B U L I I\I U S . 



Plate LX. 



Species Mi. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



BtHMUs Cantorii. Bui. testd obloiigo-cylmdraced, soU- 

 dimculd, compresfse umbilicatd, anfmctibus octo, pur- 

 obliijui temms'mie striatis, columelld concavo-expaiisd, 

 aperturd suborbiculari, labro plano-reflew ; pellucido- 

 corned, labro albido. 



Cantor's Bulimus. Shell obliquely cylindrical, rather 

 solid, compressly umbilicated, whorls eight in number, 

 very obliquely finely striated, columella concavely 

 expanded, aperture ueai'ly orbicular, lip flatly reflected; 

 transparent horny, lip whitish. 



Philippi, Zeitschr. fur Mai. 1844. p. 165. 



Hab. Envii'ons of Nanking, Cliina. 



Although of a subtransparent horay substance, it is 



rather a stout shell. 



Species 405. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Rossmassleri. Bui. testd acuminato-oblongd, 

 suhcyUndraced, compresse umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, 

 oblique crebeirime plicato-driatis, columelld concavo- 

 expansd, callositate parvd superne munitd, aperturd 

 pared, labro subexpanso ; supenie fused, in/erne sordide 

 albd. 



Rossmassler's Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 slightly cylindrical, compressly umbilicated, whorls 

 eight in number, obliquely very closely plicately 

 striated, columella concavely expanded, furnished at 

 the upper part with a small callosity, apertuj-e small, 

 lip slightly expanded ; brown at the ujjper part, dull 

 white about the lower. 



Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Soc, 184(5. p. 1 13. 



Hab. Asia Minor. 



It appears to be a general character in the species, to 

 present the above recorded contrast of colour. 



grooved, whorls seven to eight in nmnber, flattened, 

 but little convex, columella indistinctly one-plaited, 

 aperture orbicular, lip flatly reflected ; greyish white, 

 apex brown, lip wliite. 



Pfeiffer, Symbols, vol. iii. p. 88. 



Hab. Syria. 



Distinguished among other characters by the flattened 

 and closely appressed volution of the whorls. 



Species 407. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Lycicus. Bid. f,'s/ii ly/ii/draceo-ova/d, subven- 

 Irico.m, I'/.r iiiiibiliciilii, (iiij'niclibiix nex ad septeni, lavi- 

 biis, iiitidi.Wiiiiix, nihiiiii'Uii ulwiirij indplicatd, labro sub- 

 iiicras-sato, rejfe.fo ; I'onwo-lutesceide, pMucido, Inbro 

 albido. 

 The Lycian Bulimus. Shell cylincbically ovate, rather 

 veutricose, scarcely umbilicated, whorls six to seven 

 in number, smooth, very shining, columella obscurely 

 one-plaited, lip somewhat thickened, reflected ; horny 

 yellow, transparent, lip whitish. 

 Pfeiffer, Phil. AbbQd. vol. ii. p. 113. pi. 4. f. 4. 

 Hab. Lycia; Spratt. 



A comparatively stout shell, vet of such clear trans- 

 parent substance that the axis of the columella may be 

 seen thi'oughout. 



Species 406. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Syriacus. Bui. testd oblongo-cylindraced, com- 

 presse iwibilicatd, spirm suturis Uiieari-sulcatis, anfrac- 

 tibus septetii ad octo, planulatis, parmn convexis, colu- 

 melld indisliucte uniplicatd, aperturd orbiculari, labro 

 plauo-reflexo ,• grkeo-albicante, apicefusco, labro albo. 

 The Syrian Bulimus. Shell oblong-cylindrical, com- 

 pressly umbilicated, sutures of the spire linearly 



January, 



Species 408. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus candelaris. Bui. testd elongato-oblonijd, unis- 

 trali, subcylindraced, compresse unibilicaid, anfractibus 

 iimem, plano-convexis, subrude tenuistriatis, columelld 

 concavo-expansd, aperturd jjarvd, labro expanso ; -lor- 

 didi albd, labro eburiieo. 



The candle-like Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, 

 sinistral, somewhat cylindrical, compressly umbili- 

 cated, whorls nine in nimaber, flatly convex, rather 

 rudely finely striated, columella concavely expanded, 

 aperture small, lip expanded ; dead white, lip ivriry 

 white. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. p. 40. 



Ilab. ? 



Locality unknown, but probably on the confines of 



Europe and Asia. 



