BULIMUS.— Plate LXXXVII. 



Turbo rupium. Da Costa. 



Eiia obscnra. Leach. 



Merd'ujtra obscnra. Held. 

 Hab. Europe and the British Isles. 



Allied to B. montanm, from which it difl'ers in fori 

 and is uniformly of smaller size. 



Species G48. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 BuLiMUS LINEARIS. Bul. testd subulatd, minute com- 

 presse unibiUcatd, anfractibus dec&n, plano-comexis, 

 atibUliasime arcuatim striatis, lined elevatd superne 

 marginatis, columella brevi, tenue reflexd, aperturd 

 parm, labro simplici ; peUucido-corned, strandned. 

 The lineae Bulimus. Shell subulate, minutely com- 

 pressly umbilicated, whorls ten in number, flatly 

 convex, very finely arcuately striated, margined round 

 the u])per part Avith a raised line, columella short, 

 thinly reflected, aperture small, lip simple ; transpa- 

 rent horny, straw-colour. 

 Kbauss, Sudafrik. MoU. p. 78. pi. 5. f. 3. 

 Hab. Port Natal, South Africa (near the river Limpopo) ; 

 Wahlberg. 

 A delicate glassy shell, in which the suture is distin- 

 guished throughout by a fine elevated ridge. 



Fig. (i 19 proves to be a variety of B. subula, Sp. 49-i. 



Species 650. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



BuLiMUS auADKiDENS. Bul. testd cyl'mdraceo-oblomjd, 

 ainistrali, compresse umbiUcaid, anfractibus octo, plano- 

 cmivexis, oblique striatis, aperturd subquadratd, quadri- 

 dentatd, columella labroque effusis ; oUvaceo-corned, 

 labro albido. 



The four-toothed Bulimus. Shell cjdindrically ob- 

 long, sinistral, compressly umbilicated, whorls eight 

 in number, flatly convex, obliquely striated, aperture 

 somewhat square, four-toothed, lip and columella 

 effused ; olive horny, lip whitish. 



Bruguieee, Enc. Meth. vol. i. p. 351. no. 9L 

 Helix quadridens, Midler. 

 Pupa quadridens, Draparnaud. 

 Chondrus quadridens, Cuvier. 

 Jaminia heterostrop/ia, Risso. 

 Gonodon quadridens. Held. 

 Torquitha quadridens, ViUa. 



Hab. Prance, Switzerland, Italy, Spain. 



This species partakes very much of the character of 



Pupa, and may, with equal propriety, be referred to that 



Species 651. (Mus. Benson.) 



Bulimus Sikkimensis. Bul. testd ovatd, subinjlatd, spird 

 breviusculd, apice obtusd, anfractibus quatiwr, ultimo 

 multo maxima, concentrice tenue striatis, suiuris im- 

 pressis, columelld subcontortd, tenue reflexd, aperturd 

 oblongd, superne Uviter sinuatd ; pallide olivaced, serni- 

 pellucidd. 



The Sikkim Bulimus. Shell ovate, somewhat inflated, 

 spire rather short, obtuse at the apex, whorls four in 

 number, the last much the largest, concentrically 

 finely striated, sutm-es impressed, columella slightly 

 twisted, thinly reflected, aperture oblong, slightly 

 sinuated at the upper part ; pale olive, semitrans- 

 parent. 



Hab. Daijeeling, Sikkim-Himalaya. 



An interesting species from the collection of Mr. Benson, 



of a diflerent type from those inhabiting the western 



Himalaya range. 



Species C52. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Bulimus tukkifokmis. Bul. testd subulatd, subumbillcatd, 

 anfractihts octo, convexis, subtilissime concentrice stria- 

 tis, columelld tenue reflexd, aperturd pand, labro sim- 

 plici; pellucido-corned, stramined. 



The tureeted Bulimus. Shell subulate, slightly um- 

 bilicated, whorls eight in number, convex, very finely 

 concentrically striated, columella thinly reflected, 

 aperture small, lip simple ; transparent horny, straw- 

 colour. 



Kuauss, Sudafrik. Moll. p. 78. pi. 5. f 2. 



Hab. Natal; Wahll)erg. 



Very closely allied to B. Opar 

 Islands. 



from the Society 



Species 653. (Mus. Benson.) 



BuLiJtus solitarius. Bul. testd globeso-conicd, umbili- 

 catd, anfractibus sex, rotundatis, oblique striatis, colu- 

 melld brevi, pariim dilatatd, aperturd suborbiculari, 

 labro simplici; albidd,fusco fasciatd ant variegatd. 



The solitary Bulimus. Shell globosely conical, umbi- 

 licated, whorls six in number, rounded, obliquely 

 striated, columella short, but little dilated, aperture 

 nearly orbicular, lip simple ; whitish, banded or varie- 

 gated with brown. 



Pfeifper, Symbolas, vol. ii. p. 123. 

 Helix solitarins, Poiret. 

 Helix conoidea, Draparnaud. 

 Bulimus conoideus, Jan. 



Hab. Southern Europe. 



The most troehilbrm of any species of the genus. 



