BULIMUS. 



Plate LII. 



Species 340. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLlMUS SYLYATlcus. Bul. testd elongato-turritd, gracil- 

 limd, solidimculd, anfractihis undecim, plano-convexis, 

 lavibus, aut minidissime strialis, politis, apice sub- 

 papillaribus, aperturd parvd, columella labroqtie shii- 

 plicibm ; eburned, epidermide tenui stramined partim 

 indutd. 



The sylvan Bulimus. Shell elongately turreted, very 

 slender, rather solid, whorls eleven in number, flatly 

 convex, smooth, polished, somewhat papillary at the 

 apex, aperture smaU, lip and colimiella simple ; ivory 

 white, partially covered with a light straw-colowed 

 epidermis. 



Wagner, Spix. Test. Bras. p. 11. pi. 10. f. 4. 



Hab. Mexico and Brazil (in the woods) ; SpLx. 



A semitransparent ivory-white shining shell, partially 



covered with a slight epidermis. 



Species 341. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMUs TEREBRASTEK. Bill, testd eloHgato-turritd, 

 tenui, pellucidd, apice tumidd, subtruncatd, mifractibus 

 novem imdique creberrinie concentrice elevato-slriatis, 

 columelld tenui, simplicissimd, introrsum arcuatd, labro 

 teiiuissimo, acuta ; corneo-luted. 



The TERETE BuLiMUS Shell elongately tuiTeted, thin, 

 transparent, whorls nine in number, swollen at the 

 apex, somewhat truncated, very closely concentrically 

 sculptm'cd throughout with raised striae, columella 

 thin, verj' simple, arched inwardly, lip very thin and 

 sharp ; homy yellow. 



Ferussac, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) 

 vol. 8. p. 234. 

 Bulimus haplostylus, I't'eiffer. 



Hab. El Catamaija, near Loxa, Republic of Equador, 

 South America ; Hartweg. 

 Chiefly distinguished by the veiy simple structure of the 



columella and the raised concentric striae wliich have 



almost the appearance of fine ribs. 



I am indebted to a visit to the collection of the Eev. 



S. C. E. NeviUe Rolfe of Heacham Hall, for having had my 



attention directed to the above recorded species of De 



Ferussac, with which Dr. Pfeiffer does_ not seem to have 



been acquainted. 



Species 342. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus calcareus. Bul. testd elongato-turritd, apiceni 

 versus solidiuscnld, tumidd, anfractibus duodecvm, lon- 

 gUudinaliter subtiliter striatis, striis minutis impressis 

 spiralilms decussatk, aperturd pared, columelld labroque 

 siniplicihus ; calcareo-albd, epidermide casfaiieo-brunnro 

 nitente indutd. 



The lime-white Bulimus. Shell elongately turreted, 

 rather solid and swollen towards the apex, whorls 

 twelve in number, longitudinally finely striated, de- 

 cussated with minute spiral impressed stria?, aperture 

 small, lip and columella simple ; chalk- white, covered 

 with a shining chesnut brown epidermis. 



Wagner, Spix. Test. Bras. p. 10. 

 Helix calcarea. Born. 

 Bulimus maritimus, Spix, Deshayes. 



Hab. Brazil, 



M. Deshayes is correct in assigning this species to the 

 B. maritimus of Spix, but it will be found to agree <'dso 

 with the Helix calcarea of Born, represented in the Mus. 

 Cses. Vindobonense, stripped of its rich bro^vn chesnut 

 epidermis, beneath wliich it is of a peculiar opake lime-white 

 character. It is the largest and most solid of the tiu-ri- 

 culated Bulimi, and has not a reflected lip. 



Species 343. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus obeliscus. Bul. testd elongato-turritd, acumi- 

 nata, anfractibus sedecim ad octodecim, plano-convexis, 

 subtiliter oblique striatis, striis minutissimis spiralibiis 

 impressis decussatis, columelld labroque simplicissimis ; 

 albd, epidermide temiiculd luteo-oUvaced indutd. 

 The obelisk Bulimus. Shell elongately turreted, acu- 

 minated, whorls eighteen in number, flatly convex, 

 finely obliquely striated, and decussated with very 

 minute spii-al impressed striae, lip and columella very 

 sunple ; whitish, covered with a rather thin yellowish 

 epidermis. 

 Helix obeliscus, Jloricand, Mem. Geneve, vol. vi. p. 540. 



pi. 1. f. 4. 

 Hab. Near Caravalhas, Brazil ; Moricand. 



Distinguished by having the largest number of whorls 

 and most sharply terete growth, whilst the epidermis is 

 very thin, and of a light yellowish olive-colour. It should 



November, 1S4S. 



