BULIMUS. 



Species 299. (Mus. Benson.) 



BuLiMUS viBEX. Bui. testa cyl'mdraceo-turritd, sinistrali, 

 siib-Piipiformi, diapJiand, umbilicatd, anfractiius no- 

 vein, coiirc.rix, ubliqii!^ striatis, aperturd parvd, rotmi- 

 datu, hihro pliiiiu-nflexo; pellucido-fascescente, striyis 

 opam-alb'ts ubtiqtii iiutatis. 



The stkiped Bulimtjs. Shell cylindrically turreted, 

 sinistral, somewtat Pupa-shaped, diaphanous, umbi- 

 licated, whorls nine in number, convex, obliquely 

 striated, aperture small, rounded, lip Hatly reflected ; 

 light transparent brown, obliquely marked with opake 

 white stripes. 



IIuTToN, j\IS., Pfeiffer, Monog. Bid. p. ] 18. 



Eab. Sinda and Landoiu-, Western Himalaya, India 

 (among moss) ; Benson. 

 A reversed cylindi-ical shell partaking very much of the 



character of Pupa. 



iiidiili.-ovdtu, 

 septeiii, sub- 

 , labro sim- 



Species 300. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BULIMUS CHEPUNDIA. Bid. tedd subpijn 

 tenid, diapJiand, umbiUcatd, aiifradibu.^ 

 filissime rugoso-striatis, columelld reflex 

 plici; pellucido-corued, opaco-albo hie illic obliijiie 

 notatd. 



The plaything Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, thin, diaphanous, umbilicated, whorls seven in 

 number, very finely roughly striated, columella re- 

 flected, lip simple ; transparent horny, obliquely 

 marked here and there with opake white. 



D'Orbigny, Voy. dansl'Amer. Merid. p. 275. pi. 33. f. 18, 

 19. 



Hab. Cliiquitos, Bolivia. 



It is probably not without some doubt that Dr. PfeifFer 



assigns this shell to the B. crepundia. 



Species 301. (Mus. Benson.) 

 Bulimus c(ELEBS. Bid. testa cylindraced, Piipiformi, 

 teimi, diaphand, late umbilicatd, avfractibus octo, oblique 

 striatis, columelld late reflcvd, labro expanso non re- 

 fieico ; pellucido-corued, strigis opaco-albis oblique 

 notiitd. 

 The bachelor Bulimus. Shell cylindrical. Pupa 

 shaped, thin, diaphanous, broadly umbilicated, whorls 



eight in number, obliquely striated, columella broadly 

 reflected, lip expanded, not reflected, transparent 

 horny, obliquely marked with opake-white streaks. 



Benson, MS., Pfeifler, Monog. Bui. p. 119. 



Hab. Landour and Keamaon, Western Himalaya, India, 

 (on dead stems of the wild Indigo) ; Benson. 

 This and the two preceding species are of the same 



texture, a transparent horny substance, obliquely marked 



with opake white streaks. 



Species 302. (Mus. Benson.) 

 Bulimus Griffithsii. Bui. testa elongatd, subcylindra- 

 ced, umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, subplamdatis, leevibtis, 

 columella late reflexd, aperturd suboblique productd, 

 labro expanso, non reflexo ; peculiariter calcareo-alhd, 

 apertura fauce pallide aurantio-fuscescente. 

 Griffith's Bulimus. Shell elongated, somewhat cylin- 

 drical, umbilicated, whorls eight in number, rather 

 flattened, smooth, colmnella reflected, aperture some- 

 what obliquely produced, lip expanded, not reflected ; 

 of a peculiar chalk-white, tinged in the interior with 

 pale orange-brown. 

 Benson, MS. 

 Hab. Afghanistan, India ; Griffith. 



Xamed by Mi-. Benson after the lamented botanist 

 Dr. Griflith, by whom the specimen here flgiu-ed w^as col- 

 lected. 



Species 303. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus Sindicus. Bui. testd cylindraceo-elongatd, late 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus novem, plano-convexis, lavibus 

 aid concentrice striatis, aperturd parvd, cohmielld la- 

 broque expansis, vix rejkxis ; griseo-albd, strigis pel- 

 lucidis hie illic oblique notatd. 



The Sinde Bulimus. Shell cylindrically elongated, 

 broadly umbilicated, whorls nine in number, flatly 

 convex, smooth or concentrically striated, aperture 

 smaU, lip and columella expanded, but slightly re- 

 fleeted ; greyish white, here and there obliquely 

 marked with pellucid streaks. 



Benson, MS. 



Hab. Near tlie head waters of the river Sinde, India ; Ben- 



November, 1848. 



