B U L I M U S 



Plate LXXIV, 



Species 529. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



BuLlMUS DEPICTUS. Bui. testd subfusiformi-oblongd, vu 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus sex, Icevibus, vel, sub lente, lon- 

 ffitudinaliter termistriatis, columelld reflexd, apertiird 

 sub-oblongd, labro dmplid ; luteo-albd, caruleo-vires- 

 cmite longitudimliler variegatd, fasciis duabus angmtis 

 in atlfractu ultmo prcetermittente. 



The painted Bulimus. Shell somewhat fusilbnnly 

 oblong, scarcely umbilicated, whorls six in number, 

 smooth, or, beneath the lens, finely striated, columella 

 reflected, apertm-e rather oblong, lip simple ; yellowish 

 white, longitudinally variegated with blue-green, 

 leaving two narrow bands round the last whorl. 



Eab. New Granada. 



A prettily ])ainted species collected in the above named 



locality by Mr. Linden. 



Species 530. (Fig a and b, Mus. Philippi.) 



Bulimus Recluzianus. Bnl. testd subfusiformi-ob!nngd, 

 vix umbilicatd, (uifrnctibm sex, convexis, liiteis siib- 

 tilibus conferlim spiraliter incisis, columelld temte re- 

 fiexd, lahro simplici ; corneo-albidd, strigis lath irre- 

 gularibus castanets et griseo-violaceis ornatd. 



Uecluz's Bulimus. Shell somewhat fusiformly oblong, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls six in number, convex, 

 closely spirally engi-aved with fine lines, columella 

 thinly reflected, lip simple ; flesh-white, ornamented 

 with irregular chestnut and grey-violet streaks. 



Pfeiffer, Zeitsehr. fur Malae. 1847. p. 83. 



Hab. ? 



A very distinct and characteristic species, for the loan 



of which I am indebted to Dr. Philippi of Cassel. 



Species 531. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Bulimus solivagus. Bui. subpyramidali-ovatd, cras- 

 siusculd, bast subventricosd, hand umbilicatd, anfrac- 

 tibus sex, lavibus, columelld paululmn iitcrassatd, ar- 

 ciiald, labro reflexo ; intense castaneo-purpured, epider- 

 viide albidd hjdropliand nndiqiK indutd. 



The wandeking Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, rather thick, slightly ventricose, not umbilicated, 

 whorls six in number, smooth, columella a little 



thickened, arched, lip reflected ; deep chestnut-purple, 

 covered throughout with a whitish hydrophanous 

 epidermis. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Belcher. 



Distinct from any of the species collected in the same 



locality by Mr. Cuming. 



Species 532. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus lilacinus. Bui. testd fusifonni-oblongd, com- 

 pres.se umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, convexis, longitu- 

 dinaliter plicato-striatis, columelld reflexd, paululmn 

 appressd, labro vix reflexo; albidd, purpurea intus 

 undique fasciatd, columelld vivide violaceo-purpured. 

 The lilac Bulimus. Shell fusiformly oblong, compressly 

 umbilicated, whorls seven iu number, convex, lon- 

 gitudinally plicately striated, columella reflected, a 

 little appressed, lip slightly reflected ; whitish, 

 banded thi'oughout with violet -pm-ple, columella deep 

 violet-purple. 

 Hab. 



There may be other varieties of this vei-y interesting 

 species. The present is lined interiorly with deep purple 

 bands which have an obscure blackish appearance on the 

 outside. 



Species 533. (Mus. Pfeiffer.) 



Bulimus Dunkeri. Bui. testd acmninato-oblongd, snb- 

 iiijhdd, umbilicatd, anfractibus sex, longitudiiialiter 

 nigoso-strialis, lineis spiralibiis iinpressis obsolete re- 

 ticnlatd, columelld late reflcvd, aperturd ovali, labro 

 tenui, vix reflexo ; albidd, spadiceo et cinereo-fusco va- 

 riegatd et nebulatd. 



Dunker's Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, slightly 

 inflated, umbilicated, whorls six in number, longitu- 

 dinally roughly striated, obsoletely reticulated with 

 spiral impressed lines, columella broadly reflected, 

 aperture oval, lip thin, scarcely reflected; whitish, 

 variegated and clouded with bay and ash-brown. 



Pfeiffer, Abbild. und Besch. BuUnms, PL 4. f. 10. 



Hab. Mexico. 



ilottled and streaked with ash-brown upon a whitish 

 ground, leaving a few light spots or dashes upon the darker 

 parts. 

 August, 1849. 



