BULIMUS 



Species 290. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



BuLiMUS ViTRiNOiDES. Bill, testi subglohoso-ovatd, tenu- 

 immd, hyaUiid, apice Irevi, acido ; aiifractlbus quiiiiiite, 

 subrude siriatis, ultimo veniricoso ; columella labmiue 

 slmpUcibits ; pellucido-corned. 



The Vitrina-like Bulimtis. Shell somewhat globosely 

 ovate, rather tliiii, hyaline, apes short, sharp ; whorls 

 five iu number, somewhat rudely striated, last whorl 

 ventricose ; lip and columella simple ; transparent 

 horny. 



Hah. ? 



This shell looks as if it were composed of fine glass, 

 and is so delicately transparent, that the internal winding 

 of the columella is discernible throughout. 



Species 291. (Mus. Benson.) 



BuLiMUS NiLAGARiCDS. Bul. testd cylitidraceo-turntd, 

 umbiUcatd, anfractibus octo, convexis, coiicetiirice sub- 

 strialk, et sub lente minutissime tramversim sulcatls, 

 sitliiris mbtiUter crenulatk, columella labroque expan- 

 nis, vLr reflt'xls ; castaiteo-fuscd, nitente, siduris albidis, 

 labro (libido. 



The Neilgherry Bulimus. Shell eylindricaUy tur- 

 reted, umbilicated, whorls eight in number, convex, 

 and, under the lens, very minutely grooved trans- 

 versely, sutiu'es finely crenulated, lip and columella 

 expanded, scarcely reflected ; shining chesnut -brown, 

 whitish at the sutures, lip whitish. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846, p. 41. 



Hab. Neilgherry Hills, India ; Jerdon. 



Of a silken chesnut hue, whitish at the sutures. 



Species 292. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus exilis. Bid. testd subcylindi 



fractibm sex ad septem, longitudinaliter rude striaiis, 



columella labroque simplicibus, aperturd pnrviiiscidd ; 



Jlavido-fuscesceiite, subJiyalind, aperitira fuuce violaceo- 



atticaitte. 

 The delicate Bulimus. Shell somewhat eylindricaUy 



oblong, whorls six to seven in number, longitudinally 



rudely striated, lip and columella simple, aperture 



rather smaU; yellowish-brown, somewhat hyaline, 



interior of the aperture violet-tinged. 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 360S. 



Hab. ? 



The sutures of this species are inclined to be white as 

 in the preceding. It is not uidike the B. Gtmdaloupensis. 



Species 293. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus cinnamomeo-lineatus Bul. testd subpyrami- 

 daU-ovatd, umbilicafd, umbilico parvo ; anfractibus 

 septem, convexis, lavibus ; ciihinwUd phmo-refexd, 

 labro panlulum expamo ; a/biJd, linrix iiiniamo?tieis 

 oblique strigatd, anfractus uUinii bimi iuiniacidatd. 



The cinxamon-hned Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyra- 

 midally ovate, umbilicated, umbilicus small ; whorls 

 seven in number, convex, smooth ; columella flatly 

 reflected, lip a little expanded; whitish, obliquely 

 streaked with cinnamon lines, last whorl unspotted 

 at the base. 



Helix ciiinamomeo-lineata, Moricand, Mem. Geneve, vol. ix. 

 p. 4fl. pi. 4. f. 6, 7. 



Hab. Bahia, Brazil. 



The cinnamon lines are suddenly arrested at the base 



of the last whorl. 



Species 294. (Fig. a, Mus. Dennison ; 

 Fig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Guadaloupexsis. Bul. testd cyliudruceo- 

 oblongd, solidiusculd, anfractibus sex, convexis, longi- 

 ImVmaliter rude et tenuiter striatis, aperturd peenliari- 

 fer quadrato-ovatd, columella labroque subexpansis, 

 iiou reftexis ; fiavido-fuscescente, nigricaute-castaneo 

 iuterdum compictie fasciatd. 



The Guadaloupe Bulimus. Shell eylindricaUy oblong, 

 rather solid, whorls six in number, convex, longitu- 

 dmally rudely and finely striated, apertui-e peculiarly 

 squarely ovate, lip and columella somewhat expanded, 

 not reflected; light yellowish-brown, sometimes 

 conspicuously banded with very dark chesnut. 



liKUGCiERE, Enc. Meth. Diet. no. 26. 



Hub. West Indies. 



Distinguished by the peculiar i|uadrate form of the 



aperture. 



November, 1848. 



