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simo punctulis confertissimis brunneis trunsversim virgato, et lyris 

 remotis intus dentato : columella subaurantia, hand granosa, juxta 

 aperturam album trunsversim lyrata, maculis angularibus brun- 

 neis variega/a. 

 Long, l-fo, lat. 1| poll. 



Hab. -1 



Mus. Cuming. 



Resembles a Cyprcecassis. The sculpture is very coarse, and the 

 lip extends up the penult whorl, so as to be nearly on a level with 

 the apex. 



4. Descriptions of Ten New Species of Bulimus, from the 



COLLECTION OF H. CuMING, ESQ. By Dr. L. PfEIFFER. 



(Mollusca, PI. XLII. fig. 1-8.) 



1. Bulimus ptychostyltjs, Pfr. (fig. 7). T. rimato-umbilicata, 

 fusifor mi-oblong a, solida, sublceviguta (sub lente irreyulariter im- 

 pressa) ; spira convexiusculo-turrita, apice oblusula ; anfr. 7 

 cotwexiusculi, superiores albidi, fulvo rare strigati, ultimas spira 

 brevior, spadiceus, albido-strigatus et maculatus, basi attenuatus ; 

 columella fortiter torto-plicata ; apertura subverticalis, auri- 

 formis, intus nigricanti-limbata ; perist, simplex, albidum, margi- 

 nibus approximaiis, dextro late expanso columellari perdilatato, 

 patente. 



Long. 47, diam. 15 mill. 



Hab. Province of Patas, Andes of Peru (Dr. Farris). 



2. Bulimus catamarcanus, Pfr. (fig. 5). T. profunde umbili- 

 cata, ovato-conica, solidula, irregulariter plicata et undique minute 

 granulata, non nitens, albida ; spira conica, obtusula ; anfr. 6 

 convexi, ultimus spiram superans, ant ice ascendens, basi rotun- 

 datus ; columella profunde et obsolete plicata ; apertura verti- 

 calis, oblongo-ovalis ; perist. simplex, marginibus approximatis, 

 dextro ab inseriione horizontaliter abeunte, late expanso ; columel- 

 lari perdilatato, fornicato. 



Long. 42, diam. 23 mill. 



Hab. Province of Catamarca, Andes of Peru (Mr. Williams). 



3. Bulimus platystomus, Pfr. (fig. 2). T. profunde umbilicata, 

 oblongo-conica, solida, oblique striata, fulvo-albida, strigis irre- 

 gularibus castanets et fulvis picta ; spira conica, apice subt?'un- 

 cata ; anfr. G\ convexiusculi, ultimus spiram subtEquans, antice 

 leviter ascendens, basi compresso-rotundatus ; columella fusco- 

 violacea, profunde subplicata ; apertura vix obliqua, intus oralis, 



fulvida ; perist. simplex, saturate fusco-violaceum, marginibus 

 approximatis, dextro late expanso, columellari perdilatato , patente. 



Long. 40, diam. 18 mill. 



I fab. Province of Patas, Andes of Peru (Dr. Farris). 



