B U L I M U S 



Species 61. (Mws. Cuming.) 

 BULIMUS CuMINGII. B/d. iedd ovatd, spird suboUusu, 

 anfractibus qidnqne, oblique tenuis! riatis, ultimo hiferni 

 indistincte obtuse angulato, colmnelld plana, intortd; 

 pellitcido-albd, nitidd, basin versus virescente, lined 

 castaned conspicud infra suturas circumdatd, coltimelld 

 purpnreo-fuscd, peritremate alio. 

 Cuming's Bulimus. Shell ovate, spire rather obtuse, 

 whorls iive in number, finely obliquely striated, the 

 last indistinctly obtusely angled round the lower pai-t, 

 columella flat, twisted ; transparent white, shining, 

 greenish towards the base, smTouuded by a conspi- 

 cuous chesnut Une beneath the sutures, columella 

 purple-brown, peritreme white. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 18-12, p. 88. 

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

 Cuming. 

 A transparent shining opal-like shell, peculiarly charac- 

 terized by a dark chesnut line running beneath the sutures. 



Species 63. (Mus. Cmning.) 

 BuLlllus VERECUNDUS. Bul. testd ovatd, tenuiculd, ven- 

 tricosd, anfractibus quinque, convexis, tumidis, colu- 

 melld redd, labro tenui, vix reflexo ; alba, fasciis 

 carneo-fuscescentibus latis interrnptis cingulatd, peri- 

 tremate carneo-fuscescente. 

 The modest Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather thin, ven- 

 tricose, whorls five in number, convex, swollen, 

 columella straight, lip thin, very sUghtly reflected; 

 white, encircled by broad interrupted Ught flesh- 

 brown bands, peritreme flesh-brown. 

 Helix modesta, Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1841, p. 39. 

 Ilab. Catanauan, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon (on 

 the leaves of trees) ; Cuming. 

 The adoption of tliis delicate species under the type of 

 Bulimus imposes the necessity of substituting a new speci- 

 fic name, that of viodestns being already occupied. 



Species 63. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus simplex. Bul. testd ovato-conoided, anfractibus 

 quinque, convexis, colnmelld subintortd, labro subeffuso, 

 reflexo; albd, basin versus viridescente, epidermide 

 tenui, corned. 



The simple Bulimus. Shell ovatdy conoid, whorls five 

 in number, convex, columella slightly twisted, lip 

 somewhat effused, reflected ; white, gi-eenish towards 

 the base, with a very thin horny epidermis. 



Jonas, Pro, Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 189. 



Hah. Island of Mindoro, Philippines. 



The green colouring of this species seems to reside in 



great measure in its thin horny epidermis. 



Species 64. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus effusus. Bul. testd ovatd, basin versus veutri- 

 cosd, effusd, anfractibus quinque, convexis, columelld 

 vix arcuatd, labro sublate reflexo ; albd, nitidd, zonulis 

 duabus castaneis conspicue cingulatd, epidermide tenui 

 corned lutesceyite hiferne indidd. 



The effused Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose and 

 eflused towards the base, whorls five in number, 

 convex, columella scarcely arched, lip somewhat 

 broadly reflected; white, shining, sometimes con- 

 spicuously encii'cled with two narrow chesnut zones, 

 covered at the lower part with a thin yellowish 

 homy epidermis. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 152. 



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

 trees) ; Cuming. 



Tliis shell approaches rather to the Helix decipiens in 

 form and general aspect than to the B. Cumingii, with 

 which Dr. Pfeiffer compares it, and might be referred to 

 that genus with almost equal propriety. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cumiiig.) 



Bulimus breviculus. Bul. testd crassiusculd, pecuVrn- 

 riter abbreviato-pijramidali, apice obttisd, anfractibus 

 sex, angustis, aperturd parvd, labro sublate reflexo; 

 albd, epidermide luteo-fuscescente. 



The shortened Bulimus. Shell rather thick, peculiarly 

 abbreviately pyramidal, obtuse at the apex, whorls 

 six in number, nan-ow, aperture small. Up rather 

 widely reflected ; white, epidermis yellowish brown. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 88. 



Hub. Island of Roiubloii, Philippines (on bushes) ; Cimjing. 



May, 1848. 



