RULIMU; 



XVII, 



most of its congeners, brings forth its young alive, and 

 during the drj' season incloses itself within the shell by 

 forming an i-pipiiragni. 



Species 102. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLlMLS CiilLE.NSls. Jiiil. lestd oHoiiffo-occi/d, teiiiii, 

 tiiLtUUer ereberrime granulatd, spird subacittd, aiifrac- 

 tibiis sej; loiigiludinalitef rude striatic, lahro tmumimo, 

 limflici ; fuscescente, striffis aordidc ca-staneis toiujiln- 

 diiialiiM hie il/ic tiiictd. 



The Chili Bilimus. Shell oblong-ovate, thin, liiuK 

 very closely granulated, spire rather siiarp, whorls 



six in number, longitudinally rudely striated, lip ven' 



thin, simple; light brown, stained here and there 



with longitudinal dull chesnut streaks. 

 Lesson, Voy. de la Coquille, pi. 8. f. 3. 



Bulimics granulosus, Broderip. 

 Hab. Valparaiso and Conception, Chili ; Cuming. 



Although this shell is exactly similar in structure to 

 that of the ])reeeding species, the animal is not viviparous ; 

 it is, however, singularly distinguished by the smallness 

 of its eggs, which are like little peas. It inhabits Ihe 

 mountains of Conception, and is found in ravines near the 

 sea-shore as far as Valparaiso. During the dry season it 

 buries itself in the earth, inclosed by an epiphragm. The 

 shell exhibits little \ariatioii of form or eolouriu'r. 



