AMPULLARIA. 



Species 77. (Mus. Cuming.) 



A.MPULLARIA HEPATARl.v. Amp. testd subglobosd, tenui, 

 nubinfiatd, anguste umbilicatd, spird brevimculd, acu- 

 vi'matd, anfractibm siiperne decUvibus, ddnde couvexis, 

 nitentibiis, longitudinaliter striatu ; livido-spadiced, 

 versus apicem pellucido-carned ; aperturd ovatd, lahro 

 columellari tenue rejlexo. 



The liver Ampullaeia. Shell subglobose, thin, rather 

 inflated, narrowly umbilicated, spire rather short, 

 pointed, whorls slanting round the upper part, then 

 convex, shining, longitudinally striated ; livid fawn- 

 colour, transparent flesh towards the apex ; aperture 

 ovate, columeDar lip thinly reflected. 



Hub. ? 



Of light inflated growth, thin in substance, characterized 



by a peculiar livid-fawn or liver-colour, changing towards 



the apex into a transparent flesh tint. 



Species 78. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 AjiiULLARiA vittata. Amp. testd globoso-turbinatd, 

 sttbanguste umbilicatd, spird exsertd, anfractibus ro- 

 tundatis, lavibits, superne tenuissime plicato-striatis ; 

 fulveacente-oUvaced, fasciis brmmeis angusiis nmnerosis 

 cingulatd ; aperturd ovatd, fauce Uvido-purpurascente, 

 ad marginem maeidatd. 

 The filleted Ampullaeia. Shell globosely turbinated, 

 rather narrowly umbilicated, spire exserted, whorls 

 rounded, smooth, very finely plicately striated at the 

 upper part ; fulvous-olive, encircled with numerous 

 narrow brown bands ; aperture ovate, interior livid- 

 purple, blotched at the edge. 

 ffab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This species, which Mr. Cuming possesses in several 

 states, is characterized throughout by a uniform fulvous- 

 olive ground, encircled with narrow brown bands more 

 than usually numerous. 



Species 79. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaeia canaliculata. Amp. testd 



sd, sub- 



ventricosd, suba>igiiste umbilieatd, spird brevi, acittd, 

 anfractibus eonvexis, longitudinaliter striatis, siiperne 

 concavo-canaliculatis; pallide cinered, saturate fasciatd, 

 sub epidermide tenui olivaced ; aperturd p^riformi- 

 ovatd, ccerulescente, prope colnmellam aurantio-rufd. 

 HE CHANNELLED AMPULLAEIA. Shell globose. Some- 

 what ventricose, rather narrowly umbilicated, .spire 

 short, sharp, whorls convex, longitudinally striated, 

 concavdy channelled at the upper ]iart ; pale ash, 

 dark banded beneath a thin olive epidermis ; aper- 

 ture pyriformly ovate, bluish, orange-red next the 

 columella. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. viii. p. .534. 

 Hab. Cashmere; Baron Hiigel. 



Chiefly distinguished from A. immersa and other chan- 

 nelled species of the genus by its sharp-pointed, though 

 short, spire, u character specially noted by Lamarck. 



Species 80. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaeia vitrea. Amp. testd ovato-turbinatd, tenuis- 

 simd, corned, injlatd, parum umbilicatd, spird exsertd, 

 anfractibus primis quatuor angulatis, ad angulum in- 

 distincte carinatis, anfractu ultimo superne declivi, 

 angulo evanido, deinde convexo ; pellucido-brmined, 

 flammis opaco - albidis longitudinaliter irregulariter 

 strigatd ; aperturd ovata, lahro columellari tenue re- 

 flexo, nitente-atro. 

 The glassy Ampullaeia. Shell ovately turbinated, 

 very thin, horny, inflated, but slightly umbilicated, 

 spire exserted, first four whorls angled, indistinctly 

 keeled at the angle, last whorl slanting round the 

 upper part, the angle gradually disappearing, then 

 rounded; transparent brown, longitudinally irregu- 

 larly streaked with opake-whitish flames ; aperture 

 ovate, columellar lip thinly reflected, shining black. 

 Helix vitrea. Born, Test. Mus. Viudobonensis, pi. 15. f. 

 15, 16. Chemn. Conch, vol. xi. p. 283. pi. 210. 

 f. 2072, 2073. 

 Bulimus vitreus, Bruguiere, Deshayes. 



This extremely rare and curious shell, of transparent 

 light horny texture, variegated with opake epidermis-like 

 flakes, hitherto referred to the genus BuUraus, appears to 

 belong rather to Jmpullaria. 



Species 81. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaeia Cumingii. Amp. testd subgloboso-ovatd, 

 soUdiusculd, profundi umbilicatd, spird brevi, anfrac- 

 tibus superne planiusculis, deinde convexis, subdiscoi- 

 deis ; fulvo-cinered, fasciis angustis el lineis paucis 

 rufescenlibus cingulatd; aperturd ovatd, effusd, labro 

 columellari subincrassato. 



Cuming's Ampullaria. Shell subglobosely ovate, rather 

 solid, deeply umbilicated, spire short, whorls rather 

 flat at the upper part, then convex, somewhat dis- 

 coid ; fulvous-ash, encircled with a few reddish nar- 

 row bauds and lines ; aperture ovate, eifused, colu- 

 mellar lip rather thickened. 



King, Zoological Journal, vol. v. p. 344. 



Hal). Island of Taboga, Panama. 



A solid shell, of somewhat discoid growth, with the 



aperture thickened and much eff'used. 



October, 1856. 



