BULIMUS.— Plate I. 
This is the largest of the Philippine species, and that 
of the most ventricose proportions. The columella is of 
a livid blueish purple, and the epidermal pattern consists 
of a number of circular bands or lines, frequently ex- 
tending around the last and penultimate whorls; the 
specimen figured, in which the bands are confined to the 
last whorl, is rather an exceptional variety. 
Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus eufogaster. Bvl. testa ovato-conoided, suh- 
ventricosd, anfractihus senis, convexis, columella suh- 
intortd ; nigricante-purpured, interdum rufescente, 
epidermide basin versus jinifasciatd, strigis longiivdi- 
nalibus nigricantibus, props ad suturas latiordius, no- 
tatd, aperturd columelldque ceendescente-albidis. 
The bed Bulimus. Shell ovately conoid, somewhat 
ventricose, whorls six in number, convex, columella 
somewhat twisted; blackish purple, sometimes reddish, 
epidermis marked towards the hase with a single 
band, and with dark longitudinal streaks, which are 
broader near the sutures, aperture and columella 
blueish white. 
Hob. Province of Baie, Island of Luzon (in dark and 
lofty forests) ; Cuming. 
In this species the columella is slightly twisted, and of 
the same blueish white hue as the interior of the shell. 
The pattern of the epidermis exhibits a single band round 
the lower part of the last whorl, and a row of broad, 
short, interrupted streaks around the sutures. This last 
mentioned design I have not observed in any other species. 
Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Philippinensis. Bui. testa ovato-conoided, 
basi subplanulatd, anfractihus senis, convexis, ultimo 
basin versus subobsetire angulato ; columelld leviter 
intortd; nigricante-fused, epidermide in strigis obliqub 
concentricis, aperturd ceerulescente-albd, columelld pal- 
lide rosaceo-purpurascente. 
The Philippine Bulimus. Shell ovately conoid, some- 
what flattened at the base, whorls six in number. 
convex, last whorl somewhat obscurely angled towards 
the base ; columella slightly twisted ; blackish-brown, 
epidermis disposed in obliquely concentric streaks, 
aperture blueish white, columella pale pinkish purple. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1846. 
Eab. Islands of Luzon and Marinduque, Pliilippines (on 
the leaves of trees); Cuming. 
There is little to distinguish this species from the 
B.pgthogaster-, it has a somewhat angular inclination of 
growth around the lower part, but this is not a character 
to which much importance can be attached, seeing that 
the typical varieties above figured of that species present 
almost as great a diiference of form. 
Species 6. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Reevii. Bui. testa oblongo-ovatd, anfractihus 
senis, tumidiusculis, ultimo ventricose, effuse ; intense 
ustulato-fuscd,epidermide inf asciis insignihts latiusculis 
remotis lineisque subtilibus, aperturd ccerulescente-albd, 
columelld vix intortd, peritremate livido-purpuras- 
centibus. 
Reeve’s Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, whorls six in 
number, rather swollen, last whorl ventricose and 
effused ; rich burnt-brown, with the epidermis in 
remarkable rather broad bands and fine lines, aper- 
toe blueish white, columella scarcely twisted, and, 
together with the peritreme, of a livid purple hue. 
Cuming, MSS., Mus. Cuming. 
Helix Beevii, Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1841. 
Hab. Luhban, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon, 
Philippines (on the leaves of trees) ; Cuming. 
This is the first species of Bulimus, and I believe the 
first shell, which Mi-. Cuming unpacked from his vast 
collection on his return from the Philippines, and, being 
present at this exciting moment, I shall not easily forget 
the impression caused by the sight of so superb an example 
of an arboreal Snail. The remarkable disposition of the 
epidermis was quite a matter of astonishment, nothing of 
the kind had been observed before, nor had any specimen 
of the B.pgthogaster been collected in a state of preser- 
vation by which this phenomenon could be understood. 
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