B U L I M U S . 



Species 331. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUs MUTILATUS. Sul. testd attenmto-fyramidali, 

 crammculd, mnbilicaid, anfractibus qtiatuor ad qttiu- 

 gue, deinde late decollatis, oblique rude siriaiis, an- 

 Jractu ultimo bad mbangulato-tumido, aperturd parvd, 

 rotimdd ; sqnalide alba. 

 The mdtil.^ted Bdlimd3. Shell attenuately pyramidal, 

 rather thiu, umbilicated, whorls four to five in 

 number, then broadly decollated, obliquely rudely 

 striated, last whorl somewhat angulai-ly swollen at 

 the base, aperture small, rounded, dirty-white. 



Hab. ? 



Distuig-uished fi-ora the B. decoUalus by its more at- 

 tenuately pyramidal form and contracted a|)erture. 



Species 332. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS Gruneri. Bui. testd cyUndraceo-tnrritd, sub- 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus septent, plani-convexis, lavibus, 

 nitidis, columelld depresso-reflexd, aperturd parvius- 

 culd, labro tenui, simplici; cterulescente-albd, maculis 

 f/isccsceiitibus subquadratis kic illic irregulariter fas- 

 ciatiiu iiutatd, apice purpureo-nigricante. 



Gruner's BuLiMUS. Shell cylindricaUy turreted, slightly 

 umbiUcated, whorls seven in number, flatly convex 

 smooth, sliining, columella deprcssly reflected, aper- 

 tui-e rather small, lip thin, simple; bluish-white, 

 marked here and there with ii'regular bands of light 

 brown square-like spots, apex purple-black. 



Pfeifper, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846. p. 30. 



Hab. Mexico. 



Named in honour of Mr. Gruner, au eminent collector 

 at Bremen. 



Species 333. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS ALBATUS. Bul. testd acuminalo-oblongd, stib- 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, convexis, Icnihis, colu- 

 Mclld reflexd, labro sitnplici; alba, interdum fasciis 

 interruptis bmnneis duabus vel tribus citigulatd, oper- 

 lureffawe siibaurauiid. 

 The white Bl'Limus. Shell acuminately oblong, slightly 

 imibilicated, whorls eight in number, convex, smooth, 

 columella reflected, lip simple ; white, sometimes 

 encircled with two or three inten-upted brown bands, 

 interior of the aperture tinged with orange. 



Pfeiffer, Symbola:;, vol. ii. p. 42. 



Selix albata, De Ferussac. 



Bitlimus bicinctus, Recluz. 

 Hab. Yemen, Arabia. 



Earely more than a single indistiiiel band is visible 

 the upper whorls. 



Species 334. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUS DECOLLATDS. Bul. testd cyUitdraceo-elongatd, 

 anfractibus ad septem, deinde decollatis, plano-comexis, 

 striis spiralibits et obliquis subliliter decussatis, mar- 

 gine crmulatis, coluvielld reflexd, aperturd parviusculd, 

 labro simplici ; albidd, aut pallide spadiced. 



The decollated Bulimus. Shell cylindrically elonga- 

 ted, whorls about seven in number, then decollated, 

 flatly convex, finely decussated with spiral and ob- 

 lique stria3, crenidated at the margin, columella 

 reflected, apertm'e rather small, lip simple ; whitish, 

 or pale fawn-colom-. 



Bruguiere, Enc. Meth. Diet. no. 49. 

 Helix decoUata, Linnaeus. 



Hab. South of Em-ope. Sicily and the Canary Islands. 



This weU-known species occiu's in a larger state in 

 some parts of Northern Al'rica. 



Species 335. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus auratus. Bul. testd oblongo-turritd, tenuissimd, 

 pellucidd, anfractibus septem, subveiitricosis, longitu- 

 dinaliter creberrime elevato-striatis, columelld simplici, 

 labro tenui, acuto ; aureo-olivaced, vitred, lineis mi- 

 nutisfuscis spiralibus obsolete notatd. 



The gilded Bulimus. Shell oblong-turreted, very thin, 

 transparent, whorls seven in number, rather ventri- 

 cose, longitudinally very closely elevately striated, 

 columella simple, lip thiu, sharp ; golden-olive, 

 glassy, obsoletely marked with minute spii'al brown 

 Hnes. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846. p. 32. 



IM. ? 



A delicate glassy species of the substance and coloiu" of 

 a I'itrina. 



November, 1848. 



