B U L I M U S 



Species 353. (Fig. a and //, Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiJius ROSEATUS. Bid. tesld ohlotigo-ovatd, tentncHld, 

 vix tiiiMUcatd, anfmctUms se.c ad septem, siiOventri- 

 costs, traiisversim minuiissme impresso-driatis, cohi- 

 melld rejlexd, lalro mhexpamo, temd, acuta ; albidd, 

 rosea exiliter iinctd, stru/is fuseescentibus longitiidina- 

 Ubus interdum superiw notatd. 



The roseate Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather tliin, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, 

 rather ventricose, transversely very minutely im- 

 pressly striated, columella reflected, lip somewhat 

 expanded, thin, sharp ; whitish, faintly tinged \vith 

 rose, and sometimes marked round the upper part 

 ^-itb brownish longitudinal streaks. 



Hah. Venezuela. 



A delicately coloured species, approximating closely in 



form and style of painting to the B. oreades. 



The partkidge Bulimus. Shell ovately oblong, rathei- 

 solid, mnbilieated, whorls five to six in number, lon- 

 gitudinally very closely elevately striated, rather 

 gibljous, columella obscurely plaited, lip reflected ; 

 whitish, variegated with blue-black flames Ijlotches 

 and dots, cokmiella purplish at the upper part. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1847. 

 Uab. New Granada ; Funck. 



This and the three following having been described as 

 separate species, and, not to tUfler in a case which may be 

 regarded a matter of opinion, they are here published as 

 such ; I cannot however forbear expressing my conviction 

 that notwitlistandiug their apparent cbfterences of form 

 and detail of growth, they are but so many modified con- 

 cbtions of the same species. In the state described as 

 B. perdu; the longitudiual striae are extremely regidar, the 

 aperture is rounded, and the plait of the columella is 

 only obscm-cly developed at the upper part. 



Species 354. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus feriatus. Bid. testa acmninato-oblonffd, vix 

 umbUicatd, anfractibiis sex, transversim sub leiite mmu- 

 tissinie impresso-striatis, calmnelld reflexd, labra ex- 

 panso, simpUci, vix reflexo ; virescente-albd, maculis 

 panm oUvaceo-fuseis quadratis prope apicem notatis, 

 fascia conspicud circa umbilicum. 



The unemployed Bulimus. Shell aeuminately oblong, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls six in number, trans- 

 versely very minutely impressly striated beneath the 

 lens, columella reflected, Kp expanded, simple, slightly 

 reflected ; greenish-white, marked near the apex with 

 a few square olive-brown spots, and a conspicuous 

 band round the umbilicus. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Another interesting new species from the same locality 

 as the preceding. 



Species 355. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus perdix. Bid. testa ovato-ablongd, salidiuscidd, 

 umbdicatd, anfractibus quinque ad sex, laHgUiidiimUter 

 creberrime elevato-striatis, gibbasimcuUs, calimielld 

 obscure plicatd, labra reflexo ,- albidd, fammis maculis 

 punctisque creruleo-nigricantibus variegatd, columella 

 superiieptirpurasceii te. 



j Species 356. (JMus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus euuyomphalus. Bui. testa fusiformi-oblmigd, 

 solidiusculd, umbilicata, basi angtdato-cowpressd, an- 

 fractibus qninque ad sex, creberrime langitudinaliter 

 striatis, columella plicatd, aperturd trigono-contractd, 

 labra rejlexa ; carulescente-albd, punctis maculisque 

 fuhjiirantibus nigricantibus variegatd, columella intetise 

 purpurea. 

 The broad-plaited Bulimus. Shell fusiformly oblong, 

 rather solid, umbUicated, angularly compressed at 

 the base, whorls five to six in number, very closely 

 longitudinally striated, columella plaited, aperture 

 triangularly contracted, lip reflected; bluish-white, 

 clouded with black zigzag blotches and dots, columella 

 deep purple. 

 Hab. Venezuela ; Dyson. 



Chiefly distinguished by its clouded zigzag style of 

 painting. 



Species 357. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus glaber. Bid. testa subfusifarmi-ovatd, umbili- 

 cata, crassd, salidd, basi subcontractd, anfractibus quin- 

 ipiead sr.r, loiiyiliidiiialilcr carrugata-striatis, columella 

 plicatd, hihro iiivrnssato, ri'Jle.va-; albidd, strigis grisea- 

 nibeiitibits iiehiilatd et variegatd. 



December, 1848. 



