BULIMUS.— Plate LXXIV. 



Species 534. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUs succiNCTUS. Bill. Usld pyramidali-conicd, cras- 

 siwsculd, hand imibiUcatd, anfractibus septem., convexis, 

 lavibus ; albd, anfractibm fascid angnsld castaned supra 

 et infra suturas cingulatd, anfractu ultir/io infra 

 fascia inferiori ustulato-castaneo tinctd, circa cnlu- 

 mellam intensiore. 

 The under-gikt Bulimus. Shell pyramidally conical, 

 rather thick, not umbilicated, whorls seven in number, 

 convex, smooth ; white, whorls encircled above and 

 below the sutui'cs with a nan'ow chestnut baud, last 

 whorl stained below the lower band with bui'nt 

 chestnut, darker round the umbilicus. 

 Hab. Philippines. 



The loss of its epidermis prevents me from giving a 

 complete description of this species ; but the peculiarity of 

 form and colouring abundantly testifies that it is distinct 

 from any hitherto known. 



Species 535. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLlMUs AMBDSTUS. Bid. h'std obloiigo-ovatd, vix umbi- 

 licatd, anfractibm sex, lavibns, vel, sub lente, cre- 

 berrime striatis, columella refkxd, appressd, recedente, 

 aperturd subdilatatd, labro simplici; albidd, slrigis 

 ustttlato-fuscis, nunc latiusculis, nunc augmiis, irregu- 

 lariter pictd. 

 The scorched Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 

 umbdicated, whorls six in niunber, smooth, or, 

 beneath the lens, very closely striated, columella re- 

 flected, appressed, receding, aperture slightly dilated, 

 lip simple ; whitish, irregularly painted with bui'nt- 

 brown streaks, some narrow, some rather broad. 

 Hab. ? 



The base of the apertm-c obtains a slightly dilated form, 

 the receding growth of the columella. 



Species 537. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus ceeussatus. Bui. testd acimdnato-obloiigd, sub- 

 ampUler compresse umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, con- 

 vexis, la.vibus, columella latissimd, vix refkxd, aperturd 

 siiboblique productd, labro simplici; cretaceo-albd, 

 striffis perpattcis undulatis fuscis intus pictd. 



The white-lead Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 rather largely corapressly umbilicated, whorls seven 

 in number, convex, smooth, columella very broad, 

 scarcely reflected, aperture rather obliquely produced, 

 lip simple ; chalk-white, painted interiorly with a few- 

 brown waved streaks. 



Hab. ? 



Painted interiorly with scattered brown waved streaks, 



which show somewhat obscurely through the substance of 



the sheU. 



Species 537. (Mus. Pfeiffer.) 



Bulimus spadiceus. BhI. testd globoso-conicd, temiiculd, 

 umbilicatd, basi subplanulatd, anfractibus sex, convexo- 

 declivibus, suturis subimpressis, subiilissime rugoso- 

 striatis, anfractu ultimo obsolete carinato, columelld 

 brevi, late reflexd, labro simplici ; intense rufo-castaned, 

 aperturm fauce iridescente. 

 The dark-bay Bulimus. Shell globosely conical, rather 

 thin, umbilicated, somewhat flat at the base, whorls 

 sLt in nmnber, convexly slanting, sutm'es rather im- 

 pressed, very finely roughly striated, last whorl ob- 

 soletely keeled, columella short, broadly reflected, lip 

 simple ; deep reddish chestnut, interior of the aperture 

 ii'idescent. 

 Menke, Pfeifl'er, Symbols, vol. iii. p. 17. 

 Hab. Natal, South Afi'ica (in the woods near the river 

 Umlaas) ; Krauss. 

 One of the many interesting new species of shells col- 

 lected in the vicinity of Port Natal, by the indefatigable 

 Dr. Ki'auss of Stutgard. 



