246 Quarto ly Journal of Conchology. 



NOTE ON BULIMUS GOOD ALL 11. 



By J. E. Daniels. 



This spring I received, through the kind oflices of the Editor of 

 " The Garden," a small parcel of shells, marked " Cucmnber 

 Snails." Some of the examples were of so large a size, that at first, 

 I almost imagined they were Spiraxis Swiftiana, Pfr., also a West 

 Indian animal, but after a careful examination and comparison 

 with examples which had been procured from Messrs. Garraways' 

 nurseries, Clifton, I have come to the conclusion that they are 

 BuUtnus Goodallii. The largest example measures 7-2 oth inch, 

 whereas none of my other specimens exceeds 4-2 oth. These also 

 are a clCcnr white in colour, whereas the British specimens are 

 more of a yellowish brown colour. Unfortunately I cannot put 

 my hand upon the paragraph in " The Garden" in which a notice 

 of this snail first appeared, but the impression left on my mind, 

 was that they devoured the young shoots of the cucumber plants, 

 and further that they v\'ere found in a cucumber house belonging 

 to a highly scientific and horticultural loving gentleman, at Wey- 

 bridge, Surrey. Now, if this is the case, they must feed on 

 different substances. Those at the Durdham Downs Nursery, 

 according to Gray's Turton (p. 6,) the late Mr. !\Iiller was in the 

 habit of feeding on small dead worms, and when he wanted 

 a supply for his friends, " he merely placed a flat board upon 

 the suiface of the tan, and left two or three small dead worms 

 beneath it, and never failed of finding it covered in a few days." 

 They were first discovered by Mr. Miller in 1822, but had, I see, 

 previously been discovered by a Mr. Druramond, to whom, I see, 

 tlie above remarks belong ; but although, at that time, I was a 

 child of only five years of age, or very shortly after, I remember 

 Mr. Miller telling my father and also showing them to me, and 

 at the same time, searching about and finding an example of 

 Tcstacella, and telling us that bnth these animals fed upon 



