BULIMUS 



Plate LXXIX. 



578. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS POLYGYKATUs. Bid. testd pijramidali-titrritd, 

 minute nmbilicatd, anfractihus novem ad decern, suh- 

 anffiisiis, rotundatls, siMiUter plicato-strialis, columella 

 reflexd, aperturd parvd, lahro simplici ; carukscente- 

 albd. 

 The many-whorled Bulimus. Shell pyramidally tur- 

 reted, minutely umbilioated, whorls nine to ten in 

 number, rather narrow, rounded, finely plicately stri- 

 ated, eolumeUa reflected, apertm-c small, lip simple; 

 bluish-white. 

 Hab. ;= 



An erect closely convoluted shell, of which the sutures 

 are rather impressed. 



Species 579. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus micra. Bui. testd acuminato-tumtd, tenuis- 

 simd, nix umbilicatd, anfractibus acto, superne tumidi- 

 iisculd, rotundatis, longitudiiialiter elevato-slriatis, 

 quasi costellatis, columelld reflexd, aperturd parvd, 

 labro tenui ; pellucido-stramined. 



The small Bulimus. Shell acuminately turrcted, very 

 thin, scarcely umbQicated, whorls eight in number, 

 rather swollen round the upper part, rounded, longi- 

 tudinally elevately striated, as if finely ribbed, colu- 

 mella reflected, aperture small, lip thin ; transparent 

 straw-colour. 



D'Orbigny, Voy. dans TAmer. Merid. Moll. p. 263. pi. 41. 

 f. 18 to 19. 



Hab. ChOon, Bolina (under trunks of Cacti) ; Bridges. 

 This little species seems to obtain rather a wide range. 



According to D'Orbigny it is found in the envu-ons of 



Rio Janeiro as well as on the eastern side of the Bolivian 



Andes. 



Species 5S0. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Caraccasensis. Bui. tesld acuminato-tnrritd, 

 umbiUcntd, anfractibus novem angustis, rotundatis, 

 longitudinaliter elevato-striatis, infra suturas quasi 

 costellatis, suturis impressis, columelld reflexd, aperturd 

 parvd, labro te?iui; sordide fuloescente. 



The Cakaccas Bulimus. Shell acuminately turreted. 



umbilicated, whorls nine in numlier, narrow, rounded, 

 longitudinally elevately striated, beneath the sutures 

 as if finely ribbed, sutures impressed, columella 

 reflected, aperture small, lip thin ; dull fulvous- 

 colour. 



Hab. Caraccas; Salle. 



Vci-y like the first species of this plate, B.pohiggralus, 



though smaller and differing in form. 



Species 581. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Tunetakus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, kyalind, 

 suh-Partulceformi, compresse umhilicatd, anfractibus 

 sex, tumidiusculis, oblique subtilksinie striatis, colti- 

 melld lata, expansd, aperturd ovatd, superne callositate 

 parvd, labro reflexo ; kyalino-albd, labro opaco-albo. 



The Tunis Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, hyaline, 

 somewhat Partula-shaped, compressly umbUicated, 

 whorls six in number, rather swollen, obliquely very 

 finely striated, columella broad, expanded, aperture 

 ovate, with a small callosity at the upper part, lip 

 reflected ; hyaline white. Up opake-white. 



Ilab. Tunis ; Capt. Spratt. 



A delicate transparent shell, though of comparatively 



solid growth, and with the lip reflected, reminding one of 



the Partula Injalina. 



Species 583. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus contiguus. Bui. testd elongato-cylindraceu, 

 hand nmbilicatd, anfractibus novem, plani-convexis, 

 IcBvibus, politis, ad sutui'as exiliter impresso-cremdatis, 

 columelld lata, veriicali, aperturd minutd, marf/inibus 

 incrassatis, reflcvis, supra callo junciis ; eburned. 



The closely-convoluted Bulimus. Shell elongately 

 cylindrical, not umbilicated, whorls nine in number, 

 flatly convex, smooth, polished, faintly impressly 

 crenulated at the sutures, columella broad, vertical, 

 apertm-e minute, margins thickened, reflected, joined 

 above by a callosity ; ivory-white. 



Hab. Island of Socotra. 



A veiy characteristic closely convoluted polished shell, 



with a pecuUarly small aperture. 



September. 1 819. 



