B U L I M U S . 



Plate L. 



Species 327. (Fig. 327, 328. Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMus Adansoni. Bui. testa oblongo-ovatd, teuuiciiM, 

 vix umbiUcatd, anfractibus novem, subtilissime granu- 

 lato-striatis, ad suturas subtiliter crenulatis, columella 

 redd, revolutd, labro simplici, acuta ; albidd, castatieo- 

 fusco conspicue longitwdinaliter flammatd, epidermide 

 tenui stramined indutd, coluinelld et apertures fauce pur- 

 purascente-candek. 



Atianson's Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather thin, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls nine in number, very 

 finely gi-anulately striated, finely crenulated at the 

 sutures, columella straight, rolled back, lip simple, 

 shai-p ; whitish, conspicuously longitudinally flamed 

 with chesnut-brown, covered with a thin straw-co- 

 loured epidermis, columella and interior of the 

 apei-ture purplish-blue. 



Pfeiffer, Monog. Bid. p. 179. 

 Le Kambeul, Adanson. 

 Bulimus Kambeul, Bniguiere. 

 CocJdogena cedilis, Ferussac. 



Fide Pfeiffer. 



Bulimus speciosus, Parreys. 



Kordofanus, Parreys. 



xantliolinus, Ziegler. 



Achatinoides, Ziegler. 



Hab. West coast of Africa. 



Dr. Pfeiffer's name for this species is to be preferred to 

 that adopted by Bniguiere and Lamarck, wliich does not 

 enter strictly in the Latin form of nomenclature. 



For Species 328, see PI. LVIII. 



Species 329. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Ruppellianus. Bui testa subabbreviato-ovatd, 



ventricosd, vix nmbilicatd, anfractibus septem, cre- 

 berrime plano-gratmlatis, columelld recta, revolutd, 

 labro simplici, acido ; albidd, flammis subangiistis cas- 

 taneo-fuscis longitudinaliter pictd, epidermide tenui 

 stramined indutd. 



Kuppell's Bulimus. Shell somewhat shortly ovate, 

 ventricose, scarcely umbilicated, whorls seven in 

 number, very closely flatly granulated, columella 

 straight, roUed back, lip simple, sharp ; whitish, lon- 

 gitudinally painted with rather naiTow chesnut- 

 brown flames, covered with a thin straw-coloured 

 epidermis. 



Pfeiffeh, Monog. Bui. p. 190. 



Httb. Abyssinia'; Euppell. 



Constantly distinguished from the preceding species by 

 its shortened ventricose growth. 



Species 330. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Bulimus Africanus. Bui. testa acuminato-ovatd, pro- 

 fundi umbilicatd, anfractibus novem, subrotundatis, 

 reticulato-striatis et subtilissime conceutrice corrugatis, 

 ad suturas crenatk, columelld rectd, revolutd ; livido- 

 albidd, castaneo-fusco pallide flammatd, flammis sub- 

 distantibus. 



The African Bulimus. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 deeply umbilicated, whorls nine in number, some- 

 what rounded, reticulately striated and very finely 

 concentrically wrinkled, crenated at the sutui'es, co- 

 lumella straight, rolled back; livid white, faintly 

 marked with rather distant longitudinal chesnut- 

 brown flames. 



Hab. West coast of Africa. 



This seems constantly distinguished from the B. Adan- 

 soni in size, in form, and in pattern of colouring. 



November, 1848. 



