Bl'I.lMtTS. 



got away and eacaped detection for several months, until it was at last discovered in a *Ute of hyber B. LacUumenti* is a rare shell in 

 nation : it was removed to the place where the others were kept, when it died also. The upper Great Britain. It is abundant in 

 surface of the animal, when in health, is variegated with ruddy spots and streaks on an ash-coloured many district* of Germany, France, 

 ground." The only prooea* used for revivifying these animals was placing them on a plate near a and Switzerland. 



B. obtcurtu is of a yellowish -brown 

 ur, with a smooth surface and 

 mouth with white lips. The animal 

 is of a dark colour. It is found 

 t under stones, on old walls and ruins, 



I on trees in woods, and in v.-ry 

 -.Md.-ly distributed in the British 

 Islands. Forbes and Hanley regard 

 the following species as spurious in 

 the British Fauna : B. (luada- 

 i"-<l>rnnt, B. Goodalli, B. deeoUattu, 



B. pupa, Jl. liiiililinifii, Ji. 



The distribution of the Jlulimi has 



been treated in detail by Mr. L. 



Fuuil Bulimi. 



Deshayes, in his tables (Lyrll'n 

 ' Principles of Geology,' 2nd edition) 

 enumerates three fossil species of 

 Bulimi in the Tertiary Formation, 

 one of which is known to him from 

 the sub-Apennine beds, and another 

 i from Paris ; but he does not give 

 : the locality of the thin), nor does he 

 idfiitify any of the foftsils with recent 

 i species. De la Beche, in his 'Geo- 

 lo'.-iivil Manual,' und.-r the head of 

 ' Fossil Shells,' contained in the 

 Supra-Cretaceous rocks of Bordeaux 

 and Dax, enumerated by M. de 

 Basterot, has the following notice : 

 " Bulimiu(t) terebetlatvt, Lam., ana- 

 logous to the existing species, 

 Grignon, Placentine, Dax." Lamarck 

 ('Animaux sans Vertebras,' vol. vii. 

 p. 534) describes the shell of Bulimtu 



Sulimu, tematloma, natural size. tertbellat*,, a Grignon fossil, as two 



a. The egg ; , the egg-shell broken, showing the young animal with its shell in situ j <-, the shell of a young one centimeters in length, and observes 

 just after eiclusion from the egg; d, the shell at a more advanced age, but before the lip is reflected ; <, the adult | on t jj e girunilaritv of its mouth or 

 shells. The specimens figured were brought from Trinidad. It is found in the brakes of St. Vincent's and of the ODenm _ t^j. nj-t.. no a ll,, B j (>n 

 Antilles generally. The young shell is semitransparent, but becomes opaque as it advances in a|re. The adult shell . 

 is brawn, strongly striated or wrinkled longitudinally, with a rose-coloured mouth. Epidermis brown. 



species, jn tne Annales <iu jviu- 



se'um,' he places it among the Bulimi, 

 with doubt, observing that it may 

 from its conformation be probably 

 marine, but keeping that generic 

 name for it, because it approaches 

 nearer to the Bulim i than to any other 

 known genus. In the seventh volume 

 of his 'Animaux sans Ven> 

 published eighteen years afterwards, 

 he still arranges it among the BiiJim i. 

 and not under the head of ' doubtful 

 Species.' The fifteen species described 

 by Lamarck in this volume are all 

 stated to befossil, and only the last five 

 are separated as 'Espeoes douteuses.' 

 Of the not-doubtful species, Bulimtu 

 ttslontu, found fossil at Villiers and 

 Grignon, bears a great resemblance, 

 according to the author, to /' 

 lutiricmi; but he observes that the 



Ilulimui rotarttu, natural size. 



a, *a adult, with the animal a it i- teen when in motion ; , a young shell before the Up is refiected. The mouth is 

 represented as sealed with the parchment-like secretion, which serves as an operculum when the animal is hyberaating ; 

 r, egf-ahell broken, discovering the infant shrll ; d, egg, unbroken. Figure a was taken from one of the specimens 

 mentioned above when living in this country. Adult shc'.l roughtsh ; apex and upper whorls of a rose colour in fine 

 specimens ; the other whorls brownish, mottled longitudinally in fine specimens with dirty white. Suture crenululed ; 

 lip white ; throat brownish ; epidermis greenish. 



moderate fire, and sprinkling them with U>pid water. Upon their restoration they eat a considerable 

 part of the parchment-like seal or OIHTC ulmn. They lived some time with Mr. Broderip before they 

 were sent to Messrs. Loddigea. These animals had been packed up in a box and envcl<.p,-.l in cotton 

 from the time of their capture to the period mentioned, when they were unpacked by Mr. Broderip. 



The British ntwciex of this genus are of small size and ordinary aspect. The following are enumerated 

 by Forbes and Hanley in the ' British Mollusc*.' 



B. aculut is a small species, turretod, conical, white or clear brown,often with dark markings ; body 

 whorl comparatively short. It is most abundant near the sea, and is found in the Channel Islands, 

 Dorsetshire, Devon, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Ireland. 



Bulimia lubrifiu. 



a, natural sixe ; 6, magnified. Inhuliits 

 Northern Kuropc, snd is common in the 

 neighbourhood of I'aris. Shell smooth, 

 shining, of a horn colour, inclining to 

 fulvous ; transparent. 



opening or mouth of the fossil shell 

 is much shorter tliiin that of thu 

 and that the summit of ita 

 spire is less obtuse. It may be 

 doubted whether even the first 

 ten fossil species enumerated by 

 Lamarck are all true Bulimi. 



