BULIMUS.— Plate VI. 
other. The chief peculiarity of the B. smaragdmus consists 
in the nature of its epidermis, which, unlike that in most 
of the preceding Philippine species, exhibits no pattern, 
hut contains aU the colouring matter. The shell is pure 
white, and the beautiful emerald-green colour, so much to 
he admired, resides within the epidermis, which is of a 
thin shining homy character, commencing in a singular 
manner just beneath the sutures, and may be peeled away. 
Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 
llui.iMUS CINCINNIPOKMIS. Bul. testa subpyramidali- 
ovatd, tenuiculd, anfractibus senis, plam-convexis ; 
ntbd, anfractibus /asciis dmbus distantibus, nigrican- 
tibus, epidermidis particulis mtatis cingtdatis, labro 
temi, vh; reflexo. 
The cubl-shaped Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyrami- 
dally ovate, rather thin, whorls six in number, flatly 
convex ; white, whorls encircled with two distant 
black bands marked with particles of epidermis, lip 
thin, scarcely reflected. 
Hab. Island of Luban, Philippines (on the trees) ; Cuming. 
A thin pyramidal shell, in which the black bands are 
curiously studded with light particles of epidermis. 
Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Satykes. Bul. testd subpupiformi, anfractibus 
quinis, comexis, columella subintortd; purpureo-nigrd, 
epidermide fused simplici indutd, aperturd cterulescente- 
albd, columclld carneo-purpurascente, perilremate pur- 
pureo-nigrd. 
The Satye Bulimus. Shell somewhat pupiform, whorls 
five in number, convex, columella slightly twisted ; 
ptuple-black, covered with a simple broivn epidermis, 
apeiture blueish white, columella light flesh-purple, 
peritreme purple-black. 
Bbodeeip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1842. p. 181. 
Hab. Island of Tablas, Philippines (on the leaves of trees) ; 
Cuming. 
Mr. Cuming only obtained a few specimens of this 
species ; it is of a dai'k purple-black hue without any 
epidermal pattern to attract particular attention. 
