BULIMUS 



S|H-fiL-s 1«7. (Fig;. Ki? ", Mils. Dennisou. Fig. Ki? i, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



KrLiMVS PowisiANUS. Btd. testa acttminato-oblongd, 

 cra-sm, apice obtusd, mifraclibm lavihtis, nitidis, vix 

 striutis ; columella sul/arcuatd, aperturd parviusculd, 

 pauhdiim effusd, lahro incrassalo, vix rejlexo ; fidves- 

 rmtr-siiail'imi. slri./is ;n;-,j,>lunhii^ ,:Mh/,,is, iil,/nnnitf- 

 cirulihi'.s, vnnjiih, iniir,, in „,ifn,rt,> „ll,„i<j, a^usj>iciir 

 pictd, intcrduiii biiMuculatd, chujidu laittiim, cutiiinclld 

 lajbroqm intense purpureo-violaceis, peritretnate uir/ri- 

 cante, apice ru/o-castatieo. 



I'ovvis' BuLiMUS. Shell acumiiiately oblong, thick, ob- 

 tuse at the apex, whorls smooth, shining, scarcely 

 striated, columella slightly arched, aperture rather 

 small, a little eiFused, lip thickened, but slightly 

 reflected ; Mvous bay, conspicuously painted with 

 irregular, oblique, blackish-green streaks, and a single 

 belt round the last whorl, sometimes unspotted, with 

 the belt only, lip, and columella deep purple violet, 

 peritreme blackish, apex reddish chesnut. 



Petit, Magasin de Zool. 



ffab. VaUe de Cauca, New Granada 



Tliis very beautiful and rare species approximates in a 

 manner to the B. regiiia which follows ; it is of a less 

 acuminated fonn, of extremely solitl structure, and, ex- 

 cepting the lip and columella, the pattern of colouring is 

 dissimilar. Of the specimens here represented, that from 

 the collection of Mi\ Dennison is distinguished by its rich 

 painting of irregular black-green stripes upon a fulvous- 

 bay ground ; in Mr. Cimiing's specimen the ground coloui- 

 is unspotted, but in both examples the last whorl is en- 

 circled by a characteristic uan'ow Ijclt of the same dark 

 colour as the stripes. 



Species 168. (Pig. a, A, c. Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMCS REGINA. Bid. testd subelongato-oblongd, sape 

 shiistrali, spird pyramidali-acuminatd, apice obtttsa ; 

 aufractibus septem ad octo. Iambus vel oblique temd- 

 striatis, columelld subeontortd, labro simplici ; fidves- 

 cente-albd, anfractibus supernefiisco mridique variegatis 

 et articulatis, inferne nifescetdibus aut purpureo-nigri- 

 cantibiis, columelld et apertura fauce ttiterdum nlbis, 

 iidenliti/i intense violaceis, nigro iimrgiiudis. 



The fiUEEN BuiJMi;s. Shell somewhat elongately oblong, 

 often sinistral, spire pyramidally acuminated, obtusi- 

 at the apex ; whorls seven to eight in number, smooth 

 or obliquely finely striated, columella slightly twisted, 

 lip simple; fulvous white, whorls variegated and 

 articidated at the upper part with brown or green, 

 greenish, or purple-black at the lower, apertm-e and 

 columella sometimes white, sometimes deep violet, 

 edged with black. 



D'Orbigny, Voy. dans I'Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 357. i)l.29. 

 f. -1, .5. 

 Hdix regina, De Ferussac. 

 AcUathia perversa, Swaiuson. 

 Achatbia imlanostoma, Swaiuson. 

 Eadem? BuUmus pldogerm, D'Orbigny. 



Hab. Fig. 168 «. Interior of Peru ; Poeppig. Fig. 168 6. 

 Cho]3o, Province of Pamplona, New Granada ; Fuuck, 

 Linden. Fig. 108 c. British Guyana, Brazils. Bo- 

 livia; D'Orbigny. 



It will be seen by the above-mentioned localities that 

 the Bidimus regina inhabits a wide range of country, and, 

 by the figures, that it is found under very different aspects, 

 having in some localities a dextral, in others a sinistral 

 growth. 



I quite agree with M. D'Orbigny in the propriety of 

 refereing this species to the genus under consideration 

 rather than to Acliatina ; the columella is never strictly 

 truncated, and the shell has all the texture, form, and 

 colouring of a Bulimus. 



Figure 90 b. (Mus. Dennison.) 

 BuLiMcs ZEBRA. This species is also found under so 

 many different aspects, that I thought it desirable to figure 

 a singidar vaiiety from the collection of Mr. Dennison, of 

 which that gentleman possesses several examples exactly 

 similar, brought by some vessel into Liverpool, but he 

 is not aware from whence. It is of a remarkably solid 

 gi-owth, heavy as porcelain, and has no indication of the 

 green which predominates more or less in most varieties. 

 The upper part of the whorls is white, the lower encircled 

 by a broad band of light rust colovu-, and towards the 

 aperture the whorl is crossed by numerous concentric dark 

 streaks. 



July, 1848. 



