B U L I M U S 



Species 145. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLlMUS DISCREPANS. Bid. testd acumiiiato-oblongd, 

 tenui, anfraetibm sex, leecilius, aut sub lente minutis- 

 sime transversim Impresso-striatis, labro simpUci ; 

 lacted, linekfuscis siMistantibim oblique pidd. 



The differing Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 thin, whorls six in number, smooth, or, under the 

 lens, very minutely transversely impressly striated, 

 lip simple ; cream colour, obliquely painted with 

 tather distant brown lines. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 73. 



Hab. Conchagua, Central iVmerica (I'ound under the bark 

 of a tree); Cuming. 

 Distinguished by its painting of delicate brown lints, 



which are placed, for the most part, at equal distances 



from each other. 



Species 146. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Montagnei. Bui. testa acummato- 



tenuiculd, vix nmbilicatd, anfradibus septem, lavibus, 

 subrotmidis, labro sinipUci ; albidd, strigis pundisque 

 cifruho-myncantibm longitudinaliter pidd, apertura 

 fnuce liitescente. 



Montagne's Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, rather 

 tliin, scarcely umbihcated, whorls seven in number, 

 smooth, somewhat rounded, lip simple ; whitish, 

 painted longitudinally with bluish black dots and 

 streaks, interior of the aperture yellowish. 



IVOrbigny, Voy. dans I'Amer. Me'rid. Moll. p. 286. 

 pi. 33. f. 7. " 



Hab. Chilon, Bolivia (under dead trunks of Cadi) ; 

 Bridges. 

 I take this shell to be the B. Montagnei of D'Orbigny 



from its very accm-ate resemblance with his Fig. 7 of that 



species. 



Species 147. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Huascensis. Bui. testa acuminato-oblongd, 



subampliter nmhilicatd, anfraetibm sex, rotundatis, 



concentrice irregulariler rugoso-striatis, suturis subpro- 



fundis, labro simplici ; ccerulescente-albd. 



The Huasco Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, rather 



largely umbdicated, whorls six in number, roundeii, 

 concentrically, irregularly, roughly striated, sutures 

 rather deep, lip simple ; bluish-white. 

 Hab. Huasco, Chili ; Bridges. 



A small species collected by Mr. Bridges which is not 

 exactly referable to any of those discovered by Mr. Cuming 

 or M. D'Orbigny. 



Species 148. (JIus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus bubescens. Bui. testa subacuminato-oratd, 

 umbilicatd, anfradibus sex, rotundatis, concentrice ru- 

 goso-striatis, labro simplici ; albidd, lineisfuscescentibus 

 longitudinaliter irregulai'iter notatd, columella et nper- 

 lurafauce purpureo-roseis. 

 The blushing Bulimus. Shell somewhat acuminutcly 

 ovate, umbilicated, whorls six in number, rounded, 

 concentrically roughly striated, lip simple ; whitish, 

 irregularly marked with light brown longitvidinal 

 lines, columella and interior of the apertui-e purple- 

 rose, 

 Hab. South America. 



A characteristic new species, distinguished by the deli- 

 cate purple-rose bloom which lines the interior. 



Species 149. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus unifasciatus. Bui. testa sulpyramidali-ovaUi, 

 tenui, corned, umbilicatd, anfradibus sex, longitudina- 

 liter subtiliter striatis, labro simplici ; luteo-fuscescente, 

 fascia angustd, unicd, stramined medio cingulatd. 



The one-banded Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, thin, horny, umbilicated, whorls six in number, 

 longitudinally finely striated, li]) simple ; yellowish- 

 brown, encii-cled round the middle by a single narrow 

 straw-coloured band. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. p. 37. 



Hab. Charles's Island, GaUapagos (found under detached 

 pieces of lava) ; Cuming. 



A semi-transparent homy shell, mainly distinguished by 

 a narrow pale straw-coloured band by which it is encircled 

 throughout. 



June, 1848. 



