BULIMrS.— Plate XXVIII. 



B/ilimus snperbiis, Jonas. 

 Bidi/mis Caripensis, Valenciennes. 

 Hab. Caripi, A'cuezuela (in the crei-ices of liigh moun- 

 tains) ; Funck, Dyson. 



First discovered by M. Funck, and subsequently by 

 Ml-. Dyson, who found the species in great abundance at 

 Claripi, Venezuela, where the natives were observed to 

 collect and roast the animals for food. It is a rather solid 

 shell of a cylindi-ically oblong form, and of a peculiar smoky 

 tint of colour. 



At the time M. Nyst was engaged in describing this 

 species, it happened that Mi-. Cuming, whilst passing 

 tlu-ough Belgimn, observed to him that he had some re- 

 roUectiou of its being ab-eady described in the Zoological 

 .lournal, under the name B. labeo. Upon this M. Nyst, 

 in a subsequent notice of the species, took some consider- 

 able pains to exhibit the difference between the B. labeo 

 and Fimckii, reproducing the description and figui-e of the 

 former for comparison, side by side, with the latter. 

 M. Nyst is no doubt to be complimented for his ability 

 and zeal in the matter, but in so doing he unconsciously 

 attaches an importance to a passing conversational remark, 

 a mere lapsm-liiu/ua, or rather -memorice, which the 

 speaker never intended. The species are too far removed 

 from each other to admit of two opinions. 



Species 173. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUs MELANOCHEILUS. Bul. testd elon^ato-oblomjd, 

 nHbimiiilicatd, anfractibns sex, longitudhialiter nidi 

 driatis, per marginem superiorem crenatis, apicem 

 versus subiilissime corrugatis ; columelld subcontortd, 

 aperturd parviusculd, labro reflexo ; castaneo-brunned, 

 medio et infra suiuras indistincte fasciatd, epidennide 

 luteo-olivaoed indutd, aperture fauce et peritremate 

 lirid(j-iii(/ricaH(ibiis. 



The black-lip Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, 

 sUghtly umbibcated, whorls sis in number, longitu- 

 dinally rudely striated, crenated along the upper 

 margin, very finely corrugated ; columella a little 

 twisted, apertm-e rather small, lip reflected ; chesnut 

 brown, indistinctly banded round the middle and 

 beneath the sutures, covered with a yellowish oHve 

 epidermis, interior and peritreme of the aperture 

 livid-black. 



Nyst, Bid. Acad. Royale de Bruxelles, vol. xii. — Extrait, 

 p. S. pi. 3. f. -ia, b. 



Hah. Paraguay. 



Cluefly remarkable for the pecubar livid black-lead hue 



of the enamel, which lines the interior and peritreme of 



the apertm-e. 



Species 173. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus khodocheilus. Bid. testd oblongo-ovatd, spb-d 

 brevinscidd, anfractibns quhique, tumidiuscyulis, nndique 

 n/iiintitsivie granulatis ; columella subcontortd, aper- 

 turd superne contractd, labro expanso ,- castaned, strigis 

 albis longitudinalibus, peculiariter undatis et reticu- 

 lalis, notatd, epidermide corned lutescente indutd, peri- 

 tremate roseo. 

 The rose-lip Bulimus. Shell oblong ovate, spire rather 

 short, whorls five in number, somewhat swoDen, very 

 minutely granulated tlu-oughout ; columella sbghtly 

 twisted, aperture contracted round the upper part, 

 lip expanded ; chesnut brown, marked with longitu- 

 dinal white streaks which are peculiarly waved and 

 reticulated, covered with a yellowish horny epidermis, 

 peritreme rose-coloured. 

 Hab. BrazO. 



The light waved marks which distinguish tins species 

 have a singular net-work-Uke appearance, and the peri- 

 treme of the apertm-e is a particularly deep crimson rose. 



