AMPULLARIA. 



Plate XXVIII. 



Species 131. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



AMPULLARIA atjRostoma. Amp. testd globoso-turbinatd, 

 vix umhilicatd, spird stthexsertd, anfradihus rotunda- 

 tis, rugoso-striatis; nigricante-castaned ; aperttird ova- 

 td, lalro vifide aurmUio-rufo. 



The golden-mouth Ampullauia. Shell globosely tur- 

 binated, scarcely umbilicated, spire somewliat ex- 

 serted, whorls rounded, roughly striated; blackish- 

 chestnut ; aperture ovate, lip bright orange-red. 



Lea, MS., Mus. Cuming. ^ U 

 A globosely turbinated shell of solid structure and dark 



chestnut colour, with a pretty bright orange-red lip. 



132. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaeia nux. Amp. testd oblongo-conoided, solidd, 

 vix icmbilicatd, spird obtuse exsertd, m/fractibus con- 

 vexis, ad suturam- decUvibus et obsolete plicato-corru- 

 gatis ; ftdvo-castaued ; aperturd ovatd, parviusculd, 

 labro columellari calloso-reflexo. 



The nut Ampullaria. SheU oblong-conoid, solid, 

 scarcely umbilicated, spire obtusely exserted, whorls 

 convex, slanting and obsoletcly plicatcly wrinkled at 

 the suture ; fulvous-chestnut ; aperture ovate, rather 

 small, colmneDar lip callously reflected. 



Hab. Bombay. 



A solid fulvous-chestnut shell of an oblong conoid form, 



with the columellar lip rather unusually callously reflected. 



Species 133. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaria aueifoemis. Amp. testd compresse ovatd, 

 oblique eontortd, Lymneeeeformi, tenui, pro/unde umhi- 

 licatd, spird parvd, anfraciibus convexis, striatis et 

 malleatis, superne obsolete obtuse angulatis, anfractu 

 ultimo conspicue effuso ; intense olivaced; aperturd 

 trigono-ovatd, basi rotundato-expansd, ccerulescente. 



The eae-shaped Ampullaria. Shell compressly ovate, 

 obliquely twisted, iymj«<2>a-shaped, thin, deeply um- 

 bilicated, spire small, whorls convex, striated and 

 malleated, obsoletely and obtusely angled round the 

 upper part, last whorl conspicuously eft'used ; dark 

 olive; aperture triangularly ovate, rotundately ex- 

 panded at the base, bluish. 



Hab. Honduras. 



The form of this species is quite peculiar, the last 

 whorl being unusually obhquely eft'used, more particularly 

 towards the base. 



Species 134. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria Spkucei. Amp. testd oblongo-conoided, so- 

 lidd, imperforatd, spird plus minus erosd, anfractibus 

 declivi-convexis, lavibus, hand nitetitibus; fulvo-oli- 

 vaced, prope apertttram obscure riifo-fasciatd; aper- 

 txird ovatd, parviusculd, labro effuso, columella dense 

 callosd. 



Spruce's Ampullaria. Shell oblong-conoid, solid, im- 

 perforated, spire more or less eroded, whorls slant- 

 ingly convex, smooth, not shining; fulvous-olive, 

 faiutly red-banded near the aperture ; aperture ovate, 

 rather small, lip efl'used, columella thickly callous. 



Hab. Tarapoto, east side of the Andes ; Spruce. 



This species has a peculiar solid Littorina-]ike aspect, 

 with the coluDjellar lip callously reflected over the place 

 of the umbihcus. 



Fig. 13.5. (Mus. De Burgh.) 

 This interesting shell has been selected from the col- 

 lection of Mi-s. De Burgh, for the sake of giving a more 

 characteristic illustration of A. zonata of Spix than that 

 represented at Pi. XII. 



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