4 BOTHRIEMBRYON. 



conic ; apex obtuse. Whorls 5 to <H, slightly convex, the last oval, 

 ventricose. 



Aperture ovate, but slightly oblique, white within; peristome 

 simple and acute ; columella well reflexed, white or purple brown. 



Alt. 23.5, diam. 15.5, longest axis of aperture 14.8 mill. 



Alt. 29, diam. 18, longest axis of aperture, 18 mill. 



Alt. 23.5, diam. 14.5, longest axis of aperture, 13.4 mill. 



Western Australia: King George Sound (Quoy & Gaimard, Mas- 

 ters) ; Freemantle (Bacon) ; between Victoria Spring and Eraser 

 Range, and Fraser Range (Elder Exped.). 



Bulimus inflatus LAM., An. s. Vert., vi, pt. 2, p. 122 (April, 

 1822) DELESSERT, Recueil, pi. 28, f. 1 PFR., Monogr. ii, p. 

 189 ; iii, p. 418 ; iv, p. 478 ; vi, p. 124. 



? Helix (Cochlogena) costulata FER., Prodi*., p. 54 (nude name). 

 ? Bulimus costulatus POT. & Mien., Galerie, i, p. 138, pi. 12, f. 17, 

 18 ? Bulimus inflatus REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 70, f. 512. 



Helix melo QUOY & GAIMARD, Zool. Voy. Astrolabe, ii, p. 109, pi. 

 9, f. 4, 5 and Var., 6, 7 (1832). Bulimus melo DESHAYES in Lam., 

 An. s. Vert, viii, p. 245, with var. castaneus. SOWERBY, Beechey's 

 Voy. H. M. S. " Blossom," p. 145, pi. 38, f. 16. MENKE, Moll. Nov. 

 Roll., p. 7. PFR., Monogr. Hel. Vic! ii, p. 188; iii, 418; iv, 477; 

 vi, 124; viii, 160. Cox, Mon. Australian Land Shells, p. 74, pi. 

 13, f. 6. BEDNALL, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, xvi, pt. 1, p. 

 66 (\832).Btdimuhis melo BECK, Index Moll., p. 68. SEMPER, 

 Reisen im Archip. Phil., Landmoll., iii, p. 154, pi. 15, f. 14 (geni- 

 talia), pi. 17, f. 13 (teeth). Orthalicus melo TAPPARONE CANEFRI, 

 Viaggio int. al globo della R. Fregata " Magenta," Malacologia, p. 

 86. Bulimus (Liparus) melo E. A. SMITH, Proc. Malac. Soc. 

 Lond., i, p. 94. Helix melones FERUSSAC, Prodr. p. 54 (nude 

 name)- Bultmus melones POTIEZ & MICHAUD, Galerie des Moll. 

 Mus. de Douai, i, p. 147, pi. 13, f. 15, 10. Bulimus ovum Quoy, 

 DESHAYES, in Le Regne Animal, edit, par une reunion de disciples 

 de Cuvier, Moll., pi. 23, f. 1 a, 1 b (shell), 1 c, d, exterior and in- 

 ternal anatomy). (Published prior to 1838 ; this name never used 

 by Quoy). 



The typical B. inflatus is distinguished from the ordinary forms 

 of " B. melo " by its more compactly ovate form, the spire being less 

 conic, by the lighter interior, and less variegated color-pattern, and 

 by having the striae almost uncut by spiral lines on the last whorl, 



