B U L I M U S . 



Species 440. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BcLiMUS SocoTRENSls. Bid. testd globosd, crassiusctda, 

 umbiUcatd, anfractibus quinque ad sex, cotispicue coti- 

 centrice pUcato-striatis, aperturd mhrotmidaid ; albidd, 

 fusco pectdiariter oblique spiralUer imdato-strigatd, 

 apertura fauce fused. 



The Socotra Bulimus. Sbell globose, rather tliick, 

 umbilicated, whorls five to six in number, conspi- 

 cuously concentrically plicately striated, aperture 

 somewhat rounded ; whitish, pecuhai'ly obliquely 

 spirally streaked in a waved raaiiuer with brown, 

 interior of the aperture brown. 



Hab. Island of Socotra. 



About the size of a large pea, curiously painted with 



spii'aUy oblique streaks. 



Species 441. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLI^[CS Ferdssaci. Bui. testd oblongo-turritd, umbiU- 

 catd, anfractibus octo, subrotundatis, Icevibns, columelld 

 reflexd, aperturd pand ; opaco-albd, nigripunciatd, 

 anfractu idtimo fascia nigrd citignlato. 



Ferussac's Bulimus. Shell oblong-tuiTeted, umbili- 

 cated, whorls eight in number, somewhat rounded, 

 smooth, columella reflected, aperture small ; opake- 

 white, dotted with black, last whorl encircled with a 

 black band. 



DuNKER, Zeitschr. fur Malac. 1845, p. 1G4. 



Hab. Loanda, West Africa. 



Sprinkled with minute dots upon au opake-white ground, 



the last whorl being encircled with a conspicuous band. 



Species 442. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Bahiensis. Bui. testd fusifornd-oblongd, um- 

 biUcatd, anfractibus octo, plano-convexis, lavibus, co- 

 lumelld reflexd, uniplicatd, aperturd oblongd, labro 

 expansd; pellucido-albd, opaco-albo hie illie peeuUari- 

 ter undatd. 



The Bahia Bulimus. Shell fusiformly oblong, umbili- 

 cated, whorls eight in number, flatly convex, smooth 

 columella reflected, one-plaited, aperture oblong, lip 

 expanded ; transparent-white, peculiarly waved hei-e 

 and there with opake-white. 



MoRiCAND, ilem. de Geneve, vol. vi. p. .541. pi. 1. f. 0. 



IM. Bahia, BrazU. 



The opake-white streaks on the surface of this trans- 

 parent shell, have somewhat the character of an epi- 

 dermis. 



Species 443. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus reticulatus. Bui. testd obeso-cylindraced, soli- 

 diusculd, apiee mucronato, anfractibus septem ad octo, 

 plano-convexis, sub lente minute granoso-reticulatis, 

 suturis pecidiariter sulcatis, columelld late reflexd, 

 aperturd parviusenld, labro couspicue reflexo ; albido- 

 fuscescenie, labro eburueo. 

 The RETICULATED Bulimus. Shell stoutly cylindrical, 

 rather solid, apex pointed, whorls seven to eight in 

 number, flatly convex, minutely gi-anosely reticidated 

 beneath the lens, sutiu-es pecidiarly grooved, colu- 

 mella broadly reflected, aperture rather small, lip 

 conspicuously reflected ; whitish-brown, lip ivory- 

 white. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



Distinguished by its delicate minutely grained surface. 



Species 444. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus cylindricus. Bui. testd pyi-amidaU-tiirritd, 

 minute umbiUcatd, anfractihus decern ad uridecim, Icevi- 

 bus, poUtis, columelld plano-reflexd ; albidd, fusceseente 

 fasciatd, strigis purpureo-nigri-s peculiariter reticulaiis 

 longUudinaliter oblique pictd, apice nigricante. 



The cylindrical Bulimus. Shell pyramidally tun-eted, 

 minutely umbilicated, whorls ten to eleven in number, 

 smooth, poKshed, columella flatly reflected ; whitish, 

 banded with light brown, lougitudinaUy obUquely 

 painted mth peculiarly reticulated purple-black 

 streaks, apex blackish. 



Gray, Annals of Philosophy, 1835, vol. ix. p. 414. 

 Bulimus articulatus, Turton. 

 Macroceramus signatus, Guilding. 

 Bulimus signatus, Sowerby. 



Hab. Island of Tortola, West Indies. 



A singularly-painted porcelain-like shell, distinguislied 



bv its pyramidal growth. 



Species 415. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus Guildingii. Bid. testd pgramidali-turri/d. 



