BULIMUS.— Plate XLIII. 



Species 273. (Fig. a and h, Mus. Dennison.) 

 BuLiMUS MUEEINUS. Bill, testd fusiformi-ovatd, vix uriM- 

 licatd, anfractibm sex, convexis, IcBvibus, poUtis, ultimo 

 bad subproductd et attenuatd ; aperturd suboblongd, 

 inferne leuiter sinuatd, labro expamo, vix refiexo ; 

 albidd, livido-olivaceo aid ceeruleo-nigro longitudinaliter 

 strigatd et transversini fasciatd, apertures faiice vivide 

 purpnred, lahro albo. 

 The porcelain Bulimus. Shell fusilbrmly ovate, 

 scarcely umbUicated, whorls six in number, convex, 

 smooth, polished, last whorl somewhat produced and 

 attenuated at the base ; aperture rather oblong, 

 slightly sinuated at the lower part, lip expanded, 

 scarcely reflected; whitish, longitudinally streaked 

 and transversely banded with livid olive or blue-black, 

 interior of the aperture rich purple, Up wliite. 

 Hab. Santa Fe di Bogota. 



A beautifully painted species from the collectiou of 



J. Dennison, Esq., nearest aUied to the B. linostoma of 

 D'Orbigny. 



Species 274. (Mas. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Ceylanicus. Bui. testd conico-ovatd, solidius- 

 culd, spires suiuris impressis ; anfractOms sex, plano- 

 convexis, oblique striatis, colnmelld late reflexd, aper- 

 turd parvd, labro expamo, vix refiexo ; intus e.riHSr/iif 

 albd. 



The Ceylon Bulimus. Shell conically ovate, rather 

 solid, sutures of the spire impressed ; whorls six in 

 number, flatly convex, obliquely striated, columella 

 broadly reflected, aperture small, lip expanded, but 

 slightly reflected ; white within and distant. 



Pfeiefek, Monog. Hel. viv., vol. ii. p. .59. 



Hab. Ceylon, 



A rather stout shell of a peculiar conical fonn. 



