BULIMUS. 



Plate LXXXV. 



Species 613. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS LiNOSTOMA. Bul. Irsid fiisifonui-ovatd, com- 

 presse umbiUcatd, teniiicuhJ. aiifnu-tUjus sex, leevibus, 

 vel sub lente minute stiia/ix, colvhiMd contortd, sub- 

 pUcatd et appressd, aperturd oblique dilatatd, labro 

 eff'uso ; albidd, fiammis ceerulescentibus et cinereis 

 orticdd, uperiiird vivide violaceo-piirpured. 

 The threaded Hulimus. Shell fusiformly ovate, com- 

 pressly umbilicated, rather thin, whorls six in number, 

 smooth, or nunutely striated beneath the lens, colu- 

 mella twisted, subplicate and appressed, apertm'e 

 obliquely dilated, lip efl'used ; whitish, ornamented 

 with bluish and ash flames, aperture deep violet- 

 purple. 

 Hab. Province of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 



M. D'Orbigny notices having found this delicately- 

 coloured species in the woods of Santa Cruz, after rain, 

 upon the ground as well as upon trees and shrubs, but in 

 comparative scarcity. 



Species 626. (Mus. Cuming.) 



BuLlJlus LlviDUS. But. testa acuminato-oblongd, teiiiii, 

 vi.v uiiiii/icaid, aiifractibns sex ad septem, snbrotunda- 

 tis, sub lente cfdirn.ur i,/ri.v>-.s/,-ii,/i,, col/nue/ld laiue 

 rejtexd, aperiind jiin-riiisnilii, Inhm xiuiiilin ,■ lirhjii- 

 olwaced, maciilix pcrpanris suliqinnlnitis ■■iiiliirutiunhits 

 infra siitiiras. 



The LIVID BuLiMUS. SheU acuminately oblong, thin, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, 

 somewhat rounded, very closely engraved with striie, 

 columella thinly reflected, a])erture rather small, lip 

 simple ; livid olive, with a few somewhat square 

 spots of a darker colour beneath the sutures. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



A thin shell, of a peculiar mottled livid colouring, 

 marked somewhat irregularly «ith square spots beneath 

 the sutures. 



Species 627. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS Hachensis. Bul. testa acimiinato-ublongd, siib- 

 pyraniiduli, subumbilicatd, anfractibus septem ad octo, 

 couvexis, IcBvibus, nitidis, colmnelld tenue reflexd, ap- 



pressd, aperturd parviusculd, labro simpUci : iiitiif 

 extnsqiie roseo-luted. 



The IIacha Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, some- 

 what pyramidal, slightly umbilicated, whorls seven 

 to eight in number, convex, smooth, shining, colu- 

 mella thinly reflected, appressed, aperture rather 

 small, lip simple ; pinkish yellow within and without. 



Hub. Banks of the llio Hacha, Guatemala. 



.V delicate yellow shell, of a peculiarly pyramidal form. 



Species 638. (Mus. Cuming.) 



r>ULiMUs reflexus. Bul. testa attermato-ovatd, stib- 

 injlatd, tenui, pellucidd, anfractibus quinque ad sex, 

 planimculis, substriatis, columella tenui, imnim reflexd, 

 appressd, aperturd oblongd, labro sh.ijiln-i . [uitruR 

 corned, stricjis irregularibus castaneis, iiilcnlinii ramusis, 

 ornaid. 



The reflected Bulimus. Shell attenuately ovate, 

 somewhat inflated, thiu, transparent, whorls Ave to 

 six in number, rather flat, slightly striated, columella 

 thin, but little reflected, appressed, aperture oblong, 

 lip simple ; pale horny, ornamented with chestnut 

 streaks, sometimes branched. 



Pfeiffee, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 187. 



Ilab. Vicinity of Coquimbu (upon leaves of plants) ; 

 Cuming. 



An extremely thin, horny, inflated shell, belonging to 

 the group of which B. Broderipii and eletjans are typical 

 examples. 



Species 639. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Bulimus nucinus. Bul. testa oblotigo-ovatd, vix nmbi- 

 licatd, crassiusculd, anfractibus quinque ad sex, con- 

 vexis, minute granidusix, mlitini'Ud subincrassatiyn re- 

 flexd, appressd, aperturd m-nlil, hihro crasso, simplici ; 

 sordide alba, striyis perpanei'i rifo-fascis ornatd. 

 The nut-tree Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 

 umbilicated, rather thick, whorls iive to six in 

 number, convex, minutely granuled, columella rather 

 thickly reflected, appressed, aperture ovate, lip thick, 

 simple ; dull white, ornamented with a few red- 

 brown streaks. 

 Hab. - — :^ 



February, IS.jO. 



