B U L I lAI U S . 



Plate XXXVIII. 



Species 234. (Mas. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS SEX-DENTATUS. Bid. testa cylhwlraceo-oUonyd, 

 Pupiformi, iasi carinatd et umbilicutd; mifractibus 

 octo, plano-co)wexis, loni/itudiiialiter con'ugato-striatis 

 et sukatis, ultimo pone labrnm biscrobicidato, labro 

 suhexpanso, aperturd subqnadratd, sex-deiitatd ; conieo- 

 albidd, aperturm fauce hie illic purpnreo-fimco tinctd. 



The six-toothed Bulimus. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 Pupa-shaped, keeled and umbilicated at the base ; 

 whorls eight in number, flatly convex, longitudinally 

 striated and grooved in a wrinkled manner, last 

 whorl with two indentations behind the lip, lip some- 

 what expanded, apertiu-e rather square, six-toothed ; 

 hoiTiy white, interior of the apertm-e stained here and 

 there with purple-brown. 



Clausilia sex-clentata, Spix, Test. Bras., pi. 14. f. 3. 

 Pupa sex-dentata, Wagner. 



Eab. Brazd. 



Of a pecidiarly cylindrical form, grooved and striated in 



a wrinkled manner much after the fashion of a Pupa. 



Species 225. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus puxctulatissijius. Bid. tcstd ci/Umh-aceo-fusi- 

 formi, basi snbcariiiatd et umbilicidd, spira s/it/i/y's s/(b- 

 impressis ; mifractibus octo ad uovem, traii-iversiiii mb- 

 tilissime striatis et undique iuperficialiter indentatis, 

 labro late expanse, aperturd subcontractd, septem- 

 dentatd ; seiaipelliicido-albd, opaco-albd ad suturas, 

 apertures fauce pitrpurco-fiiscd. 



The finely punctueed Bulimus. Shell cylindrically 

 fusiform, slightly keeled and umbilicated at the base, 

 sutures of the spire somewhat impressed ; whorls eight 

 to nine in number, transversely very finely striated 

 and everywhere superficially indented, lip broadly 

 expanded, apertiu'e somewhat contracted, seven- 

 toothed ; semitransparent white, opake white at the 

 sutiu'es, interior of the aperture purple-ljrowTi. 



Clausilia piinctidatissima. Lesson, Voyage de la CoquiUe, 

 pi. 15. f 3. 

 Pupa scptem-pUcaia, Eossmasler. 



Hah. Brazil. 



It is incorrect to say that this shell is punctured ; the 

 surface is covered with superficial iudentatious, and it is 

 encircled throughout with very fine impressed striae. 



Species 226. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Janeieensis. Bui. testd cylindraceo-fusifor.ni 

 uriibilicatd, aiifractibus octo adnovem, cor/ici-s, niliditlis 

 striis oblii/iiis, elevatiuscuUs, opaco-albis.fasciis loiii/itu- 



October 



dinalibns ornatis, columelld vni-plicafd : aperturd 

 snbquadratd, labro expanso, rosacea. 



The Janeieo Bulimus. Shell cylindrically fusiform, 

 umbilicated, whorls eight to nine in number, horny, 

 shining, ornamented with oblique opake white strife 

 and longitudinal waved bands, columella plaited ; 

 aperture somewhat square, lip expanded, pink. 



Soweeby, Conchological Illustrations, f 97. 



Hai. Janeiro, BrazU. 



A pretty delicately coloured shell with merely a simple 

 plait upon the columella. 



Species 227. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus exesus. Bui. testd oblongo-fusiformi, mnbilicatd, 

 aiifractibus octo, snhmdriro'iis:, pcridiarifer corruijatis 

 et ImufdmliiiuVdi-r inilnilnlis : hdim liijissiini expnnso, 

 aperturd ■■nibquiiifnifu-uni/i, qiiailridvulatd, dentibus 

 laiiiiiiatis ; f/risro-albicaide, labro purpureo-riifescente. 



The woem-eaten Bulimus. Shell oblong-fusiform, 

 mnbilicatcd, whorls eight in number, somewhat ven- 

 tricose, peculiaiiy ^\Tinkled and longitudinally in- 

 dented ; lip very widely expanded, aperture somewhat 

 squarely ovate, four-toothed, teeth laminated ; greyish 

 white, lip purple-red. 



Clausilia exesa, Spix, Test. Bras., pi. 14. f. 1. 

 Pupa exesa, Wagner. 

 Pupa ringens, Jay. 

 Odontostoma exesum. Beck. 



Hab. Brazil. 



A fine species in which the surface is peculiarly longi- 

 tudinally indented, the lip widely expanded, and richly 

 coloured, and the teeth of the aperture prominent. 



Species 228. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus odontostoma. Bid. testd cyliudraceo-etuHgald, 

 basi bicarinata et subampUter umbilicatd, aiifractibus 

 septem, convexis, oblique creberrime subtiliter striatis, 

 striis elemdis, iiiiiiiitissiiue granulaiis ; aperturd pro- 

 ductd, sepifiri-di'iiluld, uKirginibus conjunctis ; cupreo- 

 fiiscd, aperturd riibeiiti-- 



The toothed-mouth Bulimus. Shell cylindricaUy 

 elongated, double-keeled and rather largely umbili- 

 cated at the base, whorls seven in number, convex, 

 obliquely very closely finely striated, strire raised, 

 very minutely gramdated ; apertm-e produced, seven- 

 toothed ; coppery-brown, aperture reddish. 



SowEEBY, Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 59.pl. 5. f 3. 

 Pupa odoutostoiua, Gray. 

 CocJdodiiw Gurgantua, De Ferussac. 



1848. 



