C U L I 31 U S . 



Plate XLVIII. 



Species 309. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS MACULATUS. Bul. testd sub-pyramidali-ovatd, 

 vix umlilicatd, anfractihrn convexis, IcBvibus, traitsversim 

 sub lente minutissime impresso-siriatis, columeUd re- 

 fiexd, labro siniplici, aeuio ; mridescmte-albd, maculis 

 fusco-oUvacds, quadratic Idc illic noiatd. 

 The spotted Bulimus. Sliell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, scarcely umbilicated, whorls convex, smooth, 

 transversely very minutely impressly striated, colu- 

 mell reflected, lip simple, acute; gi-eenish-white, 

 marked here and there with square brownish olive 

 spots. 

 Lea, Obs. vol. ii. p. 84. p. 23, f. 97. 

 Hob. Carthageua, New Granada. 



The square spots though irregular and scattered arc 

 mostly ituated in the same line longitudinally. 



Species 310. (Mus. Cmning.) 



Bulimus trilineatus. Bid. testd oblongo-ovatd, teuiii- 

 ctdd, anfractibus sex, subnigoso-striatis, ad sutiircis 

 creiiidatis, labro tenui, acuta ; aWidd, strigis rufo-fiiscis 

 loiit/itiidiiudibus plus minusve dense notatd. 



The teilineated Bulimxjs. Shell oblong ovate, rather 

 thin, whorls six in number, somewhat roughly 

 striated, crenulated at the sutm'cs, lip thin, sharp ; 

 whitish, more or less thickly marked with red-brown 

 longitudinal stripes. 



(iuoY and Gaimard, Yoy. dans I'Astrol. vol. ii. p. 107, 

 pi. 9. f. 1 to 3. 



Ilab. New Holland. 



It is necessary to observe that this species is named 



after a character in the animal, whose neck and back are 



marked with three Hues. 



Species 311. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiJius Manoelii. Bul. testd acmnmato-ovatd, suh- 

 umbdicatd, anfractibus septem, lavibus, aut oblique 

 itidisiincte striatis, columella late rejlexd, labro tenui- 

 culo, mx reflexo ; albidd, anfractu ultimo inferne pur- I 

 pureo-olivaceo bifasciato. 

 Mangel's Bulimus. Shell acuminately ovate, slightly 

 imibilicated, whorls seven in number, smooth, or 

 obliquely indistinctly striated, columella broadly re- 



flected, lip rather thin, scarcely reflected ; whitish, 



last whorl encircled round the lowtT part with two 



purple olive bands. 

 Helix Manoellu, Moricand, Mem. dc Geni;:ve, vol. ix. p. 45. 



pi. 4. f. 4, 5. 

 Hub. Bahia, Brazil. 



The upper band, being exactly on the sutural line, is 

 nearlv concealed in all but the last whorl. 



Species 313. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus angiostoma. Bid. testd sub-cylindraceo-ovatd, 

 vix umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, tumidiusculis, zdtimo 

 ad aperturampeculiariter compresso ; aperturd obloiigd, 

 angustd, labro eximie plano-reflexo ; cinereo-albidd, 

 Uneis nigncantibus et fuscis longitudinaliter pictd, 

 uperturcB fame fused. 

 The narrow-mouth Bulimus. Shell somewhat cybn- 

 dricaUy ovate, scarcely umbilicated, whorls eight in 

 number, rather swollen, last whorl peculiarly com- 

 pressed at the apertiu-e ; apertiu-e oblong, narrow, lip 

 delicately flatly reflected ; ashy white, longitudinally 

 painted with black and brown lines, interior of the 

 apertm-e brown. 

 Wagner, Spix. Test. Bras. p. 14. pi. 13. f. 4. 

 Bulimus Capiieira, Spix. 



Testa junior. BuUnuts virgatus, Spix. 

 Hub. BrazU. 



The singular compression of the aperture fonns a very 

 characteristic feature in this species. 



Species 313. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlJirs Oreades. Bul. testd acuminata 



biUcatd, anfractibus sex ad septem, Itevibus, vel tinnu- 

 ti&ume impresso-striatis, cohmielld rejlexd, labro tenui, 

 acuto ; flavicante-albidd, strigis olivaceo-f/iscis, anfrac- 

 tnmn medio desinentibus, pecidiariter notatis. 

 The Oreades Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, um- 

 bilicated, whorls six to seven in number, smooth, or 

 vei-y minutely impressly striated, columella reflected, 

 lip thin, sharp ; yeUowish-white, peculiarly marked 

 with olive-brown streaks, ending in the middle of the 

 whorls. 

 D'Orbigny, Voy. dans I'Amer. Merid, p. 270. pi. 31. f. 11. 



November, 1848. 



