266 HEUCID^. 



1. BULIMUS FASCIATUS. 



Plates LV. LVI. LVII. 



B. testa conico-elongata, minutissime striata, alba, fasciis 

 aut lineis aut maculis diversimode colorata ; anfractibus 

 octonis, convexis ; apice ssepe roseo ; apertura sub-ovata ; 

 labro simplici, interne incrassato, acuto, aliquando crenato ; 

 columella plerumque alba, interdum rosea, sinuala sed non 

 truncata, imperforata. 



SYN0NV.1IS AND KEFEKENCES. 



Bitccinum fasciatuvii Mi/LL. 1. c. II. 145, anno 1774. 



Bulla vir^nea^ Lin., Syst. Nat. 1186. 



Bulla fasciata, Che.mnitz, 1. c. IX. t. 117, f. 1004- lOOG. 



Bulimus vexillum, Brug. I. c. No. 107. 



Helix vaiUum, FkRussAC, Hist. pi. 121. 



Achalina vexillum, Lam. 2d ed. VIII. 298. 



Achaiina crenata, Swains. 1. c. pi. 5S. 



Achutina pallida, Ibid. pi. 41. 



Adtalina fasciata, Ibid. pi. 162. 



Reeve, Conch. Sy.<t. II. 178, f. 12. 



D'Orb., Moil. Cub. I. 172, pi. 6, f. 1-7. 



Pfeiffee, Monog. Helic. Viv. II. 245. 

 Achatina solida, Say, Journ. Acad. V. 122. 



LisreR, Icon. 1. c. t. 12, f. 7; Gualt, 1. c. t. 6, f. C. D. 

 D'Aegenv., 1. c. pi. 11, f. M. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Animal dark brown, or chocolate color, over the whole 

 body. Surface very prominently granulated. Superior 

 tentacles very long when extended, thick at their base, 

 ocular points black and small ; lower tentacles long, 

 conical, rounded at the extremities. ■ Collar lead-color. 

 E.xtremity of foot usually rounded. When in motion, the 



