BULIMUS.— Plate XVII. 
most of its congeners, brings forth its young aHve, and 
during the dry season incloses itself within the shell by 
forming an epiphragm. 
Species 102. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Chilensis. Bui. testa ohlongo-ovata, tenui, 
■fubtiUter creberrime granulatd, spird subaeutd, anfrac- 
tibus sex, httgiludinalUer rude striatis, labro tenuissimo, 
simplici ; fuscesceiite, strigis sordide eastatieis longitu- 
dinalibus hie illic tinetd. 
The Chili Bulimos. Shell oblong-ovate, thin, finely 
very closely granulated, spire rather sharp, whorls 
six in number, longitudinally rudely striated, bp very 
thin, simple; light brown, stained here and there 
with longitudinal dull chesnut streaks. 
Lesson, Voy. de la Coqdlle, pi. 8. f. 3. 
Bulimus granulossis, Broderip. 
Hab. Valparaiso and Conception, Cluli; Cuming. 
Although tills shell is exactly similar in structure to 
that of the preceding species, the animal is not viviparous ; 
it is, however, singularly distinguished by the smallness 
of its eggs, which are like little peas. It inhabits the 
mountains of Conception, and is found in ravines near the 
sea-shore as far as Valparaiso. During the dry season it 
buries itself in the earth, inclosed by an epiphragm. The 
shell exhibits little variation of form or colouring. 
