BULIMUS.— Plate XXXII. 



number, longitudinally rudely striated, enciixled near 

 the sutures witb rows of rude oblong granules, last 

 wliorl very large, inflated, lip but slightly reflected, 

 smoky chesnut-brown within and without. 

 Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. fi8. 

 Uah. Vegas, on the river Quendcu, New Granada. 



It may be observed that this shell is almost equally 

 ventrieose and inflated with the preceding species, though 

 not exactly of the same form. It is, moreover, of lighter 

 structure, and, instead of being covered with granules, it 

 has merely a few near the sutures of a rude oblong shape, 

 set in exact rows more or less distant from each other. 



Species 198. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS GALLINA-SULTANA. Bul. testd conico-ovatd, 

 tenui, ventricosmmd, mifractibus sex, transversim 

 creberrime striatis, striis rugosis et minute uudulatis, 

 aiifriiHu. ultimo peramplo, injlato, labro dmplici; 

 iilbiciiiile, olivaeeo-viridi maculatd et variegatd, epider- 

 iiiidv Jlacidd indutd. 



The sultan-fowl Bulimus. Shell eonieally ovate, 

 thin, extremely ventrieose, whorls six in number, 

 transversely very closely striated, striae rough and 

 minutely undulated, last whorl very large, inflated, 

 lip simple; whitish, blotched and variegated with 

 olive green, and covered with a yellowish epidermis. 



Lamaeck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. viii. 

 p. 222. 

 La poule sultane, Favanne. 

 Helix gallina-sidtana, Chemnitz. 

 .IcJiatitM pavonina, Spix. 



Ilnb. Bolina; D'Orbigny. 



" We met with the B. galUna-sultana," says M. D'Or- 

 bigny, " in the hot damp forests, inhabited by the savage 

 Guai-ayos, in the centre of the republic of Bolivia. There, 

 they bury themselves among the roots of trees and only 

 come forth during the rainy season ; they then crawl 

 upon the trunk and stems to inhale the moisture, and as 

 soon as the rains begin to cease, they descend and again 

 bm-y themselves in the earth, where they remain concealed 

 until the following season." 



Species 199. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus heterotrichus. Bid. testa conico-ovatd, sub- 

 globosd, umbUicatd, anfractibus sex ad septern, rotun- 

 datis, striis undiqiie sub Imte minute decussatis, colu- 

 mdld latitisculd, labro exiliter reflexo ; olivaceo-flavidd, 

 cpidermide setosd indutd, setis subtilibtis, in seriebus 

 spirnlibus stibdistantibus. 



The differently-bristled Buli.mus. Shell eonieally 

 ovate, somewhat globose, umbilicated, whorls six to 

 seven in number, rounded, under the lens minutely 

 decussated thi'oughout with strife, columella rather 

 broad, lip delicately reflected ; olive yeUovv, covered 

 with a bristly epidermis, of which the bristles are 

 fine and arranged in rather distant spiral rows. 



MoRiCAND, Mem de Geneve, vol. 2. part. 2. p. 430. pi. 2. 

 f. .5, 6. 



Hub. Brazil, 



Well characterized by its deUcate bristly epidermis, 

 deprived of which, the species may be equally recognised 

 liy its peculiar form and minute decussated sculpture, 

 looking, as it were, like a fine web of punctures. 



