BULIMUS 



Species 490. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiMtJS HOLOSTOM.i. Bill, testd tnrritd, profunde mtibi- 

 licatd, aiifractibus septem, suiguadratis, corrugato-pli- 

 cutis, peculiariter laxe convolutis, suturis proftmdis, 

 aperhird integrd, tubulari ; carneo-cinered. 



The ektire-motjth Bdlimus. Shell turreted, deeply uin- 

 bilicated, whorls seven in number, somewhat square, 

 plicated in a wrinkled manner, peculiarly loosely 

 convoluted, sutures deep, aperture entire, tubular ; 

 fleshy ash-colom-. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1846. p. 38. 



Hab. Cobija, Bolivia. 



An extremely interesting species in which the shell, 



forming a loosely convoluted spiral tube, has no axial pillar. 



Species 491. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMUs RUPESTRIS. Bul. testd turritd, minute untbUi- 



catd, aiifractibus quinque ad sex, rotundatis, oblique 



costidato-stiiatis, apertiird orali, fere integrd ; fiisco- 



corned. 

 The rocky Bulimus. Shell turreted, minutely umbili- 



cated, whorls five to six in number, rounded, 



obliquely sculptured with fine rib-like striae, aperture 



oval, almost entire; brownish-horny. 

 Philippi, Enmn. Moll. Sicd. p. 141. pi. 8. f. 18. 



Pupa rupestris, llossmasler. 

 Hab. Sicily ; Philippi. Algeria ; Terver. 



A delicate Scalar ia-Yike species in which the aperture is 

 almost entire. 



Species 492. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus c(Enopictus. Bul. testd oblongd, eompresse 

 umbilicatd, aiifractibus quinque, subrotundatis, lavibus, 

 columelld vix reflexd, aperturdparvd ; pellucido-corued. 



The dirty-painted Bulimus. Shell oblong, com- 

 pressly umbilicated, whorls five in number, somewhat 

 rounded, smooth, columella scarcely reflected, aperture 

 small ; transparent horny. 



Pupa cceiiojHcta, Hutton, Jouni. Asiatic Soc, vol. iii. p. 85. 



Hab. India. 



Dr. Pfeiffer remarks that this may be a variety ol' 

 B.folliculus, but that is unlikely. 



Species 493. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus subdi.\phanus. Bul. testd cylindraceo-turritd, 

 vix umbilicatd, aiifractibus septetii, convexis, subtilis- 

 sime oblique striatis, colunielld subreflexd, appressd, 

 aperturd m,inimd, latiusculd; eburned, subdiapliand, 

 soUditiscidd. 



The semitransparent Bulimus. Shell cylindrically 

 turreted, scarcelyumbilicated, whorls seven in number, 

 convex, very finely obliquely striated, columella 

 slightly reflected, appressed, aperture very small, 

 rather broad; ivory-white, semitransparent, rather 

 solid. 



Pfeiffer, Syrabolae, vol. ii. p. 122. 

 Pupa subdiaphaaa . 

 Bulimus BaiiiboncJia, Webl) and Berthelot. 



Hab. Cape De Verd Islands. 



A long Pw/a-shaped semitransparent ivory-white shell. 



Species 494. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLiJius SUBULA. Bill, testd subidato-turritd, ^pira 

 suturis impressis, aiifractibus octo, loiigitudinaliter 

 striatis, colunielld redd, brevissime rejlexd, aperturd 

 suhoblongd, labro siniplici ; pellucido-corned, tenuissiind. 



The AWL Bulimus. Shell subulately tmTcted, sutures 

 of the spire impressed, whorls eight in number, lon- 

 gitudinally striated, columella straight, very shortly 

 reflected, aperture rather oblong, lip simple ; trans- 

 parent horny, very thin. 



Pfeiffer, Symbote, vol. i. p. 85. 

 Bulimus octuiioides, D'Orbigny. 

 Bulimus procerus, Adams. 



Hab. Cuba. 



A perfectly transparent shell, of a more acuminate-d 



subulate growth than the B. octoiia, for which it might 



be mistaken. 



Species 495. (Mus. Bensou.) 

 Bulimus gracilis. But. testd gracili-subulatd, vix tim,- 

 bilicatd, suturis impressis, anfractibus decern ad umle- 

 cim, creberrime tenuissime concentrice striatis, coliimelld 

 teiitd, bri'viter rejlexd, aperturd supenie leviter con- 

 tractu, liibro siniplici ; sordidi fuscescente-corned. 

 The slender Bulimus. Shell slenderly subulate. 



May, 1849. 



