BULTMIS.— Plate XXX. 



trnvavds tlic base, columella straight ; piirple-ljlack, 

 covered with an epidermis marked with zigzag 

 streaks of fawn-white, apertm-e bluish-white, colu- 

 mella pinkish-purple, peritreme black. 

 i'FEiFFER, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1848. 

 Hnb. Philippine Islands ; Kieridf. 



I doubt if ' The Pretender ' would not have been a more 

 ajipropriate name for this shell than ' The Emperor,' for 

 it appears to be simply a variety of B. pythogaster. It 

 would, however, be unfair to judge of its claim to rank as 

 a species by a single specimen not in the best condition. 

 Ml-. Cuming informs me that it was collected at the Phi- 

 lippines by Dr. Kierulf of Copenhagen, and that there is 

 another exactly similar to it in the collection of M. JaneUe 

 of Paris; and further, that he never collected any B. py- 

 thogaster with this peculiar zigzag style of mai-king. 



Species 181. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS ATOMATUS. Bul. testa oblongo-ovatd, Acliathue- 

 formi, teiiui, anfraclibus sex, leevibus, inflatis, per 

 marginem leviter crenulatis ; columella, redd, reflexd, 

 labro extemo, tenui, simplici ; Jlavescente-brmmed, 

 castaneo-rufo minute undato-Uneatd et punctata, bitus 

 c/erulescente-albd. 



The minutely dotted Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 Achatina-shaped, thin, whorls six in number, smooth, 

 inflated, slightly crenidated along the edge; colu- 

 mella straight, reflected, outer lip thin, simple ; yel- 

 lowish-brown, minutely lineated and dotted in a 

 waved manner with chesnut-red, interior bluish- 

 white. 



GuAY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1831, p. 64. 



Hab. Near Fort MacquaiTie, New Holland. 



A sing-idarly marked species having somewhat the form 



of the large Aft-ican Acliatince. 



Species 185. (Mus. Dennison.) 



j'LlMUS AURis-BOVlNA. Bul. testd dongato-oldoiigd, 



crassd, spird subaauminatd, anfrartibus sex, rugoso- 



striatis ; columella incrassatd, callositatUius duabus 



miDiitd, qiiarmit iuftriori perainpld, nolidd ; aperturd 



prirvd, pecuUnriter cnntructd, labro valde i/icrassato : 

 rufescente-albd, apertura fauce vivide ru/d, columella 

 labroque ebumeis. 



The o.k-ear Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, thick, 

 spire somewhat acimiinated, whorls six in number, 

 roughly striated, columella thickened, furnished with 

 two callosities, of which the lower is very large and 

 solid, aperture small, peculiarly contracted, lip very 

 much thickened ; reddish-white, interior of the aper- 

 ture deep red, lip and columella ivoiT white. 



Bruguieee, Euc. Meth. diet. no. 80. 

 Auricula borina, Lamarck. 

 Helix auris-bovina, Ferussac. 



Hab. Eastern Islands. 



The BuUmi Shoiigi and auris-Midas have each been 

 confounded in its turn ^vith the present species, which 

 is eminently distinguished from them ; iirst, in being of a 

 natural white, which obtains a reddish hue, owing to the 

 interior being very deeply stained with that colour ; 

 secondly, in the aperture being small and much contracted ; 

 thirdly, in being of more solid growth, and fourthly, in 

 the lip and columella being like white porcelain or polished 



Species 186. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Dombeyanus. Bul. testd ovatd, mnbilicald, 

 spird breviusculd, mucronatd, anfractibus sex ad septem, 

 siibrotnridntis, concentrice rugatis ; columella subcon- 

 tortd, rrfcvd, labro latissime expanse et rejlexo ; albd, 

 coliiijietld et apertures fauce intense lacco-purpureis. 



Dombey's Bulimus. Shell ovate, umbilieated, spire 

 rather short, pointed, whorls six to seven in number, 

 somewhat rounded, concentrically wrinkled; columella 

 a little twisted, reflected, lip veiy widely expanded 

 and reflected; white, interior deeply coloured with 

 purple-lake. 



Helix Bombejjana, Fenissae, Hist. MoU. 



Hab. Mexico. 



This beautifid and very rare species is chiefly remark- 

 able on account of the trumpet-like expansion of the 

 aperture, which is of a deep purple-bronze colour. 



