86 



69. BULIMUS ventricosus. Shell conic, ventricose at 

 the base, white with a dark brown band round all 

 the volutions. 



Bulimus ventricosus. Drap. p. 78. t. 4./. 31, 32. 

 Lamarck, vi. ii. p. 125. 



Shell about two thirds as long as the B. fasciatus or 

 any of its varieties, with the last volution more 

 ventricose in proportion : colour white, with two 

 very dark brown bands on the lower volutions, 

 one of which winds round all the rest to the tip, 

 and is often interrupted by white streaks : aper- 

 ture as broad as long, the margin reflected over 

 the pillar, and forming a small perforation. 



The three last species, as Draparnaud observes, form 

 a connecting link between the Helix and the Bu- 

 limus, and might with propriety form a distinct 

 genus ; the wrinkled or creased surface forming a 

 prominent character. 



Found with the last. 



