BULDirS.— Plate XVI. 



The specimen selected for representation is the Yar. D. 

 manmrata of D'Orbigiiy, the hxrger varieties in wliich 

 there are none of the transverse lines ser\Tiig to charac- 

 terize this, approximate rather to the B. Tupac'd of tlie 

 same author. 



Species 95. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BfLiJics CoaciMBENSis. Bui. tedd subfusiformi-ovatd, 

 (eiiMUtimd, ventricosd, anfractibm sex, convexk, sitioi- 

 liquis, longitudmal'der rude striath, anfractu ultimo 

 maximo, aperlurd aubampla, labro simplici ; albidd, 

 fuscescenle t'mctd, puiiclis maculk slrigUque idgrican- 

 tibui a»perad 



The C0QUI.MB0 Bllimus. Shell somewhat fusifonuly 

 ovate, very thin, ventricosc, whorls six in number, 

 rather oblique, longitudinally rudely striated, last 

 whorl very large, aperture rather large, lip simple ; 

 whitish, stained with light browni, and sprinkled witli 

 blackish dots, blotches and streaks. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 30. 

 Succhiea CoquMensk, PfeiiFcr. 



Hnb. Mountains of Coquimbo ; Cuming. 

 The painting of this species is also not much unlike that 



of the B. Broderipii from which it diflers most essentially 



in form. 



Species 96. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bllimus pipekatls. BuL tenia ovatd, tenui, valde in- 

 Jlatd, apird breviuiculd, acumimtd, anfractibui quinque, 

 ultimo maximo, obscure rugoso-yraiiulalis el slrialis, 

 aperlurd perampld, labro vix rejlexo ; albidd, punctis 

 fundi perpaucin axpend, epidermuie Jlacidd induld. 



The peppered Bclimus. Shell ovate, thin, greatly in- 

 flated, spire rather short, acuminated, whorls five in 

 number, the last very liu-ge, obscurely roughly gi-a- 

 nulated and striated, aperture very large, lip scarcely 

 reflected; whitish, sprinkled with a yellowish epi- 



Sowekby, Conch, llhis. f. 93. 

 Hab. llualaga, IVni. 



The most inflated of the Succinea-form species, distin- 

 guished by a more economical style of painting than its 



Species 97. (Mus. Cuming). 



BuLiMUs Broderipii. Bui. tedd ovatd, abbreviato-fusi- 

 formi, lenuimmd, valdi injlatd, spird brevi, anfraclibus 

 quinque, ultimo maximo, nub lente minute granulato- 

 rugom, aperlurd perampld, labro simplici; albidd, 

 nigro fulvoque coiispicue et elegantissime maadatd el 

 vuriegatd. 



Bkodebip's Bulimus. Shell ovate, abbreviately fusi- 

 form, very thin, greatly inflated, spire short, whorls 

 five in number, the last very large, minutely granu- 

 lately rugose under the lens, apertm-e very large, lip 

 simple; whitish, conspicuously and very elegantly 

 blotched and variegated with black and fulvous 

 brown. 



Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 30. 

 Succinea Broderipii, Pfeifl'er. 



Hab. Copiapo, Chili (in the fissm-cs of rorks) ; Cuming. 



Much smaller varieties of this species occur than that 

 selected for figm'ing and more richly coloured ; it is an 

 extremely thin and fi-agile shell. 



