B U L I M U S . 



Plate XX^IX. 



Species 174. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Blli.ml's m.\lleatus. Bid. testa oUoiu/o-ovata, itiflatd, 

 spird lireiHHScuJd, ammimdd, (wfrnctUms (pduqiie lon- 

 (jdid'inaVdvr dritdh, traiiHri;riiiM pi-ciditirder corru- 

 ijatis, (uifnictii idtimo ptramplo ; cnliimdld fortiter 

 uniplicatd, labro hdi/ rcjU-.m ■ idhd, roslunm hie illic 

 sparsim irregulardiT uincidaUi. in/us hilr-iindn. 

 The beaten Bulimus. Slu'll (il)loiig-oviitc, inflated, 

 spire rather short, acuminated, whorls five in number, 

 longitudinally striated, transversely peculiai-ly vvi-in- 

 kled, last whorl very large ; columella strongly one- 

 plaited, lip broadly reflected ; white, sparingly and 

 u-rregidarly spotted here and there with chesnut, in- 

 terior yellowish. 

 Jay, Catalogue of Shells. 

 Hab. 



The chesnut spots of this shell, which is now compara- 

 tively well known to roUectors, have very much the ap- 

 pearance (if scattered fragments of horny epidermis. 



Species 175. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMis FULfiuUATUS. Bid. tfstd oMotigo-ovntd, miilil 



lindd, .siihifilluld. nid'riiiiiliii.'i ijiiiiniin' hiiiifdHdhiiddi'r 

 ,'.rdisM„ir .s/n„f,s. Inni.^rrrMu, p,r,d, order rnrrinj.di^. 

 cohiiacUd forlitrr innpliculd, hihru hdi njli-.n, .- idhu. 

 fmco lo/iyUiidinalder mulato-strii/atd, epidenmde liifeo- 

 oUvaced indidd, apicem versus rosacea. 



The lightning-struck Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 umbilicated, somewhat inflated, whorls five in num- 

 ber, longitudinally very faintly striated, transversely 

 peculiarly wrinkled, columella strongly one-plaited, 

 lip widely reflected; white, longitudinally streaked 

 in a waved manner with brown, and covered with a 

 yellowish olive epidermis, pinkish towards the ape.x. 



Jay, Catalogue of Shells. 



r/Avr/irdm ;/n,rdis, Broderip. 

 }:ii/i„,/i-i ,,n„Nits, inihi, in Couch. Syst. 



H(dj. Fe.J.-c l>hiu,l<. 



Although the B. fidyuratus is of a more cylindrically 

 oblong forai than the preceding species, and of a different 

 colour and pattern, it is very similar in regard to scidptm-e, 

 and in the strongly plaited columella. The transversely 

 corrugated surface of these is rarely met with in the genus. 



Species 176. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Hartwegii. Bid. testa elongato-obloiKjd, sub- 

 cylindraced, anfractibus sex, convexis, longUmUnaUter 

 rude striatis, per marginem crenulatis, colnmeUd an- 

 giista, recta, apertnrd parviuscnld, labro simpUci, vi.r 

 reflexo ; ustidato-spadiccd , iiiijr'ii-iiiitvd'ii^o I'lc dlic 

 irregidariter angusti strnji'i,'' . i,diis ri,il,tm'ide-(dbd. 



Haetweg's Bulimus. Shell clnngatrlv oblong, some- 

 what cylindrical, whorls six in number, convex, lon- 

 gitudinally rudely striated, cremdated along the 

 margin, columella narrow, straight, aperture rather 

 small, lip simple, scarcely reflected; scorched bay 

 colour, irregularly marked here and there with narrow 

 streaks, interior violet-tinged white. 



Pfeiffer, Monog. Bid. 



IM. El Catamaija, Loxa, Quito ; Hartweg. 



The columella, though solidified, seems inclined to roll 

 back, after the manner of those species approaching to 



.Midhia. 



Species 177. (Fig- «■ Mus. Cuming 

 Dennison.) 



Fig./>. Mus. 



BuLTMis DowNESii. Bill, tcstd pj/ramidali-oblongd, spird 

 actwiimdd, apice obtitso ; anfractibus septan convexis, 

 murgine crandh, i-n,irndr'in- pendiarder pliriifo-nga- 

 tis, riigi-s h'lr dlir pl„s udnnixer hn.inli^ ■ nAiu.udla 

 coutortd ,d ndrorsm,,. niradd, aprrliird, siibndiuididd. 

 labro rejicvo; aiifractuwii, parte siiprriori ji/irjuiraxci'ide 

 (tut ustidato-riifesceute, rugk hie idir idbis, hiftriort 

 s^epissime castaneo-nigricante, coliimvUd ct perdremate 

 roseis, vel pallide coccineis, intiis ccerulescente-albd. 



DowNEs' Bulimus. Shell pyramidally oblong, spire 

 acuminated, obtuse at the apex; whorls seven in 

 number, convex, crenated at the edge, concentrically 

 peculiarly plicately wrinkled, wrinkles here and there 

 swollen ; coliunella twisted and curved back, aper- 

 ture somewhat rounded, lip reflected ; upper part of 

 the whorls purplish or of a burnt red colour, wrinkles 

 here and there white, lower part of the whorls most 

 frequently chesnut black, columella and peritreme rose 

 or scarlet-tinged, interior bluish white. 



Gray, Sowerby, Conch. lUus. f. 99. 



Ilab. Prince's Island, West Coast of Africa ; Praser. 



July, 181S 



