B U L I M U S. 



Plate LXXXVII. 



Species G44. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



BuLiMUS FOLLICULUS. Bill, testd abbreviato-cylindraced, 

 compreise mibiUcatd, apice acuminata, aiifractibus ro- 

 tundatis, tumidis, subtilmime costalis, suturis im- 

 pressis, columella verticall, dilatatd, apertnrd sub- 

 drcidari, marginibns lamina callosd conjunctis ,- corneo- 

 fuscescenk. 



The wheat-husk Bulimus. Shell abbreviately cylin- 

 drical, compressly umbilicated, acuminated at the 

 apex, whorls rounded, swollen, very fiuely ribbed, 

 sutures impressed, columella vertical, dilated, aper- 

 ture nearly round, with the margins joined by a 

 callous lamina ; horny brown. 



Pfeiffek, Symboloe, vol. iii. p. 83. 

 Cari/chiuiii coitatiiin, Hutton. 



Hab. Bengal. 



Partaking somewhat of the typical form of B. Gos-sei 



of the West Indies. 



Species 645. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 

 Bulimus lubricus. Bid. tesld oblonga-ovatd, apice 



obtusiusculd, anfractibus sex, convexis, Imibus, niten- 



iibm, columella arcuatd, callosd, vix obsolete tnmcatd, 



aperlurd pand, labro simpUci, tutus subincrassato ; 



fuscescente, vitred. 

 The slippery Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather 



obtuse at the apex, whorls six in number, convex, 



smooth, shining, colimiella arched, callous, slightly 



obsoletely truncated, apertm-e small, lip simple, slightly 



thickened within ; brownish, glassy. 

 Bruguiere, Enc. Meth. vol.i. p. 311. no. 23. 



Helix lubrica, Midler. 



Helix subcyrmdrica, Chemnitz. 



Turbo glaber, Da Costa. 



Achatina lubrica, Michaud. 



Zua lubrica. Leach. 



CioHelh, Inhri,;,, JefFi'eys. 



CiiliiuUKi liiliricii, Jan. 



Sfy/oii/,'.s lulji-iais, Fitzing. 



Bulimus nitens, Schmidt. 

 Hab. Europe and the British Isles. Massachusetts, 



North America ; Gould. 



This is the most abnormal species of the genus, antl affects 

 a colder latitude by several degi-ees than any other. The 



shell is distinguished liy its shiuing glassy composition and 

 by an inclination in the columella to be truncated, partaking 

 in these respects of the character of the small glassy 

 Acliatince. Dr. Gould describes having found it in gi-eat 

 abundance in the woods of Oak Island, Massachusetts, 

 after a warm October rain, clinging to the fallen leaves, 

 from which they disappeared as the moisture evaporated. 

 It inhabits the British Isles throughout, and has a wide 

 range in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, France, and 

 Germany, reaching as far north as Sweden. 



Species 046. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus Oparanus. Bui. testd subulatd, vix umbilicatd, 

 spins suturis impressis, anfractibus septem, rotundatis, 

 concentrice striatis, columella verticaliter tenue dila- 

 tatd, aperturd parvd, superne sinuald, labro simpUci ; 

 pellucido-vitred, stramined. 

 The Opara Bulimus. Shell subulate, scarcely umbUi- 

 cated, sutm-es of the spii-e impressed, whorls seven in 

 number, rounded, concentrically striated, columeUa 

 vertically thinly dilated, aperture small, sinuated at 

 the upper part, lip simple ; transparent glassy, straw- 

 colom'. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro.Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 34. 

 Hab. Island of Opara, Society group (at the roots of 

 plants) ; Cuming. 

 A thin, glassy, subulate shell, delicately concentrically 

 striated after the manner of those from .Jamaica repre- 

 sented in PI. 84. 



Species 647. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 

 Bulimus obscurus. Bui. testd oblongd, compresse umbi- 

 licatd, anfractibus septem, convexis, tumidiusculis, ob- 

 lique striatis, columella verticaliter dilatatd, aperturd 

 parvd, subquadrato-ovatd, obliqud, labro subeff'uso ; 

 castaneo-fuscd. 

 The obscure Bulimus. Shell oblong, compressly umbili- 

 cated, whorls seven in number, convex, rather swollen, 

 obliquely striated, columella vertically dilated, aper- 

 tm'e small, somewhat squarely ovate, oblii|ue, lip 

 rather effused ; chestnut-brown. 

 Draparnaud, Hist. Moll. p. 74. pi. 4. f. 33. 

 Helix obscura, Midler. 

 Bulimus hordeaceus, Bruguii^Tt. 



February, 1850. 



