Bulimushcemastonius. 441 



Testa ovato-oblonga, ventricosa, subperforata, sordide albido- 



flavescens; aufractibus sex obliqu^ plicatis,* labro colu- 



mellaque f roseis. 



Long. 3 un. 9 lin. — 4 un. 3 lin. 

 Exempla juniora diu tenera subdiaphana, epidermide fusca : mox 



maturescentia epidermide paulatim remota pallescunt. 

 Ova praegrandia, nivea, ovali-elliptica ; crusta corrosa, calcarea 



dura ; vitello vitreo ; long. 13. lin., lat. 9 lin. Animal ex- 



cluditur testa jam formata.;}: 



Bulimus hasmastomus. — Lam. Syst. des Anim. sans vert. 91. 



Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans vert 6. 2. p. 117. n. 2. 

 Leach, Zool. Misc. p. 67. 68o t. 29. 

 Guilding in Act. Soc. Lin. torn. 14. 2. p. 342. 

 Scopoli, Delic. insubr. t. 25. f. 1. 2. 6. 



Bulimus oblongus. — Bnig. Enc. art. Vers. No. 34. 



Bulimus roseus. — De Montfort Conch. Syst. t. 2. p. 259. 



Helix ohlonga.— Mull. Ver. p. 86. n. 284. 



Lister, Conch, t. 23. f. 21. Cum ovo pulloque : 



male. 

 Seba, Mus. 3. t. 71. f. 17—20. 

 D'Aud. Hist, des Moll. No. 411. 

 J?orn, Mus. 1. 15. f. 21. 22. 

 Favanne, Conch, t. 65. f. I'. 

 Gmel. p. 3637. No. 87. ejusdem Turbo haemas- 



tomus, p. 3597. No. 38. 



Bullaoblonga.— C/je/w.Conch. 9. t. 119. f. 1022. 1023. 



Habitat in Antillarum, et Americce aequinoctialis dumetis ; satis 

 frequens. 



* It is necessary to make a distinction between Slri<B engraved on tlie sur- 

 face, and mere Plica or Rugee. 



t A protuberance is sometimes to be seen on the columella above the um- 

 bilicus, in old shells. 



\ Contrary to the opinion maintained by that able Comparative Anato- 

 mist Sir E. Home, in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1817. 



