BULIMUS.— Plate LXIX. 



scarcely umbilicated, sutures impressed, whorls ten 

 to eleven in number, very closely and finely concen- 

 trically striated, columella thin, shortly reflected, 

 aperture slightly contracted at the upper part, lip 

 simple ; dull brovpnish horn colour. 

 HuTTON, Journ. Asiatic Soc., 1834. vol. iii. p. 84. 



An eadem, Bulimus Indicus, Pfeiiler. 

 Hub. Bundelkhuud, and all the plain Provinces of the 

 Bengal Presidency; Benson. Point de Galle, Ceylon ; 

 Benson. 

 Dr. Pfeifler's B. Indicus appears to be merely an imma- 

 ture state of this species. 



Species 496. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus nivicola. Bui. testa cylindraceo-omtd, ubesd, 

 veniricosd, sinistrd, compresse ■umbUicatd, anfraetibus 

 septem, convexis, oblique striatis, ad suturas subobscure 

 crenulatis, cohmelld latmculd, appressd, aperturd 

 parvd, labro leviter expanso ; rufo-fuscd, strigis albis 

 obliquis Idc illic irregwlariter interruptis notatd, epi- 

 dermide tenui lutescente imiutd. 

 The snow-inhabiting Bulimus. Shell cyliudricaUy 

 ovate, stout, ventrieose, sinistral, compressly umbi- 

 licated, whorls seven in number, convex, obUquely 

 striated, somewhat obscurely crenulated at the sutures, 

 columella rather broad, appressed, apertm-e small, lip 

 slightly expanded ; red-brown, marked here and there 

 with irregularly interrupted oblique white streaks, 

 covered with a thin yellowish epidermis. 

 Benson, MSS. 



Pupa si/lvatica, Hutton (fide Benson.) 

 Hab. Liti Pass, Western Himalaya (among juniper bushes 

 and patches of snow at nearly 14,000 feet above the 

 level of the sea) ; Capt. Hutton. 

 Mr. Benson is of opinion that this species, distinguished 

 by its stout cylindrical form and reversed growth, which 

 has been upwards of twelve years in his collection, is 

 the Pi(pa sylvatica of Hutton, described in M'CleUand's 

 Journal for January, 1841, as being found among juniper 

 bushes at Buj-renda Pass, and of which the name is pre- 

 occupied in the present genus to which this species strictly 

 belongs. It is remarkable for its stout cylindrical form 

 and reversed growth ; it should, however, be remembered 

 when referi-ing to the plate, that the figure is very con- 

 siderably magnified. 



Species 497. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus tukricula. Bui. testd cyluidraceo-turriid, 

 mimde umbUicatd, prope apicem peculiariter attenuatd, 

 anfraetibus novem., rotundatis, perobliqve creberritm 

 costulato-striatis, columella late appressd, aperturd fere 

 cireulari ; fuscescente, strigis arcuatis albis fusco-um- 

 bratis hie illic marmoratd. 



The little turret Bulimus. Shell cyUndrically tur- 

 reted, minutely mnbiUcated, peculiarly attenuated 

 near the apex, whorls nine in number, rounded, very 

 obliquely closely striated in a fine rib-like manner, 

 columella broadly appressed, aperture nearly eircidar ; 

 light brown, marbled here and there with arched 

 brown-shaded white streaks. 



Pfeiefer, Wiegman, Ai-chiv., 1839. vol. i. p. 351. 



Hab. Cuba. 



An interesting little species aUied in form to the 

 B. Gossei. 



Fig. 498. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This Uttle triangular shell, of which the figiu'e is very 

 highly magnified, proves to be the extreme young of 

 B. Calebs {B.soUtarius, Hutton) PI. XLVII. Sp. 301, from 

 Western Himalaya. 



For Sp. 498. see PI. LXX. 



Species 499. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus ventrosus. Bui. testd subpyramidali-conicd, 

 minute et profundi umbUicatd, anfraetibus septem, pla- 

 nulato-convexis, peculiariter obscure plicato-corrugatk, 

 cohmelld reflexd, aperturd fere cireulari, labro -mn- 

 plici ; albidd, basi nigricante unifasciatd. 



The ventricose Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyi-amidally 

 conical, minutely and deeply umbilicated, whorls 

 seven in number, rather flatly convex, peculiarly 

 obscurely plicately wrinkled, colimiena reflected, 

 apertm-e nearly circular, lip simple ; whitish, encircled 

 with a narrow black band at the base. 



Helix ventrosa, Ferussac, Prodrome, 377. 

 Bii/iuiiii) ventricosus, Draparnaud. 

 Bidimus variabilis, Hartman. 

 Helix acuta, Webb and Berthelot. 



The narrow black band which encircles the base of this 

 shell is not an unimportant character. 



