B U L I M U S 



Plate LXXVI. 



Species 548. (Mus. Cumiug.) 

 BuLlMUS BuRCHELLll. Bid. testd acitminato-ovafu, vie 

 umbiUcatd, aiifractihus octo, lesvibus vel rude obsolete 

 stria tis, columella breviter reflexd, labro simpUci ; 

 cdbidd, fuscescente pallide strigatd. 

 Bl'rchell's Bulimus. Shell acuminately ovate, scarcely 

 vmibilicated, whorls eight in number, smootli or 

 rudely obsoletely striated, columella shortly reflected, 

 lip simple ; whitish, faintly streaked with brown. 

 Geay, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1834. p. 66. 

 Hab. Cape Natal, South Africa. 



I am not very sure that this is the true B. BurcJielUi, of 

 which Mr. Gray describes having seen a number strung 

 together as a necklace. ]\Ii\ Cuming has the name attached 

 to it in his cabinet with a mark of doubt, which 1 am 

 unable to clear up. 



Species 549. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMus RECONDTTUS. Bul. testd acuminato-oblonf/d, 

 tenuiculd, umbiUcatd, an/ractibus octo, lavibus, vel, sub 

 lente, minutissime striaiis, columelld breviter refiexd, 

 Wbro sitnpHci ; cinereo-albicante, cteruleo-fusco longi- 

 tudinaliter punctatd et partim strigatd, aperturee 

 fauce pallide aurantid. 

 The concealed Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 rather thin, umbilicated, whorls eight in number, 

 smooth, or, beneath the lens, very minutely striated, 

 columella shortly reflected, lip simple; ashy white, 

 longitudinally dashed and dotted with blue-brown, 

 interior of the a[)erture tinged with orange. 

 Hab. ? 



Very prettily marked with dark longitii 

 finely dotted lines. 



dashes and 



Species 550. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus meuricus. Bul. testd acumiitato-oblongd, vix 

 umbiUcatd, anfractibus septem, lavibus vel, sub lente, 

 miiuiP strifitifi, cohmielld rejlexd, labro simplici ; 

 pallidi- xlr:i,/iiiiri!, fuxcid angustd nigricante-castaned 

 linediiKi/ intvrnipld cingidatd, anfractu idtimo fasciis 

 duabus cingidalo. 



The gouty Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, scarcely 

 umbilicated, whorls seven in number, smooth, or 



beneath the lens, minutely striated, columella reflectetl, 

 lip simple; pale straw colour, eucii-cled with a 

 narrow blackish chestnut band and an inten'upted 

 line, last whorl with two bands. 

 Hah. Taboo, Cape Palmas (near the sea-shore). 



The interrupted line encircles the whorls at about the 

 middle, the two bands are round the lower part, the lower 

 band being concealed in all but the last whorl. 



Species 551. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus obliquus. Bul. testa subpyramidaU-ovatd, umbi- 

 Ucatd, crassiusculd, ad basin oblique productd, anfracti- 

 bus septem ad octo, lavibus, aperturd obliqud, columelld 

 labroque lait' dilatatis ; pallide rosaced, anfractu ultimo 

 fascia castaned niiicd ciugulaio. 



The oblique Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, umbilicated, rather thick, obliquely produced 

 at the base, whorls seven to eight in number, smooth, 

 aperture oblique, lip and columella broadly dilated ; 

 light pink, with a single chestnut band round the 

 last whorl. 



Hab. Bahia, 



A pink shell of firm structure, encircled with a con- 

 spicuous chestnut band round the last whorl. 



Species 553. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus bugatus. Bul. testd subacumiuaio-ovatd, uvi- 

 bilicatd, anfractibus septem, subventricosis, subliUter et 

 creberrime longitudinaliter rugatis, aperturd subqua- 

 drato-simiatd, columelld refiexd, labro pauluhim dila- 

 tato ; olivaced. 



The shrivelled Buunii s. Shell somewhat acuminately 

 ovate, umbilicated, whorls seven in number, rather 

 ventricose, finely and very closely longitudinally 

 sluivelled, aperture somewhat squarely sinuated, 

 cohmiella reflected, Up a bttle dilated ; olive. 



Hab. ? 



Chiefly distinguished by its finely shrivelled surface. 



Species 553. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus gelidus. Bul. testd acuminato-ovatd, sub- 

 ampliter umbUicatd, anfractibus octo, comexis, subiilis- 



