B U L I M U S 



Species 262. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS Ver.\xyi. Bui. testa conico-globosd, sjiird hrevi, 

 anfractibus quatuor ad quinque, ventricosk, creberniw 

 minute granulatis ; columella subplicatd, labro reflexo ; 

 fidvd, fusco subindistincte punctatd, strigis albidisful- 

 guratd, epidermide tenui indutd^ labro eorneo-albido. 



Verany's Bulimus. Shell conically globose, spii-e short, 

 whorls foiu' to five in number, veutrieose, veiy closely 

 minutely granulated ; columella slightly plaited, lip 

 reflected; yellowish, somewhat indistinctly dotted 

 with brown, marked with white lightning-like streaks, 

 and covered with a thin epidermis, lip flesh-tinted 

 white. 



Pfeiffer, Tro. Zool. Soc, 1847, p. 230. 



Hal). Cliacopo, Province of Merida, New Granada. 



In some specimens the white zigzag streaks are not 



Species 263. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus auADRicoLOR. Bui. testd tenui, sub-depresso- 

 ovatd, Succineieformi, sjnrd brevi, anfractibus quatuor, 

 oblique elevato-striatis ; columella lortuosd, aperturd 

 ampld, lahro tenuiter reflexo; pellucido-corned, luted, 

 fusco nunc undulatd, nunc punctatd, epidermide tenui 

 luteo-punctatd indutd, epidermide sericed secundd in 

 strigis longitudinalibus antrorsum peculiariter serratis, 



The four-coloured Bulimus. Shell somewhat dc- 

 pressly ovate, Succinea-shaped, spire short, whorls 

 four- in number, obliquely elevately striated ; columella 

 twisted, aperture large, lip thirdy reflected; trans- 

 pai-ent-horny, yellow, sometimes waved, sometimes 

 dotted with brown, covered with a thin yellow-dotted 

 epidermis, with a second light silken epidermis in 

 longitudinal streaks peculiarly serrated along the 

 anterior edge, lip purple-rose. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1847, p. 229. 



Hab. Chacopo, Province of Merida, New Granada. 



A delicate and beautiful species collected in the same 



locality with the preceding by M M. Fmick and Linden. 



Species 264. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Suucinoides. Bui. testd depresso-ovatd, Sue 



October, 



cineaforiui, spird brevissimd, anfractibus quatuor, 

 oblique striatis et creberrime minute gramdatis ,- colu- 

 melld tortttosd, aperturd perampld, labro reflexo ; sub- 

 corned, lutescente, fascia mturali castaned, epidermide 

 olivaceo-fuscd indutd, epidermide secundd sericed in 

 strigis brevibus obliquis e suturis descendentibus, labro 

 albido. 



The Succinea-like Bulimus. Shell depressly ovate, 

 Succinea-shaped, spire very short, whorls four in 

 number, obliquely striated and very closely minutely 

 granidated; columella tortuous, aperture very large, 

 lip reflected ; somewhat horny, yellowish, with a dark 

 chesnut sutural band, covered with an olive brown 

 epidermis, and a second silken one descending from 

 the sutm-es in short oblique streaks, lip whitish, 



Petit, Magasin de Zoologie, 1841, Moll. pi. 31. 



Hob. Santa Fe di Bogota. 



The form of this species, contrasted with that oiB. Lyon- 

 netianus and navicida, is remarkable. 



Species 265. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Sowerby ; Fig. c, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Cathcartijj. Bid. testd ovatd, ventricosd, spird 

 brevi, anfractibus quinque, oblique subtilissime striatis, 

 anfractu ultimo maximo, aperturd patuld, labro sitblate 

 refl.exo ; albidd vel purpurascente-castaned, epidermide 

 luteo-olivaced indutd, epidermide sericed secundd, plus 

 mimisve pulcJierrinie et varie configuratd, intus purpu- 

 rascente-castaned, labro roseo. 

 Cathcart's Bulimus. Shell ovate, veutrieose, spire 

 short, whorls five in number, obliquely very finely 

 striated, last whorl very large, apertm-e wide open, 

 lip somewhat broadly reflected ; whitisli, or pui-plish 

 chesnut, covered with a yeUowish-olive epidermis, 

 and a second silken one which is more or less 

 beautifully and variously configm'cd, interior purple- 

 chesuut,-lip pink. 

 Hab. ProTOice of Merida, New Granada ; Linden. 



In addition to the beautiful association of foi-m and 

 colour in this species, it is further distinguished by a 

 remarkable configiu'ation of the outer membrane of the 

 epidermis, which is variously disposed in diflerent speci- 

 mens. The B. Catlicartia resembles in some degi-ee the 

 B.pintadhius, D'Orbigny, MoU. Voy. dans I'Amer. Merid. 



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