BULIMUS, 



Plate XVI. 



Species 91. (Fig. a and A. ilus. Cumiug.) 

 BuLiMUS piECiLUS. Bid. testd elongato-ovald, temii, veii- 

 tricosd, subumbiUcatd, spird acuminatd, anfractibus sex 

 aut septem, longiiudinaUter striatis, labro temd, slm- 

 pUci; albidd,fuscescente tinctd, caruleo-mgricante varie 

 fii-sciatd aid mactdatd aut punctata, apicc pmtHariter 

 nigricante. 

 The vari-pictured Bulimus. Shell eloiigcitely ovate, 

 thin, ventricose, slightly umbilicated, spire ncimiiiia- 

 teil, whorls six or seven in number, longitudinally 

 striated, lip thin, simple ; whitish, stained with pale 

 brown and vai'iously banded, or blotched, or dotted 

 with bluish black, apex peculiarly l)lackish. 

 D'Oebigny, Voyage dans TAiuer. Mt'rid. p. 2S(5. pi. 31. 



f. 1 to 10. 

 Hab. Bolivian Andes, South America (at the roots of 

 shi'ubs) ; D'Orbigny, Bridges. 

 An extremely variable species of which D'Orliigiiy has 

 considered it necessary to give ten tigures, mainly distin- 

 guished by its acimiinated growth and general disposition 

 of colour. 



Species 93. (Mns. Cuming.) 



Bulimus punctulifer. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, teiiuis- 

 simd, lanbilicatd, anfractihus se.v, tongitndinaliter stri- 

 atis, sub h'litc iiiiiliijiii- crchi-rriiM phiiio-ijniiiiilosis^ per 

 margineiii siijirriurr,,/ liic illi,- mhiii.t'i- rude eri'tinhdh, 

 labro teniii sii„plici, voliniivllriri repe.ru ; nlljiild.fiiseo 

 irregnhiriter liiieatd et puiiefatd, epidermide Jlavicanle 

 iiidiifd. 



The dotted Bulimus. SheD oblong-ovate, very thin, 

 umbilicated, whorls six in number, longitudinally 

 striated, under the lens very closely flatly gi-anulated, 

 minutely mdely crenidated here and there along the 

 upper margin, lip thin, simple, the columellar lip 

 reflected back ; whitish, iiTegularly lineated and dotted 

 with brown, covered with a yellowisli epidermis. 



SoWEEBY, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1S33, p. 3li. 



Hab. Chili, La Questa Prada, Cmning ; La Questa de 

 Arenos, Huasco, Bridges. 



Approaching the B. granulosus in form and scidpture, 

 the painting of this shell resembles that of B. Broderipii, 

 though easily distinguished by its dotted indefinite style 

 of pattern. 



Species 93. (Mns. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus kupicolus. Bui. testd fusiformi-orald, lenui, 

 spird subacufd, aiifractibus quinque ultiinu h/a.i-iinu, 

 longifudiiKilitrr rude striufis, viidique luiiiule tjruiinluto- 



rngosis, hdiro siniplii 



ulhidd, l„„r,lli.s hnnjiUldilKtl, 



bus puiietisque uigriednlitjia scrtidiui pield, ejjidennide 

 fiavicarde indutd. 

 TuE ROCK-INHABITING BuLlMUS. Shell fusifonuly ovate, 

 thin, spire rather shar[), whorls five in number, the 

 last very large, longitudinally rudely striated and 

 everywhere minutely gramdatcly rough, lip simple ; 

 whitish, painted with rows of black longitudinal 

 blotches and dots, covered with a yellowish epidennis. 

 Succinea variegata, Pfeifi'er, Pro. Zool. Soc., 181.2, p. 187. 

 Hab. Valleys in the north of Coquimbo (in the crevices of 

 rocks) ; Bridges. 

 I think Dr. Pfeiffer has greatly eiTed in referring this 

 gi'oup of Bulimi to the genus Succinea, the tyjie of which 

 is an amphibious animal, like the Lymnea, affecting damp 

 and swampy situations, such as the banks of stagnant 

 pools, in marshes, or on floating vegetable matter. The 

 habits of these species are much opposed to this ; dwelling 

 in the dry crevices of the rocks which appear in the sandy 

 plains west of the Andes, where there is little or no mois- 

 ture beyond that which arises from the dews. 



The name variegatus cannot be adopted, in conseijuencc 

 of its having been used under the head of Bulimus by 

 Bruguiere in refeiTence to the Tornatellafiammea. 



Species 91. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus tuamnoicus. Bui. testd oblongo-orafd. tumi- 

 diuseuld, umbiliedld. anj'ruelihtix xe.r, eoiire.cix, uudique 



minute seriatiu 



iiiie„i >.eyenorem 



illdihlis ilebulosis 



crenulatii; fusceseeide, tii/ei 

 irregularibus cingidatd. 



The shrub-inhabiting Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 rather swollen, umbilicated, whorls six in number, 

 convex, minutely granulated throughout in rows, 

 erenulated along the upper margin; light brown 

 encircled with irregular clouded blackish lines. 



D'Orbigny, Voyage dans I'Amer. Merid. p. 290. pi. 37. 

 f. 4 to 9. 



Hub. Eastern side of the Bolivian Andes, (at the roots of 

 bushes and, during the dry season, in the crevices of 

 rocks) ; I) 'Orbignv, Bridges. 



Mav, 184 8. 



