456 DESCRIPTION OF NINETEEN 



Shell turbinately conical, rather thick, green, white-banded, shining, imperforate ; whorls five, 

 ventricose; aperture subrotund; lip reflected, margin white; columella smooth. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. W. W. Wood. 



My Cabinet. 



Cabinet of P. H. Nicklin. 



Diam. 1.3, Length 1.8 inches. 



Remarks. — There were several specimens of this green and beautiful Buli- 

 mus. The white band under the suture, and the green strise which cover the 

 rest of the whorls, distinguish this shell at once. Some specimens have also 

 brown bands, and when this is the case, the base of the columella will be found 

 to be brown. In the interior the whorl is yellow. The apex is obtuse and 

 white. In its general aspect this shell has some resemblance to Helix viridis. 

 Lam., but it is much larger than that species. 



BuLiMus viRGiNiEcs. Plate XL, Fig. 3. 



Testa ovato-iConicd, albida, tenui, tenuissime striata, imperforatd; anfractibus quinis, convexis^ 

 aperturd ovatd; labro simplici; columella Isevi. 



Shell ovately conical, white, thin, minutely striate, imperforate ; whorls five, convex ; aperture 

 ovate ; lip simple ; columella smooth. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. W. W. Wood. 



My Cabinet. 

 Diam. 1, Length 1.5 inches. 



RemarJcs.— Although this species might, at first view, be mistaken for the 

 white variety of B. gracilis, herein described, it is distinguishable in being less 

 elevated in its spire, in having one whorl less, in being without any colour at 

 the base of the columella, and being devoid of any thickening there. The lip 

 is curved at the base, which is not the case with the gracilis. 



