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Hab. in Columbia. (Salango.) 



This pretty species belongs to that group o^ Helices which so much 

 resemble Plaiiorhis. — W. J. B. 



Genus Carocokla. 

 Carocolla globosa. Car. testa orbiculatd, suhcastaned, infVcl 

 tiirgidd, anfractii basall subangulato, scnbriusculo ; labro uni- 

 dentato, re/texo, albo, dente magiio ; aperturd Jusco-custaned, 

 nmbUlco mediocri : lojig. i^, Int. 2^ 'poll. 

 Hab. in sylvis Insulje Tumaco, Columbise Occidentalis. 

 An obscure band runs round the angle of the basal whorl. Ex- 

 posure to the weather causes the chestnut colour of the shell to 

 acquire somewhat of a blueish cast. — W. J. B. 



Carocolla quadridentata. Car. testd orbicidatii,fusc l, an- 



Jiactu bnsali turgido, angulato, scabro ; labro subrefle.vo, albo, 



intus tridentato ; aperturd J'usc:i, dente albo Jalcato armatd ; 



iimbilico magna : long. -J, lat. f poll. 



Hab, in sylvis Americas Centralis. (Woods near the Gulf of 



Dulce.) 

 This species approaches nearly to Car. Labj/rinthus : the white 

 elevated tridentated lip is continued round the aperture: the single 

 white falcated tooth is not attached to the lip, but rises within it 

 from the lower surface of the basal whorl. — W. J. B. 



Genus BuLiNus. 

 * Labio externo tenui, acuto. 

 BuLiNus Broderipii. Bid. testd ovato-pyramidaliy tentiiy albi- 

 cante, nigro J'ltlvoque elegantissme maculatd et variegatd ; an- 

 J'raclibus quinque, rapide crescentibus, panlliilum ventricosis ; 

 siditrd subcmifluenti ; snpeijicie granidis mhiimis, longitudinaliter 

 seriatim dispositis : long. 1|-, lat. l^^^ poll. 

 Hah. in fissuris rupium prope Copiapo Chilensium. 

 Var. testa nana, albicante-rosace;!, laeviore, maculis nigris ma- 

 joribus et seriatim dispositis 



Hab. in fissuris rupium prope Iquiqui, in Peruvia, 

 The dwarf variety was found at an elevation of 2500 feet above 

 the level of the sea. — G. B. S. 



BuLiNUS Coturnix. Bul. testd glohoso-pyramidali, anfractibus 

 quatuor ad quinque, ventricosis, albicantibus^ fusco maculatis et 

 variegatis ; suturd distinctd ; superficie tenuissime transversivi 

 striatd ; iimbilico parvo : long. \\, lat. l poll. 



Hab. sub lapides in aridis apiid Huasco Chilensium. 



From the preceding species the present is easily distinguished by 

 its more globular form and the possession of an umbilicus. — G. B. S. 



BuLiNus CoQUiMBENsis. Bul. tcstii Icvi, ovato-fusiformi^frngUi, 

 sid)diaphand , albido- fused ^ maculis strigisque nigro-fuscis spnrsd ; 

 nrifradibus sex, longitudinaliter striatis, ultimo maxbno ; labro 

 ncuto : long. \^^„, lat. ^"„ poll. 



Hab. ad Coquimbo in montibus. 



