BULIMUS.— Plate LVII. 



The primrose Bulimus. Shell oblong, somewhat cylin- 

 drical, umbilicated, whorls six in numbei-, smooth or 

 obliquely finely striated, columella broadly reflected, 

 lip simple ; whitish, here and there brightly coloured 

 \rith yellow, encii-cled with broad pink zones, apex 

 purple-brown. 

 Hnh. aierida. New Granada. 



A prettily painted species from the same locality as the 

 preceding, differing slightly, but importantly, in form. 

 The whorls are somewhat more ventricose, and the re- 

 flected portion of the columella more appressed. 



Species 386. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Meridanus. Bui. testa fusiformi-oUongd, 

 subumbilicata, sjjird acuminata, anfiaetibus septem, 

 lavibtts, nitentibus, mb lente transverdm minute im- 

 presso-striatis, columella, reflexd, lahro simplici; albidd, 

 hdeo et rosea eximii tinctd, fasciis pallide purpureis 

 inierruptis dngulatd. 



The Mjerida Bulimus. Shell fusiformly oblong, slightly 

 umbilicated, spire acuminated, whorls seven in 

 number, smooth, shining, engraved beneath the lens 

 with minute transverse striae, columella reflected, lip 

 simple; whitish, deUcately tinged with rose and 

 yellow, and encircled with internipted pale pui'ple 

 bands. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. p. 33. 



Eab. Merida, New Granada. 



Similarly delicately painted to the last two species from 



the same locality, but of very diU'erent form. 



Species 387. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus liquabilis. Bvl. testa ovato-conicd, ventricosd, 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus sex ad septem, subrotmidatis, 

 lavibus vel mimitksme siriatis, columelld late reflexd, 

 labro tenia, paulidmn expanso ; pellucido-corned, strigis 

 loiiyitudinalibus opacis notatd. 



The dissolvable Bulimus. Shell ovately conical, ven- 

 tricose, mnbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, 

 somewhat rounded, smooth or very minutely striated, 

 columella broadly reflected, lip thin, a little expanded ; 

 transparent horny, marked with opake streaks. 



Hab. Texas; Salle. 



An inflated ovate shell, quite transparent except where 



ornamented with longitudinal opake streaks. 



Species 388. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus oonnivens. Bui. testa pyramidali-conicd, 

 \ solidiusculd, ampliter umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, 



! oblique creberrimi plicato-striatis, columelld late ex- 



pansd, aperturd rotundatd, labro expanso, paululuni 

 rejlexo ; opaco-albd, nitente, apertures fauce aurantid. 

 The dissembling Bulimus. Shell pyi-amidaUy conical, 

 rather solid, largely imibilicated, whorls seven in 

 number, obliquely closely plicately striated, columella 

 broadly expanded, apertm-e rounded, lip expanded, a 

 little reflected ; opake white, shining, interior of the 

 aperture saffron-orange. 

 Ilab. Senegal. 



This shell obtains a pyramidal form from the last whorl 

 being widely convoluted and leaving a large imibdicus. 



