BULIMUS.— Plate LI. 



336. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLlMUS KiNGll. Bui. testa acuminato-ovatd, crnssius- 

 culd, vix umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, Icsvibus out 

 obscure striatis, columella, late refiexd, labro simpUci ; 

 alba, Uneis fuscis freqnaitibus longitudhialiter pictd, 

 columelld fused, aperturm fauce fuscescmte. 



King's Bulimds. Shell acuminately ovate, rather tliick, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls seven in number, smooth 

 or obscurely striated, columella broadly reflected, lip 

 simple ; white, longitudinally painted with numerous 

 brown lines, columella brown, interior of the aperture 

 light brown. 



Gr.^y, Annals of Philosophy, New Series, vol. ix. p. 41-1. 

 Wood, Ind.Test. Supp. pi. 7. f. 27. 



Hab. New Holland ; King. 



The brown colouring of the columella has a kind of 



melaUie hue. 



Species 337. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 

 BuLlMUS MAXIMUS. Bui. testd oblongd, ventricosd, an- 

 fractibus sex, tumidis, subroiundaiis, longitudinaliier 

 rude striatis, penuUimo granulato, prope apicem siib- 

 tiliter radiatim costellatis, columelld snbrectd, crassim- 

 culd, aperturd parmusculd, labro solidulo, reflexo ; sor- 

 dide albd, purpureo-brunnescente tinctd, epidermide 

 luteo-oUvaced nitente indutd, columelld et peritremate 

 albis. 

 The very large BuLiMtfs. Shell oblong, ventricose, 

 whorls six in number, swollen, somewhat rounded, 

 longitudinally rudely striated, last whorl but one 

 granulated, finely radiately ribbed near the apex, 

 colimiella nearly straight, somewhat thick, aperture 

 rather small, lip solid, reflected ; diily white, stained 

 with light purple-bro^vn, covered with a shining 

 yellowish-olive epidermis, columella and peritrcme 

 white. 

 (kichhgena maximas, Sowerby, TankerviUe Catalogue, Ap- 

 pendix, p. vii. 

 Bulimus Kremnoicus, D'Orbigny. 



Uab. Santa Cruz, Bolivia ; D'Orbigny. 



Although a large species, is this inferior in size to the 

 B. Popelairianus, from which it differs in its more oblong 

 proportions and smaller aperture. 



Species 338. (IMus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus effeminatus. Bui. testd acuminato-oblongd, 

 subumbilicatd, tenuiculd, anfractibus octo, snhplanula- 

 tis, longitudinaliter exiliter impresso-striatis, columelld 

 reflexd, labro simplici, acuto ; ccerulescente-albd, apicem 

 versus purpurascente-fuscis, sirigis angustis fuscis dis- 

 tantibus. 



The effeminate Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 slightly umbilicated, rather thin, whorls eight in 

 number, somewhat flattened, longitudinally delicately 

 impressly striated, columella reflected, lip simple, 

 shm'p ; bluish white, purple-brown towards the apex, 

 with distant narrow stripes of the same colour. 



Hab. ? 



A delicate opake-white shell gradually more deeply 



tinged with purple-brown towards the apex. 



Species 339. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Olivieri. Bui. testd ovatd, ventricosd, an- 

 fractibus sex ad septem, longitudinaliter exiliter plieato- 

 costellatis, interstitiis subtilissime decussatis et punc- 

 tatis, columelld reflexd, margine incrassatd, labro iu- 

 crassato, reflexo ; sericeo-h-unued, subolivaeed, peri- 

 tremate ^avicante. 



Olivier's Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose, whorls six to 

 seven in number, somewhat flattened, longitudinally 

 deUcately plicately ribbed, with the interstices very 

 finely decussated and punctured, columella reflected, 

 thickened at the edge, lip thickened and reflected ; 

 silken-brown, of an olive hue, peritrcme yellowish. 



Pfeiffer, Monog. Bui. p. 117. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



An exceedingly beautifid species in fine condition, when 



examined with the lens. 



