PLATE CVIIL 



BuLiMUS Pythogas TER : Bulime des Philippines. Lamarck 

 Anim. s. Vert. t. 6. p, 2. 119. 10. 



Helix Pithogaster: Ferrusac's Conch. pL cviii. fig. No, 3. 



This shell, which is of considerable rarity, exists in the valuable 

 and extensive cabinet of Mrs; Ma we, who has liberally permitted 

 the present figures to be copied from it for the purpose of our 

 publication. We cannot indeed produce the shell as an undescribed 

 species ; for it has been already noticed in the respective works of 

 Chev. Lamarck and Baron Ferrusac, but it must be nevertheless 

 considered as an important acquisition, and one one that cannot fail, 

 it is presumed, to prove acceptable, in particular, to that portion 

 of our readers who are interested in the study of Conchology. 



It is not unworthy of remark, that this species, which was not 

 described by Lamarck till the year 1822, had previously to that 

 time for many years formed a part of the private cabinet of Mr- George 

 Humphrey, an eminent collector in this country, and that it appears 

 prior to the publication of Lamarck's Conchology to have been 

 entirely unknown. This author informs us that the species inhabits 

 the Philippine Isles. He refers to the cabinet of M. le Marquis de 

 Bonay for the example mentioned, and observes at the same time 

 that it is a very distinct species, and probably very rare ; the length 

 of his shell is one inch and eleven lines, which is scarcely half the 

 size of the example now before us. The shell described by Baron 

 Ferrusac is larger than that given by Chev. Lamarck, but it is still 



