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BuLiMDS PROLATUS. Testd ovoidea, anlrorsum angustata, 

 leviter striata, albido-cinerea, fasciis quatuor liturarum ferrugine- 

 arum cincta : spira ovato-conica ; anfr. 5 convexiusculis : apertu- 

 ra elliptica, totius longitudinis dimidium adequans ; labro sim- 

 plici, acuto : columella brevis, late reflexa, alba, umbilicum 

 parvum tegens. Long. If, lat. 1 poll. Hab. Santiago, Chili. 



A shell of a remarkably regular, elongated ovoid form, some- 

 what like B. Favannii, only more narrowed anteriorly, and dis- 

 tinguished by its four bands of rusty blotches. 



BuLiMUS ciLiATUs. Testa tenuis, ovato-conica, viridis, striis 

 volventibus, cilias rigidas nunc longas nunc breviores gerentibus, 

 cincta : spira acuta, anfr. 6 convexis, ultimo magno, ventricoso, 

 sub-angulato : apertura sub-ovala, antice angustata ; labro sim- 

 plici; columella recta, alba, umbilicum parvum obtegente. 

 Long. Y^^, lat. y^fy poll. Hah. Organ Mountain, Brazil. 



This shell, with its thick, dark green epidermis, looks like a 

 Paludina. P. veluiino-hispidus of Moricand, another hairy spe- 

 cies, is more globular. 



BuLiMUs PRUNiNus. Testa ovato-turrita, solida, leviter striata, 

 livido-purpurea, infra suturam et circa umbilicum albido zonata • 

 spira acuta, anfr. 6, convexiusculis, subtabulatis : apertura mo- 

 dica, ovata ; labro simplici, intus callo stramineo incrassato, ad 

 columellam reflexo ; fauce livido. Long. |^, lat. f poll. Hab. ? 



This is a solid, elongated, peculiar species, probably belong- 

 ing to South America. 



BuLiMUS HYBRiDus. Tcsta crassa, elongato-ovata, polita, cas- 

 tanea, lituris ochraceis admodum oblique ordinatis maculata : 

 spira anfr. 6 convexis, sub lente spiraliter striatis ; ultimo magno 

 sub-compresso, ad basim oblique carinato et rima umbilicali per- 

 forato : apertura angustata, elongato-elliptica, antice angulata et 

 canaliculata ; labro crasso, late reflexo, rubro-purpureo ; fauce 

 roseo. Long. If, lat. f poll. Vicinity of Rio Janeiro. 



A beautiful shell, intermediate between B. goniostoma and B. 

 multicolor., having the aperture of the former, and the size, form 

 and marking of the latter. 



BuLiMus JUNCEUs. Tcsta parva, elongato-conica, tenuis, 

 translucida, dilute virens, concinne striata, vix perforata : spira 



