BULIMUS.— Plate LXIV. 



minute umbiUcatd, anfractibus decern ad undecim, sub- 

 rolundaiis, Icevibus, columella parum rejkxd, aperturd 

 pared, rotmidatd, labro stihexpanso ; alba, tnaatlis 

 nigricaute-fuscis reticulatis oblique pictd, anfractu 

 ultimo fasciato, apice nigricante. 



Guilding's Bulimds. Shell pyramidally turreted, mi- 

 nutely umbilicated, whorls ten to eleven in number, 

 rather rounded, smooth, columella but little reflected, 

 aperture smaU, rounded, lip slightly expanded ; white, 

 obliquely painted with blackish-brown reticulated 

 patches, last whorl banded, apex blackish. 



Pi'EiFFER, Symbolse, vol. i. p. 83, and vol. ii. p. 115. 



Hab. West Indies. 



Distinguished ii-om the preceding species, by the whorls 



being more rounded, and the shell less sharply pyramidal. 



Species 446. (Mus. Cunriug.) 



BuLlJiUS FRAGOSUS. Bul. testd obeso-cyUndraced, late 

 umbiUcatd, apice mueronato, anfractibus septem, plano- 

 convexis, concetitrice creberrime elevato-striaiis, suturis 

 qttasi stdcatis, eolumelld late reflexd, obscure uniplicatd, 

 aperturd subrotundd, labro expanso ; sordide albd. 



The kough Bulimus. Shell stoutly cylindrical, broadly 

 umbilicated, apes painted, whorls seven in number, 

 flatly convex, concentrically very closely 'elevately 

 striated, sutures as though grooved, columella broadly 

 reflected, obscurely one-plaited, aperture nearly round, 

 lip expanded ; dead white. 



Pfeiffer, Symbote, vol. ii. p. 45. 

 Cochlogena fragosa, Ferussac. 



Hab. Yemen, Ai-abia. 



The margins of the aperture almost unite on the body 

 whorl. 



Species 447. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus coronatus. Bul. testd oblongo-turritd, vix 

 umbiUcatd, anfractibus lavibus vel obscure rude striatis, 

 tuberculis parvis compressis ad suturas crenulatis, eolu- 

 melld tenui, angustd ; pellucido-stramined. 

 The coronated Bulimus. Shell oblong-turreted, 

 scarcely umbUicated, whorls smooth, or obscurely 



rudely striated, crenulated at the sutures with a row 

 of small compressed tubercles, columella thin, narrow; 

 transparent straw-colour. 



Pfeiffer, Sjonbolse, vol. iii. p. 83. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Each whorl is coronated at the sutuj'cs by a row of 



small compressed tubercles. 



Species 448. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus formosus. Bul. testd cylindraceo-oblovgd, sub- 

 miMlicatd, apice mueronato, anfractibus decern, rotun- 

 datii, concentrice subtiliter striatis, aperturd pared, 

 roiundd, labro subexpanso ; albidd, nigricante-fusco 

 traniversim lineatd et oblique remote strigatd, apice 

 nigricante. 



The beautiful Bulimus. Shell cyUndrically oblong, 

 slightly umbilicated, apex pointed, whorls ten in 

 number, rounded, concentrically finely striated, aper- 

 ture small, rounded, lip a little expanded ; whitish, 

 transversely Uneated and obliquely remotely streaked 

 with blackish brown, apex blackish. 



Gray, Wood, Index Test. Supp. pi. 6. f. 34. 



Hab. Island of St. Domingo, West Indies. 



Closely allied to the pretty West Indian species above 

 described, B. eylindricus and Chdldingii. 



Species 449. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Boissieri. Bul. testd globosd, inflatd, fragili, 

 pellucidd, epidermide tenui corned nitente indutd, spird 

 brevi, suturis impressis, anfractibus quatuor ad quinque, 

 rotundatis, columella tenui, simplici, aperturd sub- 

 ampld; pellucido-brumied. 



Boissier.s Bulimus. Shell globose, inflated, fragile, 

 transparent, covered with a thin shining homy epi- 

 dermis, spire short, sutm-es impressed, whorls four 

 to five in nimiber, rounded, columella thin, simple, 

 apertm-e rather large ; transparent bro^Ti. 



Hab. Bahia, Brazil. 



A cm-ious little Physa-YiVt shell, of transparent horny 



substance, extremely delicate to the touch. 



