BULIMUS. 87 



Thompson, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. vi. p. 110. — Couch, Comish 

 Fauna, pt. 2, p. 49. — Brown, Illust. Concli. G. R. p. 37, 

 pi. 14, f. 18.— Drap. Moll. Ter. et Fluv. France, p. 77, pi. 4. 

 f. 29, 30. — Lam. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. viii. p. 234. 

 — C. Pfeif. Deutsche Land und Sussw. Moll. pt. 3, p. 35, pi. 

 7,f. L— Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 140; vol. ii. p. 1 12.— 

 RossMAssL. Icon. Land und Siissw. Moll. pt. 6, p. 41, 

 f. 378. — Cantraine, Maine. Med. p. 134. — Kuster, 

 Chenin. Conch, p. 31, pi. 11, f. 9 to 12. — Morelet, Moll. 

 Portugal, p. 73. — L. Pfeif. Monog. Helic. vol. ii. p. 214. 

 Bulimus ariicuhdus. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. (ed. Desh.) vol. viii. p. 234. — Deles. 

 Rec. Coquilles, pi. 28, f. 8. 

 „ iurritella,, Andrz, Krynicki in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, vol. vi- p. 415. 

 Turbo iurricula Maroccana, Chemn. Conch. Cab. vol. xi. p. 280, pi. 209, f. 2063, 



2064. 



Helix bifasciuta, PcLTENEY, Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, p. 49. — Maton and 



Rack. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 210. — Dorset Catalog. 



p. 55, pi. 18, f. 8, 10.— TuRT. Conch. Diction, p. 63.— Index 



Testaceolog. pi. 35, f. 154. 



BuUmis variabilis, Hartm. in Sturm Fauna vi. pt. 6, pi. 12; Neue Alpina, vol. i. 



p. 223. 

 CocMicella mcridiomdis and turricula, Rlsso, Hist. Nat. I'Europe Merid. vol. iv. 



p. 78, pi. 3, f. 26. 

 Bulimus fasciatus, Turt. Manual L. and F. W. Shells, p. 84, f. 67. 

 CocMicellus acutus. Beck, Index Moll. Mus. Christ. Frid. p. 63. 

 Bidimits litoralis, Brumati, Cat. Cnnch. ter. Monfalc. p. 34, f. 9. 



Shell turreted-conical, thiiij not jiolished, at most glossy, 

 very variable in colouring, usually variegated with very 

 numerous longitudinal (often partially confluent) wavy 

 streaks or veins of opaque whitish, and semitransparent 

 brown (either hue preponderating), the latter ranging in 

 tint from pale ash to dark chocolate ; sometimes minutely 

 speckled all over with these lines ; as frequently as not 

 with an additional narrow brown zone running from the 

 upper corner of the aperture to the lower third of the outer 

 lip, more rarely with an adjacent interrupted band above 

 it, sometimes with a broad band occupying the entire 

 middle portion of the body whorl, and winding along the 

 lower half of the principal smaller volutions ; the painting 

 at times, though rarely, almost obsolete. Surface pecu- 



