AM PULL ARIA. 



Plate XVI. 



Fig. 72. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 An interesting banded variety of A. sordida, represented 

 at PI. III. Y\g. 14, presenting a link with A. melanocheila, 

 •Sp. 24. 



Species 73. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



A.vipuLLARiA SCALARIS. Amp. tedd pyriformi-ovatd,cras- 

 sittseuld, umbilicatd, spird declm-pyramidali, acuta, 

 anfractibtcs superne late plano-angidatis, deinde con- 

 vexh, ultimo antice descendente ; purpureo-fuscd, ad 

 angulu.M Iwido-albicante ; apertnrd ovali,fauce albidd. 



The laddek Ampullaria. Shell pyriformly ovate, 

 rather thick, umbilicated, spire slantingly pyramidal, 

 sharp, whorls broadly flatly angled at the upper part, 

 then convex, last whorl descending in front ; purple- 

 brown, livid whitish at the angle; aperture oval, in- 

 terior whitish. 



D'Orbigny, Voy. dans I'Amerique Merid. Moll. p. 374. 

 pi. 50. f. 1-3. 



Hab. Bolivia; D'Orbigny. P.ridges. 



Singularly distinguished from all other species of the 

 genus by its broad angularly turbinated spire. 



Species 74. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria labiosa. ylmp. testa oblique globoid, sub- 

 anguste umbilicatd, spird exsertiusculd, acutd, anfrac- 

 tibus convexis, nitentibus, longitudinaliter striatis et 

 malleatis; fuho-stramined ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, 

 expansd, labro columellari reJlexo,fauce ad tmrginem 

 fttlvo-aurantid. 



The lipped Ampullaria. Shell obliquely globose, 

 rather narrowly umbilicated, spire somewhat ex- 

 serted, sharp, whorls convex, shining, longitudinally 

 striated and malleated ; fulvous straw-colour ; aper- 

 ture oblong-ovate, expanded, columellar lip reflected, 

 interior fulvous-orange at the edge. 



Hab. India. 



Of a peculiar obliquely expanded globose form, with a 

 characteristic shining fulvous straw-coloured exterior, the 

 aperture being edged within with fulvous-orange. 



Species 75. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria Dolioides. Amp. testd ovatd, tenui, ven- 

 tricosd, anguste umbilicatd, spird brevi, acuta, anfrac- 

 tibus convexis, nitentibus, ad suturas impressis, ultimo 

 ampliter tumido et expanse ; cinereo-olivaced, obscure 

 rufo-fa-sciatd, fasciis Unearibus, irregularibus ; aper- 

 turd perampld, apertd, labro columellari reflexo. 



The Dolium-like Ampullaria. Shell ovate, thin, 

 ventricose, nareowly umbilicated, spire short, sharp, 

 whorls convex, shining, impressed at the sutures, last 

 whorl largely swollen and expanded ; ash-olive, ob- 

 scurely red-banded, bands linear, irregular ; aperture 

 very large, open, columellar lip reflected. 



Hab. Bombay. 



An elegantly convoluted species, of light semitrans- 



parent substance, the last whorl being unusually larger 



than the rest, and openly expanded. 



Koch, Phi 



ippi, 



in Kiister, Conch. Cab. AmpnUuria, 



p. 38. pi. 18. f. 5. 



Species 76. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria kncaustica. Amp. lesld globosd, basin 

 versus obtuse atteuuatd, vix umbilicatd, teimi, pellu- 

 cidd, spird brevi, obtusd, anfractibus convexis, Icevibus, 

 nitentibus; virescente-olivaced ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, 

 labro breviter rejlexo, carneolo-aurantio. 



The enamelled Ampullaria. Shell globose, obtusely 

 attenuated towards the base, scarcely umbilicated, 

 thin, transparent, spire short, obtuse, whorls convex, 

 smooth, shining; greenish-olive; aperture oblong- 

 ovate, lip shortly reflected, carnelion-orange. 



Hab. ? 



An apparently solid globular species, but, in reality, 



thin and semitransparent. The colour is a shining smooth 



greenish-olive, with the lip bright carnelion-orange. 



October, 1856. 



