BULIMUS 



Plate LXXYIII. 



Species 5 68. (ilus. Cuming.) 



BcLLMUS LATIEEFLEXUS. Bill, testd acuniinato-cylindra- 

 ced, siibohesd, seinipellncidd, compresse umbilicatd, an- 

 fractibiis octo, oblique creberrime plicato-striatis, infra 

 stituras lined marginalis, columelld laid, verticali, aper- 

 iurd suborbiculari, lahro late reflexo ; fidvescente- 

 corned, lahro opaco-albidd. 



The beoadly-keflected Bulimus. Shell nciiminately 

 cylindrical, rather stout, semitransparent, compressly 

 umbilicated, whorls eight in number, obliquely very 

 closely plicately striated, edged with a line beneath 

 the sutm-es, cohunella broad, vertical, aperture nearly 

 orbicular, lip broadly reflected; fulvous horny, lip 

 opake fulvous-white. 



Eab. Muscat? 



Ml'. Cuming has cvei-y reason to beUeve that this fine 

 species is from JIuscat, Ai-abia. 



Species 569. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus ceratinus. Bui. testd acuminalo-oMongd, tenni, 

 compresse umbilicatd, anfraclibus sex ad septem, con- 

 vexis, subobscure irregulariter sulcato-driatis, columelld 

 latii verticaliler reflexd, aperlnrd parviuscidd, suborhi- 

 ctdari, pellucido-corned. 



The intricate Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, thin, 

 compressly umbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, 

 convex, somewhat obscurely irregularly striated in a 

 gi'ooved manner, columella broadly verticaUy reflected, 

 aperture rather small, nearly orbicular ; transparent 

 horny. 



Benson, MSS. 



HaJ). Almorah, Kemaon, Western Himalaya ; Capt. Boys. 

 Distinguished from B. monta)iHs, to which it is next 



allied, by its delicate transparent texture and absence of 



granules. 



Species 570. (Mus. Benson.) 



:limus EunsTRiGATDS. Bui. testd cylindraceo-oblongd, 

 compresse umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, plano-convexis, 

 Icevibus, ad snturas minute crenulatis, aperturd par- 

 viusculd, suborbiculari ; fulvo-corned, opaco-albo irre- 

 gulariter tenuistrigatd. 



The bed-streaked Bulimus. Shell cylindrically ob- 

 loug, compressly umbilicated, whorls eight in number, 

 flatly convex, smooth, minutely crenulated at the 

 sutm-es, aperture rather small, nearly orbicular ; 

 fulvous horny, irregidarly finely streaked with opake- 

 white. 



Benson, MSS. 



Ilab. At the base of the lower range of the Himalaya, 

 between the rivers Jumna and Sutlej ; llutton. 



Communicated to Mr. Benson by Capt. Mutton with the 

 title Ptqui strigaia, of which the specific name is occupied 

 in the present genus. 



Species 571. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus Bensoni. Bui. testd acumiuato-ovatd, hand 

 umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, transversim rninute ei 

 creberrime striatis, siriis subtiUssime gramdatis, pecu- 

 liariter corrugato-undulatis, columelld tenuiculd, leviter 

 contortd, labro vix reflexo ; violasceide-albd, purpuras- 

 cente-fusco variegatd, fascils albis duabus tribusve, 

 macidis intense purpureis sagittalibus noted is, cirigulatd, 

 columelld ca»taneo-fuscd. 



Benson's Bulimus. Shell acuminately ovate, not umbi- 

 licated, whorls eight in number, transversely minutely 

 and very closely striated, striae very finely granulated, 

 pecuharly corrugately waved, columella rather thin, 

 slightly twisted, lip scai-cely reflected ; violet-tinged 

 white, variegated with purple-brown, encircled with 

 two or three white bands marked with deep purple 

 arrow-head spots, columella chesnut brown. 



llab. Banks of the river Amazon. 



This fine species, which I have the honour to name 

 after a gentleman who has aftbrded me much valuable 

 information on the Bulimi of Bengal, Afghanistan and 

 North Western India, is closely allied in general aspect 

 to the B. zebra. Its chief point of difl'erence consists in 

 the minute waved-striated semigranular sciUptui-e which 

 chai'acterises the entii-e surface of the shell, whilst the 

 design of painting is marked by the presence of two white 

 bands, painted with dark purple arrow-head spots, pointing 

 towards the lip. 



September, 18-19. 



