BULIMUS.— Plate LXXIX. 



Species 583. (Mus. Benson.) 



BuLlMUS OBTUSUS. Bid. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, liimd 

 umbilicatd, apice peculiariter ahhreviatd, anfractibm 

 septem ad octo, stibplano-convexis, oblique striatk, colu- 

 'inelld arcimtd, apertiird pm-vd, suborbiculari , labro 

 teme rejiexo ; ceerulescente-albd. 



The obtuse Bulimus. Shell cylindrically obloug, not 

 imibilicated, peculiarly abbreviated at the apex, 

 whorls seven to eight in number, rather flatly convex, 

 obliquely striated, columella arched, aperture small, 

 nearly orbicular, thinly reflected ; bluish-white. 



PraiFFEU, Symbolae, vol. i. p. 84. and vol. ii. p. 119. 

 Pupa obtusa, Draparnaud. 

 Helw {Cochlostyla) obtusa, Ferussac. 

 Ptipa Germanica, Lamarck. 



Hab. Australia. 



Cliiefly distinguished by the pecidiar sinking of the 



tirst few whorls. 



Species 584. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Euboicus. Bid. testa acuminato-oblomjd., chnj- 

 salidiformi, compresse mnbUicatd, anfractibus novem, 

 plano-convexis, mimitissime striatis, superrie marginatis, 

 aperiurd parvd, fortiter tridentatd, supra callositate, 

 labro subrejlexo ; fidvescente-corned, dentibus hibroque 



The Eubcean Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 chi'ysalis-shaped, compressly umbilicated, whorls 

 nine in number, flatly convex, very minutely striated, 

 edged round the upper part, aperture small, strongly 

 three-toothed, with a callosity above, lip slightly 

 reflected; fulvous horny, teeth and Up opake-white. 



Hab. Euboea ; Capt. Spratt. 



Unusually strongly toothed for so small a species. 



Species 585. (IVIus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus nanus. Bui. testa sidjelongatd, umbilicatd, an- 

 fractibus octo, convexis, subtilissime striatis, striis infra 

 suturas subplicatis, columella verticali, aperturd parvd, 

 labro simplici ; cinerascente, strigis fuscescentibus hie 

 illic obscure notatd, apice fusco. 



The dwarf Bulimus. Shell rather elongated, umbili- 

 cated, whorls eight in number, convex, veiy finely 

 striated, stria; slightly plicated beneath the sutures, 

 columella vertical, apertiu'c small, lip simple ; pale 

 ash-colour, obsciu-ely marked here and there with 

 light brown streaks, apex brown. 



Hab. Chili. 



A small turreted shell very faintly marked with brownish 



streaks and with a dark-brown apex. 



Species 586. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus macilentus. Bui. testd acuminatd, basi sub- 

 oblongd, liaud umbilicatd, tenuissimd, anfractibus sex, 

 lavibus, poliiis, vel sub lente subtilissime concenfrice 

 striatis, superne minute marginatis, columelld vix re- 

 flexd, aperturd oblongo-ovatd, labro tenui ; virescente, 

 vitred. 



The lean Bulimus. Shell acuminated, rather oblong 

 at the base, not umbHicated, very thin, whorls six in 

 number, smooth, polished, or, beneath the lens, very 

 finely concentrically striated, minutely edged romid 

 the upper part, columella only slightly reflected, 

 aperture oblong-ovate, lip thin ; greenish, glassy. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A very transparent, greenish, glassy shell, of which the 

 last whorl is rather oblong-inflated. 



Species 587. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus segregatus. Bui. testd omto-conicd, subpyra- 

 midali, basi tumidiuscidd, umbilicatd, anfractibus sep- 

 tem, convexis, oblique striatis, columelld lata, verticali, 

 aperturd parvd, rotundatd, labro tenui ; sordide corned. 



The alien Bulimus. Shell ovately conical, somewhat 

 pyramidal, rather swollen at the base, umbilicated, 

 whorls seven in number, convex, obhquely striated, 

 columella broad, vertical, aperture small, rounded, 

 lip thin ; duU horny. 



Benson, MSS. 



Hob. Simla, Western Himalaya. 



Distinguished from most of the Himalayan species by 

 its conical form. 



