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it to be ovate-conical, minutely striated, with the umbilicus 

 oblique, and the aperture white within. 



ovATA. 102. Shell sub-umbi Heated, ovate, ventri- 

 cose, longitudinally wrinkled, with the sum- 

 mit and outer lip rose-coloured, and the pil- 

 lar white. 



Helix ovata. Muller Verm. ii. p. 85. 



Helix ovalis. Gmelhi^ p. 3637. 



Helix, No. 91. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 203. 



Bulla ovata. Chemnitz,ix. part 2. p. 28. t. 1 19. f. 1020 and 



1021. 

 Bulimus ovatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 318. 

 Lister Couch, t. 1055. f. 1. Seba, iii. t. 71. f. 18 and 19. 



Inhabits the East Indies ; and is a land shell. Muller. Rio Ja- 

 neiro. D'Avila. Tranquebar, Ceylon, and the Nicobar 

 Islands. Chemnitz. 



Shell about four inches and a half loni^, and two inches and a 

 half broad, of a reddish white colour, covered with a yellow 

 epidermis, and the summit and outer lip are rose-coloured; 

 it has six rounded whirls, of which the body-whirl is by far 

 the largest, and the spire is produced ; tlie aperture is mar- 

 ginated, and in a full-grown shell measures two inches and a 

 half long, and is half as broad in the middle ; the outer lip 

 is thickest in the middle, and the umbilicus is nearly covered 

 by a reflection of the pillar-lip. 



OBLONG A. 10.3. Shell sub-umbilicated, ovate-ob- 

 long, longitudinally striated, with the pillar 

 and outer lip rose-coloured. 



Helix oblonga. Muller Verm. ii. p. 86. Born Mm. p, 



381. t. 15. f. 21 and 22. Gmelin, p. 3637- Shaw Nat, 



Hist. viii. t. 294. 

 Helix, No. 8. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 180. 

 Helix ovipara. Portland Cat. p. 87. lot 1930. 

 Bulla oblonga. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 30. t. II9. f. 1022 



and 1023. 

 Bulimus hajmastomus. Scopoli Insuh. i. p. 67. t. 25. f. B. 



Lamarck Syst. des Aiiim. p. 90. Leach Zool. Misc. i. 



p. 68. 't. 29. 

 Bulimus oblongus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 318. 

 Turbo haemastomus. Gmelin, p. 3597- 

 Lister Conch, t. 23. f. 21. Seba, iii. t. 71. f. 17. Favanne, 



t.65. f. II. 



