278 HELICID^. 



designated as distinct species by other authors, and pro- 

 bably with justice. B. Schiedeanus, PfeifFer, answers to 

 our PL LI. b. ; and B. lactarius, Menke, to PI. LI. a. ; 

 and this latter, Dr. Binney seems to have regarded as the 

 B. alternatus of Say. There are other names given, 

 which, if not applied to really identical species, are very 

 closely allied: such are B. pruinosus, Sowb., B. Uqua- 

 bilis, Reeve, and B. BunJceri, Pfeiffer. — g.] 



6. BULIMUS VIRGULATUS, Ferussac. 



Plate LVIII. 



B. testa tenui, vix umbilicata, oblongo-ovata, polita, lutes- 

 cente, linea suturali et strigis longitudinalibus zonisque 

 castaneis multimodis picta ; anfractibus ad septem convex- 

 iusculis ; apertura ovata, labro acute, columella recta, 

 superne dilatata. 



SYNONYMS AND EEFEKENCES. 



Helix (Coclilogena) virgulata, Feeijssac, Hist. Moll. pi. 142, B. f. 1 - 7. 

 Bulimus Canhbaorum, Lajiakck, Animaux sans Vert. 2d ed. VIII. 233. 

 Bulimus mtillilineatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. V. 120, anno 1S25. 



Pfeiffer, Monog. Helic. Viv. II. 204. 

 Bulimus Menlti^ Gkuner, Wiegm. Archiv. 1841. 

 Bulimus ve?iosus, Keeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 45, ijg. 2S5j Oct. 1S48. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell thin and strong, elongated, ovate-acuminate, 

 smooth and shining, of a bright yellotvish white color, 

 variegated with longitudinal stripes and spiral zones of 

 dark chestnut, of various widths, none of which are con- 

 stant except a sub-sutural line, continued to the apex, 



