BULIMUS.— Plate LV. 



The divided Bulimus. Shell cylindrically pyramidal, 

 not umbilicated, wliorls seven in number, somewhat 

 roimded, obliquely rudely striated, pecidiarly crenu- 

 lated beneath the sutures, columella slightly twisted, 

 aperture small, lip thin, simple ; transparent white, 

 obliquely painted here aud there with a very few 

 brown stripes, covered with a thin homy epidermis, 

 columella pink. 



Gould, Pfeiffer, Monog. Bui. p. 169. 



Eadem var. 



Bulimus ruiicimdttlus, Gould. 



Halt. Cape Palmas, West Africa. 



An interesting species distinguished by a peculiar 



beaded row of fine crenulations beneath the sutures, and a 



delicate pink columella. 



Species 368. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus inglomus. Bui. testa subacumimto-oblotu/d, 

 tenuiculd, subumbilicaia, anfractibtts sex, rugoso-striatis 

 et obscure rude planigranulatis, columella, late reflexd, 

 labro temi, simplici ; spadieeo-alhd, strigis fuscis 

 albivariegatis irregulariter pictd. 

 The unimportant Bulimus. Shell somewhat acumi- 

 nately oblong, rather thin, slightly umbilicated, whorls 

 six in number, roughly striated and obsciu'ely rudely 

 flatly granidated, columella broadly reflected, lip thin 

 and simple; fawn-white, in-egularly painted with a 

 few white-mottled brown streaks. 

 Hub. ? 



A delicately painted species not possessing any remark- 



able character, but certainly distinct from any other that I 

 am acquainted with. 



Species 369. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus manupictus. Bid. testa acuminato-ovatd, hasi 

 subattenuatd, mniilicatd, anfractibtts sex, lavibus vel 

 obscure striatis, colnmelld reflexd, labro simplici ; albi- 

 cante, ptirpureo-fusco conspicue longitudinaliter virgatd. 



The hand-painted Bulimus. Shell acumiiiately ovate, 

 somewhat attenuated at the base, whorls six in 

 number, smooth or obscurely striated, columella re- 

 flected, conspicuously longitudinally striped with 

 purple-brown. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



Of a somewhat diamond-shaped form. 



Species 379. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus nigrofasciatus. Bui. testdovatd, subventri- 

 cosd, vix umbilicatd, anfractibtis sex, subtiliter rude 

 striatis, cohmelld reflexd, labro tenui, acuto ; pellu- 

 cido-ulbd, fasciis latis fusco-uigricantibtis compicue 

 pictd. 



The black-banded Bulimus. Shell ovate, somewhat 

 ventricose, slightly umbdicated, whorls sis in number, 

 finely rudely striated, columella reflected, bp thin, 

 sharp ; transparent white, conspicuously painted with 

 broad broflnish-black bands. 



Pfeiffee, MSS. Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Valley of the Magdalina, New Granada. 

 Distinguished by its broad dark bands. 



