-ovatd, aiifraciibux 

 senis, tumidiusculis, ultimo ventricoso, ejf'uso ; intense 

 ustulato-fuscd, epidermide infaseiis insignibm laliuscidis 

 remotis lineisque subtilibus, aperturd candescente-albd, 

 cohmieUd vix intortd, peritremate livido-purpuras- 

 cenlibus. 

 Reeve's Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, whorls six in 

 nimiber, rather swollen, last whorl ventricose and 

 effused; rich burnt-brown, with the epidermis in 

 remarkable rather broad bands and fine lines, apcr- 

 tui-e blueish white, columella sc;u-cely twisted, and, 

 together with the pcritreme, of a h^id purple hue. 

 Cuming, MSS., Mus. Cuming. 



Helix Reevii, Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soe., lS-11. 

 IM. Luhban, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon, 

 Philippines (on the leaves of trees) ; Cuming. 

 This is the first species of Bulimus, and I believe the 

 first shell, which Mr. Cuming unpacked from his vast 

 collection on his return from the Philippines, and, being 

 present at this exciting moment, I shall not easily forget 

 the impression caused by the sight of so superb an example 

 of an arboreal Snail. The remarkable disposition of the 

 epidermis was quite a matter of astonishment, nothing of 

 the kind had been observed before, nor had any specimen 

 of the 7?. pi/tliogaster been collected in a state of preser- 

 vation by wliich this iihenomeiion could be unilcrstood. 



