BULIMUS. 



Plate XLV. 



Species 2S3. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Dennison.) 



BuLIMUS CASTDS. Bul. testd siib/tisiformi-ovatd, tenni, 

 gracili, anfractibus qidnqne ad sex, longitud'uiaUter 

 temdter irregidariter striatis, snb lente striis minutis 

 inipressis transcemm exseulptis ; colunielld anguste 

 reflexd, lalro expanso, nix rejlexo ; alba vel pallide 

 stramitied, fusco interdum sparsim maculatd, columella 

 labroque pallide roseis. 



The chaste Bulimds. Shell somewhat fasiformly-ovate, 

 thin, slender, whorls five to six in number, longitu- 

 dinally finely irregularly striated, beneath the lens 

 scidptured transversely with minute impressed strioe ; 

 columella narrowly reflected; white or pale straw 

 colour, sometimes sparingly spotted with brown, lip 

 and eohunella pink. 



Pfeiefer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 184.6, p. 113. 



Hob. Central America ? 



Truly a chaste and delicately coloured species. 



Species 283. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS MoRiCANDi. Bul. testd ovatd, teimiculd, dia- 

 pimnd, vix umbilicatd, anfractibus sex, lavibus, tumi- 

 diusculd, sub lente transversim ndnidissime impresso- 

 striatis j columella reflexd, labro temd, acuta ; intiis 

 extusque croced. 



Moricand's Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather thin, diapha- 

 nous, scarcely umbUicated, whorls sis in number, 

 smooth, rather swollen, transversely very minutely 

 impressly striated beneath the lens; colimiella re- 

 flected, lip thin, sharp; safft-on yellow within and 

 without. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1840, p. 113. 



Hab. Central America. 



A bright semitransparent yellowish shell, without any 

 trace of marking. 



Species 284.. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus onager. Bul. testd aubpyramidali-turritd, vix 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus septem ad octo, ad basin subangu- 

 latis, Itsvibus; colunielld sulreflexd, labro expanso ; 

 albidd aid lutescente, caruleo-vfiridi varie tinctd et lon- 

 gifudinaliter strigatd, aperturce fawce fusco-rufescente. 



The wild-ass Bulimus. Shell somewhat pjTamidally 

 tuiTcted, scarcely lunbilicated, whorls seven to eight 

 in number, slightly angled at the base, smooth ; 

 columella but little reflected, lip expanded ; whitish 

 or yellowish, variously mottled and streaked with 

 bluish-green, interior of the aperture brownish red. 



BuUmnlus onager, Beck, Ind. p. G4. 

 Bulimus zebra, Spix. 



Ilab. Bahia, BrazU. 



A prettily painted species closely allied to B. vimineus. 



but apparently distinct. 



Species 285. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus venosus. Bul. testd oblongo-ovatd, via umbi- 

 licatd, anfractibus sex ad septem, convexis, lavibus ; 

 columelld refiexd, labro tenui, acuto ; albidd, lined 

 castaned suturali, liueisque castaneis obliquis hie illic 

 lomfitudinaliter pictd, apice nigro. 



The veined Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 

 umbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, convex, 

 smooth ; columella reflected, lip thin, sharp ; whitish, 

 with a dark chesnut sutm-al line, and longitudinally 

 painted here and there with chesnut lines, apex black. 



Bulimus Menkei, Gniner, Wiegmau's Aixhives, 1841, (not 

 B. Menkeana, Ferussac.) 



Hab. Angostui-i, Banks of the Oronoko. 



The painted lines are at very unequal distances 



throushout. 



Species 216. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus kudis. Btd. testd ovatd, ventricosd, vix umbi- 

 licatd anfractibus sex, rugosis, longitudinaliter rude 

 plicato-liratis, columelld reflexd, lairo simplici; roseo- 

 albidd, cinereo-fusco hie illic longitudinaliter strigatd, 

 aperturee fauce roseo^urpurascente. 



The rude Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose, scarcely 

 umbilicated, whorls six in number, rough, longitu- 

 dinally rudely plicately ridged, columella reflected, 

 lip simple ; pinkish-white, longitudinally streaked 

 here and there with ash-brown, interior of the 

 apertm-e light rose-pmisle. 



Anton, MSS. ? 



IlaL. Mexico. 



