B U L I M U S 



Species 275. (Mus. Denuison.) 



BuLiMUS Chimbouasensis. Bui. testa fmformi, ad badn 

 mlattenuatd, vix miiMlicatd, anfractil/us sex, convexis, 

 longitudinaliter creheirime elevato-striatis ; columeUd 

 depresso-refexd, lalro suhexpanso, uon rejlexo ; roseo- 

 fuscescerde, albifasciatd, colmnelld lahroque vivide pur- 

 pureo-rosm. 



The Chimborazo Bulimus. Shell fusifoi-m, somewliat 

 attenuated at the base, scarcely imibilicated, whorls 

 six in number, convex, longitudinally very closely 

 elevately striated ; columella depressly retlected, lip 

 slightly expanded, not reflected ; rose-brown, banded 

 with white. Up and columella deep purple-rose. 



Bulimus decoratiis, Lea (not of Ferussac), Obs. vol.ii. pi. 23. 

 f. 108. 



Hab. Chimborazo, Columbia, New Granada. 



First described by Mr. Lea of Philadelphia from a 



specimen collected near Carthagcua, New Granada, by 



Dr. Gibbon. 



Species 376. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BULIJIUS BICOLOR. Bui. teitd oblongo-ovatd, umbilicatd, 

 ad basin rotundaid, aiifractihis sex, loiigitudhiaUter ob- 

 lique fortiter rugoso-striatis ; ccerulesceiite-albd,fasciis 

 fmck iiiterruptis cingulatd. 



The two-coloueed Bulijius. Shell oblong-ovate, um- 

 bilicated, rounded at the base, whorls six in 

 number, longitudinally obliquely strongly roughly 

 striated ; bliush-white, encu'cled by interrupted brown 

 bands. 



SowEKBY, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1834, p. 1-11. 



Hab. Xagua, Peru ; Miller. 



The lower edge of the bands is peculiarly broken or 



serrated. 



Species 277. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus kubrifasciatus. Bid. testa cylindraceo-ovatd, 

 vix umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, C0Hve.vis, lavibus, 

 aperturd parvd, labro simplici; albidd, rufu-fiisco tri- 

 fasciatd, fascid mediand augustd, lineari. 

 The eed-banded Bulimus. Shell cylindi-icaUy ovate, 

 scarcely umbiHcated, whorls seven in number, con- 

 vex, smooth, aperture small, lip simple ; whitish, 

 painted with three red-browTi bands, of which the 

 central one is narrow and linear. 



October 



M. Deshayes has, I believe, proposed the name B. exilis 

 for this species, already occupied by Gmehn. 



Species 278. (Fig a, Mus. Cimiing ; Fig. b, 

 Mus. Denuison.) 



Bulimus geometricus. Bui. testa subcgUmhaceo-tur- 

 ritd, umUlicatd, spira suturis impream ; anfracliius 

 septem, subrotundatis, lavibus, ultimo peculiariter 

 oblique prodticto ; columella late rejlexd, apertura oblique 

 ovatd, labro rejlexo ; albidd, fusco irregulariter tceniatd 

 et imdatd, vel castaned, albifasciatd, colmnelld inter- 

 duiii purpurascente, lahro pallide luteo. 



The geometric Bulimus. Shell somewhat cylindrically 

 turreted, umbilicatcd, sutures of the spire impressed ; 

 whorls seven in munber, slightly rounded, smooth, 

 last whorl peculiarly obliquely produced ; columella 

 broadly reflected ; aperture obKquely ovate, Hp 

 reflected ; whitish, irregidarly filleted, and waved 

 with brown, sometimes chesnut-brown, banded with 

 white, columella sometimes purple, lip pale yellow. 



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



Hab. New Granada. 



An extremely interesting species distinguished in great 



measure by the obliquely produced growth of the last 



whorl. 



Species 279. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Denuison; 

 Fig. c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus vittatus. Bui. testa oblongo-turriti, subpellu- 

 cidd, subampliter umbilicatd, anfractibus septem ad octo, 

 Icevibus ; colmnelld rejlexd, labro tenui, simplici ; Jlavi- 

 cante, purpureo-nigricante sapissime varie fasciatd, 

 interdmnfuscescente longitudinaliter strigatd, interdum. 

 widique stramined. 



The kiband-bound Bulimus. Shell oblong-turreted, 

 somewhat transparent, rather largely umbilicated, 

 whorls seven to eight in number, smooth ; columella 

 reflected, lip thin, simple ; yellomsh, most frequently 

 variously banded with purple-black, 

 streaked longitudinally with light brown, 

 straw-colour throughout. 



Spix, Test. Bras., p. 7. pi. 7. f. 4. 



1818. 



