BULIMUS. 1a 
common. It is common on the Continent, whence it 
is thought possible that it was troduced. 
25. H. vitndsa (covered with hairs). 
Both in shape and size much like H. rufescens; of a pale 
semi-transparent white; spire flat; no carination; covered 
with hairs. 
This shell—four specimens of which were found at 
Cardiff in 1873—has been admitted into the British 
list. 
How it found its way thither has not been satis- 
factorily explained, but the neighbourhood of a large 
seaport suggests its introduction among goods of some 
sort. 
Genus V.—BU.LiIMus. 
1. B. actrus (pointed). 
Conical, slightly diaphanous, whitish with irregular 
transverse streaks of a darker shade; whorls eight to nine, 
convex ; wmbilicus slight. 
This very abundant species is only found on the 
coast on grassy cliffs, downs, and sand-hills. The 
finest specimens that I have ever met with are those I 
have taken on the sand-hills at Port Rush (N. Ire- 
