BULIMUS.— Plate LXXXVI. 



rather impressed, columella broadly dilated, vertical, 

 aperture nearly orbicular, lip simple, scarcely re- 

 flected ; duU white, sliining. 



Hah. Ankobar, Abyssinia. 



Dedicated, at the request of Mr. Benson, to whom I am 



indebted for calling my attention to this shell in the 



museum of the East India Company, to the memory of 



its enterprising discoverer. Sir C. W. Harris. 



Species 639. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUs ixuTiLis. Bul. testd ovatd, tenuiculd, umbili- 

 catd, aiifractibus sex, subventrieom, rude fenuistriatis, 

 columella dilatatd, verticali, aperhird ovatd, labro 

 simpUci ; fuscescente. 

 The insignificant Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather thin, 

 umbOicated, whorls six in number, rather ventricose, 

 rudely finely striated, columella dilated, vertical, 

 aperture ovate, lip simple ; light brown. 

 Hnh. ? 



There is little to characterize this species, of which 

 Mr. Cuming has several specimens, yet it is distinct from 

 any previously described. 



Species 640. (Mus. East India Company.) 

 Bulimus eous. Bul. tedd cylindraceo-oblongd, obesiusculd, 

 compresse umiilicatd, anfractibus sex, couvexo-planis, 

 columella verticali, late dilatatd, aperturd suborbicu- 

 lari, productd, maiyinibus lamind conjunctis ; alba. 

 The eastern Bulimus. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 rather stout, compressly umbilicated, whorls six in 

 numljer, convexly flattened, columella vertical, broadly 

 dilated, aperture nearly orbicidar, produced, margins 

 joined together by a lamina ; white. 

 Hab. Hindoostan. 



Collected by Dr. Griffiths, and very closely allied to the 

 species named in honour of that gentleman represented at 

 Sp. 302. 



Species 041. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bi:limus Guineensis. Bul. testdfusiformi-comcd, tenid, 



vix umbiUcatd, anfractibus septem, subtilissime coucen- 



trice striatis, striis peculiariter arcuatis, columelld 



valde contortd, teiiuissime reflexd, aperturd parvius- 



culd, labro simplici, supm-ne siuuato ; pallide vires- 

 cente-stramined. 



The Guinea Bulimus. Shell fusiformly conical, thin, 

 scarcely umbilicated, whorls seven in number, very 

 finely concentrically striated, stria3 peculiai-ly arched, 

 columella much twisted, very thinly reflected, aperture 

 rather small, lip simple, sinuated at the upper part ; 

 pale greenisii straw-colour. 



Jonas, Phil. Abbild. and Besch. Conch, vol. i. p. 54. Bul. 

 pi. 1. f.4. 



Hab. Guinea. 



A very delicate, thin shell, chiefly remarkable for the 



twisted growth of the columella, and for the smuated lip, 



which causes the stria; to be formed in curves. 



Species 643. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus tepidulus. Bul. testd subpyramidali, com- 

 presse umbilicatd, anfractibus septem, convexis, lavibus, 

 suturis impressis, columelld verticali, aperturd pared, 

 labro simplici ; sordide alba, apicem versus fuscescente. 



The cool Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidal, com- 

 pressly umbilicated, whorls seven in number, convex, 

 smooth, sutures impressed, columella vertical, aper- 

 ture small, lip simple ; dull white, light brown 

 towards the apex. 



Hab. Canary Islands. 



This does not agree with any of the species from the 



Canary Islands described by Webb and Berthelot. 



Species 643. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus confinis. Bul. testd ovatd, subventricosd, pro- 

 fanil? nuihilicald, ii/ifrac/ibus sex, rotnndati^, teuue 

 striatis, rolia.iclld liiti: dilatatd, subreflexd, aperturd 

 orbicidari, labro sin/plici; pellucido-corned, opnco- 

 albido variegatd. 



The noKDERER Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather ventricose, 

 deeply umbilicated, whorls six in number, rounded, 

 tiucly striated, columella broadly dilated, a little re- 

 tlectcd, apert\u-e orbicular, lip simple ; transparent 

 horny, variegated with opake whitish. 



Hab. Texas, United States. 



The locality of this species may be regarded as about 



the northern limit of the genus in the new world. 



