Species of Shells. 59 



BUous, violaceous : lower part of the last volution within the peris- 

 tome of a deep chestnut colour. 



. Only three or four specimens of this shell have been brought to 

 this country, one of which has fallen into our hands. We do not 

 know its locality. 



2. Bul'\mus goniostoma : testa oblonga, turrita, apice obtusius- 

 culo; anfractibus subsenis, castaneis, longiusculis, subventricosis, 

 ad suturas depressiusculis, superficie eleganter confertissime gra- 

 nulosa ; apertura oblonga, utrinque acutiuscula, ad basira subca* 

 naliculata ; peristomate incrassato reflexo, continue, parte libera 

 rubra, columellari alba ; aufractu ultimo ad basim oblique carinato, 

 umbiltcato : umbilicus plicam columellarem internam efformans. 

 Axis 2^, diam. |unc. Long, aperturae 1^\, unc. Tab. v, f. 2. 



A very bad uncoloured figure of this shell is given in Mawe's 

 Travels in Brazil ; De Ferussac has named it as above, but we do 

 not find a description of it anywhere. I'rom Brazil. 



Shell oblong, turrited, point rather obtuse : volutions from 6 to 

 7, of a chestnut colour, rathy lengthened, slightly ventricose, a 

 little depressed at the sutures ; surface elegantly covered with 

 close-set and very minute granulations : aperture oblong, rather 

 pointed at both ends, the base almost formed into a canal : peris- 

 tome thickened, reflected, continuous ; all the free part bright 

 red; columellar lip white : last volution obliquely keeled at its 

 base, umbilicated ; umbilicus forming a columellar fold within the 

 mouth. 



3. Bulimus odontostoma ; Testa turrita, longitudinaliter ob- 

 lique striata, striis exilibus, confcrtis ; anfractibus senis, tribus 

 superiorihus minimis, rotundatis, laevibus ; inferioribus subven- 

 tricosis j suturis distinctis; apertura sinuosa, peristomate reflexo, 

 continuo, integro, di&tiiicto, intus dentibus octo instructo, tribus 

 in labio externo, tribus, quorum duo connati, in labio columel- 

 lar], uuo in angulo supcriore et uno in angulo inferiore : anfractu 

 ultimo bicarinato, carina supcriore miiiore, angulum iuferiorem 

 umbilici parvi, obliqui, efibrroante. Axis 1^^, diam., "^ unc. Tab. 

 V, f. 3. 



A few specimens of this new shell have been sent us from Rio 

 Janeiro, where it appears to be exceedingly scarce. 



