AMPULLAEIA.— Plate I. 



A tine turbiuated species, of Cyclostoma-Vkt growth, I 

 conspicuously banded and lineated with dark chestnut ! 

 upon a yellowish ground. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullatia gigas. Amp. tedd ventricoso-, 



tm, angude umhilicatd, spird brevissimd, immersd, su- 

 turd angude profundi canalwulatd, mifractibua con- 

 vexis ; virescente-olivaeed, fascik angustis pallidi oli- 

 vaceia cingulatd; aperturd ohhngo-omtd, fauce auran- 

 tio-lutescente, cairulescente faaciatd, labro dmplici, 

 intus nigro-macwlato. 



The giant Ampullabia. Shell ventricosely globose, 

 very large, narrowly umbilicaled, spire very short, 

 immersed, sutwe narrowly deeply channelled, whorls 

 convex ; greenish-olive, encircled with narrow faint- 

 olive bands ; aperture oblong-ovate, interior orange- 

 yellow, blue-banded, lip simple, black spotted within. 



Spix, Testacea Fluviatilia Brasiliensia, p. 1. pi. 1. f. 1. 



Hnh. Solomon's River, Brazil. 

 This truly fine species is quite remarkable for its bold 



ventricose growth and immersed channelled spire. 



Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The coknccopia Ampullakia. Shell oblong-ovate, ob- 

 liquely produced, nan-owly umbilieated, spire short, 

 rather acuminated, whorls rounded, smooth, shining, 

 slanting round the upper part ; livid-brown, encircled 

 with naiTOW red bands and lines ; aperture ovate, 

 rather large, effused. 



Eab. Columbia. 



Of light substance, elegantly obliquely convoluted, with 



the aperture boldly effused. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Vmplllaria cornucopia. Amp. tedd oblongo-ovatd, 

 oblique proimtd, anguste umbilicatd, spird brevi, aub- 

 acuminatd, mfractibus rotundatis, lavibtts, nitentibus, 

 superne decUvibus ; livido-fuscescente, lineis fasciisque 

 rufis angudis cingidaid; aperturd ovatd, mbampld, 

 effum. 



Ampullakia crassa. Amp. tesld subquadrato-ghbosd, 

 crassd, imperforatd, spird breviusculd, obtusd, anfracti- 

 hm convexis, larciiw, superne decUvibus ; sordide luies- 

 cente, fasciis liiieisgue castaneis subdistatitiius cingu- 

 latd ; aperturd ovatd, Mro eolutnellari calloso, ap- 

 presso, albo. 

 The thick Ampullakia. Shell somewhat squarely glo- 

 bose, thick, imperforated, spire rather short, obtuse, 

 whorls convex, smooth, slanting round the upper 

 part; dull yellowish, encircled with rather distant 

 chestnut bands and lines ; aperture ovate, columellar 

 lip callous, appressed, white. 

 SwAiNsoN, Zool. Illus. (First Series), vol. iii. pi. 101. 

 Helix crassa, Spix. 

 Ampullaria OUvieri, Deshayes. 

 Helicina exumbilicata, Spix. 

 I Ampullaria Brownii, .Tay. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Chiefly distinguished by its white, callous columellar 

 lip, which is appressed over the place of the umbilicus. 



