BULIMUS.-Plate XV. 



Valexciexnes, lluuiboldt, Zool. v. ii. p. 21 1. pi. 55. f. -t. 



Buliiiius iontoma, Sowerby. 

 Hab. Chili and Peru (on trees) ; Cuming. 



At the Isle of Plata Jlr. Cuming found this beautiful 

 and well known species in sueh abundance upon trees 

 stripped of their leaves, that they looked as if laden with 

 fruit. The animal yields a rich purple juice. 



Species 89. (Fig. a and b. Mus. Cumiug.) 



IkLlMls POKPHYUIUS. Bill, testu stibdongato-ovald, 

 spirit acumbiala, anfractibits sex, concentrici rude el 

 irregulariler elevato-slrialis, per marginem snperwrem 

 hie illic miiiiile crenulaim ; fumeo-fuscd, striis conceu- 

 Iricis hie illic albis. 



TUE POKPHYEY BuLIMCS. Shell souiewhat elongately 

 ovate, spire acuminated, whorls six in number, con- 

 centrically, rudely, and irregidarly elevately striated, 

 and minutely crenulated here and there along the 

 upper margin ; smoky brown, concentric strijc liei'c 

 and there white. 



Pfeiffek, Zool. Pro. Soc. 18 tG. p. \l\ 



Uab. ? 



The growth of this shell not being completed, it is im- 

 possible to say whether the lip would remain simple or be 

 reflected at matm-ity. It is a very characteristic species and 

 cannot easily be confounded with any other ; the white 

 ridge-likc stria; have a rubbed appeai-ance and being on 

 a dark ground have a very peculiar aspect. Mr. Cuming 

 has no information as to its locality. 



Species 90. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLuris ZEURA. Bui. testa ovatd, tenuiculd, imperforald, 

 veidricosd, spird acuminata, anfraclibm subrotundatis 

 icnibus, columella redd, labro simplici ; viridi, Jlam- 

 mis sfrigisfjue miiwribus peculiariter undalis Jlavican- 

 tibus ornatd, columelld alba, labro infus castaneo-niar- 

 (jinato. 



The zebra Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather thin, imper- 

 forated, vcntricose, spire acuminated, whorls some- 

 what rounded, smooth, columella straight, lip simple ; 

 green, ornamented with peculiarly waved flames and 

 lesser streaks of yellow, columella white, lip edged 

 internally with chesnut. 



Buccimim zebra, Muller, Verm. Terr, et Fluv. Hist. j). 138. 

 Bulimm uiidatus, liruguiere. 



Varietates. 



Bulimns zif/sag, Lamarck. 

 Bulimus princeps, Sowerby. 



Uab. Nicaragua, Panama, Costa l!ico, Veragua, Pcniani- 

 buco. West Indies. 



Few species of the genus affect a wider range of country 

 than the present, and it is owing to the different aspects 

 under which it is found, that the above-recorded synonymes 

 have arisen. The beautiful variety figured in the Coneho- 

 logical Illustrations under the name B. primeps was col- 

 lected by Mr. Cuming in the woods of Nicaragua where it 

 inhabits the hollows of trees ; the more common variety, 

 knowni as the B. nudatus, is found in the West Indies and 

 Brazil, and, extremely rich in colour, at Panama and Costa 

 Kico. 



