B U L I J\I U S 



Species 76. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMUS Panayexsis. Bui. tedd elongaio-titrritd, Imi- 



gatd, pelhicidd, apice ohtusd, anfradibus octo, uperiurd 



minima, lahro simpUci ; cereo-albidd. 

 The Panay Bclimus. Shell elongately turreted, smooth, 



pellucid, obtuse at the apex, whorls eight in number, 



aperture very small, lip simple ; waxen white. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 33. 

 Hab. Dingle, Isle of Panay, Philippines ; Cuming. 



This is the smallest species collected by i\Ir. Cuming at 

 the Philippines, it is of an elongately turreted form and 

 of a hvaline waxen white. 



Species 77. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLIMUS RHOD ACME. Bill, testd ohlonyo-ovatd, imibilicatd, 

 anfractibm sex, minute autem conspicue striatis, siriis 

 transverm mbobmletis minutissime decnssato-granula- 

 fis, labro simplici ; opaco-albidd, macidiH flaiiimuHi<qii(> 

 roseis subpellucidis versus apicetii. 



The red-tipped Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, um- 

 bilicated, whorls sLx in number, minutely but con- 

 spicuously striated, and very minutely decussated 

 with somewhat obsolete transverse stria;, lip simple ; 

 opake-white, with semitransparent rose-tinted spots 

 and ilames towards the apex. 



Pfeiffee, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 187. 



Hab. Frierina, Huasco, Chili (under .small Cacti) ; 

 Bridges. 

 A delicate species of a seemingly transparent texture, 



enveloped, save about the apex, with an opake-white 



coating. 



Species 78. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus micra. But. testd subelongatd, vix itmbilicatd, 

 semipellucidd, anfractihus subrotundatis, creberrime 

 coHcentrice striatis, spira suturis peculiariter impressis, 

 aperturd pared, labro simplici ; corneo-albidd. 



The small Bulimus. Shell rather elongated, slightly 

 umbOicated, semipellucid, whorls somewhat rounded, 

 very closely concentricSUy striated, sutures of the 

 spire peculiarly impressed, apertm-e small, lip simple ; 

 horny white. 



D'Orbigny, Voy. dans I'Amer. me'rid. Moll. p. 262. pi. 41. 

 f. 18 to 20. 



Hah. Eastern side of the Bolivian Andes, near Santa Cruz 

 (under stones), D'Orbigny ; near Chilon, Bolivia (on 

 the dead trunks of Cacti) ; Bridges. 

 A very small semitransparent shell, thickly sculptured 



with rude concentric striae. 



Species 79. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus terebralis. Bui. testd elongatd, subcylitidra- 

 ced, late auguluto-umbilicatd, spins suturis impressis, 

 oiifradibus decern ad undecem. platio-co/ivexis, oMiqui 

 crcbrit corriigato-striati>i, coliiiiieUd snbcoiicaoo-effiisd, 

 upertnrd uiiiiinid, pcritrehiate ddatato ; fuscescente- 

 alhd, apiceni versus nhjricaiitc. 



The augur-like Bulimus. Shell elongated, somewhat 

 cylindrical, broacUy angidarly umbilicated, sutm-es 

 of the spire impressed, whorls ten to eleven in 

 number, flatly convex, obliquely closely striated in 

 a wrinkled manner, columella concavely effused, 

 aperture very small, peritreme dilated ; brownish- 

 white, blackish towards the apex. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 187. 



Hab. Coquinibo, Chili (on rocks and plants near the sea) ; 

 Bridges. 

 Distinguished from the B. Piipifonuis to which it is 



most nearly albed, by its obli(juely corrugated stria% widely 



angulated umbdicus, and neat dilated apertm-e. 



Species SO. (;\Ius. Cuming.) 



Bulimus elongatulus. Bui. testd elongatd, aufracltbus 

 octo, latiusculis, plano-conve.xis, sub epidermide tenuis- 

 sime et creberrime striatis, aperturd pared, superne 

 suhcoiitractd, labro simplici ; stramiueo-albidd, sub- 

 pellucidd. 



The elongated Bulimus. Shell elongated, whorls eight 

 in number, rather broad, flatly convex, very finely 

 and closely striated, aperture small, somewhat con- 

 tracted towards the upper part; pale straw-colour, 

 semitransparent. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 43. 



Hab. Catanaun, Province of Bale, Island of Luzon, Phi- 

 lippines (at the roots of trees) ; Cuming. 

 The whorls of this species are each slightly contracted 



round the upper part. 

 1S48. 



