B U L I ]\I U S 



Species 137. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS coNSPERsus. Bul. testd omtd, tenui, smi- 

 pellucidd, sitbumbilicatd, anfractibus guitique, rofiiii- 

 datis, conceiUrice obsolete rude sti-mtis, ad suturas 

 crermlatis, labro simplici; Jlavicante-conied, lirwis 

 gtdtulisque opaco-alhk profuse, conspersd, peritreitiate 

 palUde rosaceo. 



The besprinkled Bulimus. Sliell ovate, thin, semi- 

 transparent, slightly umbihcated, whorls five in num- 

 ber, romided, concentrically obsoletely rudely striated, 

 creuulated at the sutures, Hp simple ; yellowish horny 

 colour, profusely sprinkled with opake wliite lines 

 and dots, peritreme tinged with pink. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1S33, p. 73. 



Hab. Lima (bm-ied in the eartli under Inishes on the 

 hLUs) ; Cuming. 

 A beautifully delicate horny species, crowded with 



r-rt"octive opake-white lines and dots, with a pale rose 



|icriti-eme to the aperture. 



Species 138. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMUS AauiLUS. Bid. testa ovatd, ventricosd, lunbUi- 

 cntd, oiifrncfibus quhique, loiigitudiimUter creberriwe 

 I't siihtUitrr .slriiilis. hiti'i-slitik reticulato-pHiictatis, 



labn 



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'i-iiln-rii.ftaneo cdboque loiKjdiidl- 



eyaid. 



Haider uiidati 



The swabthy Bui.imus. Shell ovate, ventricose, umbi- 

 licated, whorls five in number, longitudinally very 

 closely and finely striated, the interstices being reti- 

 culately punctured, lip simple ; longitudinally waved 

 and variegated with transparent chesnut and white, 



Ilnh. Tacna, Peru. 



A ])rettily marked species approaching somewhat in 

 character to the B. versicolor, but differing materially in 



Species 139. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 lU'LiMUs STRiATUs. Bul. testd suhpi/ramidaU-ovatd, 

 ti'iiniadd, subampUter umbdkatd, anfractibus sex, un- 

 dique coHceidrice elevato-striatis, columelld sublate ex- 

 pansd, labro simplici; fuseescente-albd, lineis str>r/i.si-e 

 concentricis castaneis irregulariter notatd. 



The STRIATED BuLiMUS. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, rather thin, somewhat lar^rly inuhiliiatnl, 

 whorls six innumber, concentrically ilr\.iirl\ -nMtnl 

 throughout, columella rather widely expanded, li|i 

 simple ; brownish white, irregularly marked with 

 concentric chesnut-brown lines and streaks. 



King, Zool. Journal. 



Hah. Lima (upon the hills) ; Cuming. 



Peculiarly barred Iiere and there in the most irregular 

 manner with dark chesnut brown. 



Species UO. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BvLiMUS EROSUS. Bid. testd omtd, subampUter luubiUcutd, 

 spird breviusculd, acuminatd, anfractibus sex, ventri- 

 cosis, longitudinaliter suhrugoso-striatis ; diaphano 

 fiLwesceide, strigis maculisque opaco-albis aspersd, apice 

 pallide rosacea. 



The ERODED BuLTMUs. Shell ovate, somewhat largeh 

 umbilicated, spu-e rather short, acuminated, whorls 

 six in nmnber, ventricose, longitudinally somewiiat 

 roughly striated ; light diaphanous brown, sprinkled 

 with opake wliite streaks and spots, apex pale pink. 



Bboderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 106. 



Hab. Huantajaya, near Iquiqui, Peru (under stones on tlie 



hills, 3,500 feet above the level of the sea) ; Cuming. 



The detail of character is not much imlike that of B. 



conspersus, but it is a shell of larger size and much more 



solid growth. 



Species 141. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BiLiMUS albicans. Bul. testd ovatd, umbiUcatd, anfrac- 

 tibus qniiique, veidricosis, subrugoso-striatis, columelld 

 snb,:rpnnsd, opaco-alMcante, hie illic diaphand, aper- 

 tnrff fauce fidvescente. 



The white Bulimus. Shell ovate, umbilicated, whorls 

 five in number, ventricose, somewhat roughly striated, 

 columella rather expanded; opake-white, here and 

 there diaphanous, interior of the aperture fulvous. 



Bboderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 10.5. 



Hah. Copiapo, Chili (in the dry sand on elevated ground 

 near the Port); Cuming. 



This species partakes in great measure of the characters 



