BULIMUS.— Plate XXIV. 
ill a smaller state deprived of epidermis. The specimen 
here represented, is from the choice collection of Mr. 
Dennison, and Mr. Cuming possesses it almost equally 
tine, selected from the stores of Mr. Dyson obtained during 
a recent expedition to Venezuela. 
The journey performed by Mr. Dyson in this fertile 
district of South America, in search of objects of natural 
history, was undertaken through the generosity of a limited 
number of zoological friends, who, with the hope of en- 
riching their collections, were at the same time desirous of 
encouraging the zeal of a young naturalist distinguished 
liy his love of adventure. Though not perhaps a very 
profitable excursion, he collected many interesting species, 
and has no doubt gratefully responded to the patronage 
of his friends. 
Species 158. (Mus. Cuming.) 
liuLiMUs Thompsoni. Bui. testa subelongato-ohlongd, 
imperforatd, apice obtusd, anfractibus sex, longitudina- 
liter striatis, per mduras plauo-crenulatis, columella 
redd vel paululum arcuatd, labro vix rejlexo ; livido- 
cinered, epidermide corned, nitidd, oUvaceo-viridi 
indutd, apice rufescente, anfractuum nmrgine superiori 
cremdato albicante, apertiirm fauce cmrulescente, juxta 
peritremapurpnreo-nlgricante, labrk lamina nigricante- 
Uvidd callosa junciis. 
Thompson’s Bulisics. Shell somewhat elongately ob- 
long, imperforated, obtuse at the apex, whorls six in 
number, longitudinally striated, flatly crennlated along 
the sutures, columella straight or a little curved, lip 
but slightly reflected ; livid ash colour, covered with 
a shming horny olive-green epidermis, reddish towards 
the apex, upper crenulated edge of the whorls whitish, 
interior of the aperture bluish, purple-black towards 
the peritreme, lips joined by a callous blackish livid 
lamina. 
I’PEIFPER, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 74. 
Hab. Andes of Quito. 
A very distinct species remarkable for the same shining 
horny green epidermis which characterizes the Helix Busbii. 
(Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 164. fig. 11.) 
Species 159. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Siiongi. Bui. testa pyramidali-oblongd, crassd, 
imperforatd, anfractibus sex, Ixvibus, per sutiiras sub- 
cremdatis, labro reflexo ; fuscescente, epidermide corned 
rufo-castaned indutd, anfractuum margine superiori 
albicanie, cohmelld et aperturcB fauce intense aurantio- 
rufis, peritremate albicante. 
Shong’s Bulimus. Shell pyramidally oblong, thick, 
imperforated, whorls six in number, smooth, slightly 
crenulated along the sutures, lip reflected; light 
brown, covered with a homy reddish chesnut 
epidermis, upper edge of the whorls whitish, colu- 
mella and interior of the aperture deep orange red, 
peritreme whitish. 
Lesson, Voy. de la Coquille, Moll. p. 321. pi. 7. f. 4, 5. 
Hab. New Zealand. 
A shell of not uncommon occurrence, always distin- 
guished by the deep orange red colouring of the aperture 
and rich chesnut epidermis, whilst there is no plait on the 
columella. 
It was first discovered by M. Lesson, during the Voyage 
of the Coquille, at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and 
named after one of the native Chiefs of that district. 
Subsequently M. Lesson thought to have recognised his 
species in Chemnitz’s figm'e, Conchyl. Cab. vol. ix. pi. 121. 
f. 1039-40, under the title Helix auris-Midee and in De 
F&ussac’s figure of the B. auris-bovinus. Hist. MoU. terr. 
et fluv. pi. 159. f. 1, 2, but it is perfectly distinct from 
these, which {vide PI. XXX.) are also distinct from each 
other, and the honoiued name of the New Zealand Chief 
remains to posterity. 
Species 160. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus fulminans. Bui. testa oblongd, apicem versus 
pecidiariter acuminata, anfractibus quingue, oblique 
convolutis, undique longitudlnaliter et reticulate cor- 
rugatis, cohmelld fortiter uniplicatd labro late reflexo ; 
fumeofused, subpellucidd, strigis longitudimlibus acute 
angulatis intense castaneis conspieue ornatd. 
The lightning Bulimus. Shell oblong, peculiarly 
acuminated towards the apex, whorls five in number, 
obliquely convoluted, longitudinally and reticulately 
wrinkled throughout, columella strongly one-plaited, 
lip widely reflected ; smoky brown, somewhat trans- 
parent, conspicuously ornamented with sharply 
angled, dark chesnut longitudinal streaks. 
Nyst, BuU. de I’Acad. Eoyalc de Bruxelles. 
Bidinms bellulus, Jonas. 
Bidimus Zoeeetii, Pfeiffer. 
Hab. Colonia de Tovar, Venezuela; Dyson. 
A somewhat rare species rather sharply aeuminated 
towards the apex, of a peculiar semitransparent smoky 
brown colour, marked with sharply zigzag longitudinal 
chesnut streaks. 
