B U L I M U S 
Plate XXX. 
Species 180. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus auuis-vtjlpina. Bill, tesla, ovatd, ventricosd, 
subumbilicatd, spird atiiacuminaid, anfractibus septm, 
traimershn et longitndinaliter rude rugoso-striatis, 
supertie depresse angulcdo-rotundatis et corrugato-cre- 
natu; columelldprofunde excavatd, hast contortd, labro 
incrassato, rude rejlexo, aperlurd sinuatd et contractd; 
sordide albd, colunielld croceo-rufd, apice et apertura 
fauce pallide crocatis. 
The fox-eae Bdlimhs. Shell ovate, ventricose, slightly 
umbilicated, spire somewhat acummated, whorls seven 
in number, transversely and longitudinally roughly 
striated, depressly angidarly rounded and puckered 
above; columella deeply excavated, twisted at the 
base, lip thickened, rudely reflected, aperture sinuated 
and contracted; dead white, columella saffron-red, 
apex and interior of the aperture faintly tinged with 
saffron colour. 
Deshayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. viii. p. 257. 
uduris vulpina, Chemnitz. 
Valuta auris-milpina, DiUwyn. 
Helix auris-vulpirm, Penissac. 
Hah. St. Helena. 
A curious species of w'hich several specimens have been 
found in a semi-fossil state at St. Helena, supposed to 
have belonged to a moUusk now extinct ; none having 
been collected in a living state. 
Species 181. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bolimtjs Hanleti. Bui. testa elongato-ohlongd, suh- 
turrild, tenuis sendpellucidd, spird acuminatd, suturis 
impressis; anfractilrus septem, hevUms, nitentibus, 
plano-convexis, per marginem superiorem, suUiliter et 
creberrime cremlatis, crenulis in sulcis miniitis deseeii- 
dentHus, columella lahroque tenuihus, simplicibus ; 
rufo-castaned, intus iridescente. 
Hanley’s Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, somewhat 
turretcd, thin, semipellucid, spire acuminated, sutures 
impressed ; whorls seven in number, smooth, shining, 
flatly convex, very finely and closely cremdated along 
the upper margin, the crenrdes descending in fine 
grooves, Hp and columella thin, simple; reddish- 
chesnut, iridescent within. 
Pfeiffee, Monog. Bui. 
Hah. Brazil; Miller. 
A light turriculatcd shell of a peculiar reddish maho- 
gany brown-colour, the sutures of which are somewhat 
deeply impressed, whilst the upper edge of the whorls is 
very finely creuulated, the crenules being delicately 
prolonged. 
Species 182. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Spixii. Bui. testd elongato-turritd, subcylin- 
draced, spird acuminatd, apice coneavo-depressd ; an- 
fractihus septem, plano-convexis, longitudinaliter sub- 
tilissinie corrugato-striatis, per marginem cremlatis; 
columelld pecttliariter indsd, aperturd pared, labro 
subincrassato, vix recurvo ; comeo-fused, obscure fas- 
ciatd, epidermide luteo-olivaced indutd, labro et aper- 
turee fauce paUide carneo-rosaceis, subiridesceutibus. 
Spix’s Bulimus. Shell elongately tuxreted, somewhat 
cylindrical, spire acuminated, concavely depressed at 
the apex; whorls seven in number, flatly convex, 
longitudinally very finely striated in a wrinkled 
manner, crenulated along the edge ; columella pecu- 
liarly notched, aperture small, lip somewhat thickened, 
but slightly recurved ; flesh-tinted brown, obscurely 
banded, covered ivith a yeUowish-olive epidermis, hp 
and interior of the aperture flesh-tinged rose, shghtly 
iridescent. 
Wagnee, Test. Bras. p. 11. pi. 10. f. 3. 
Columna bulimea, Spix. 
An eadem junior, Bulimus hyalinus, Wagner. 
Hob. Brazil. 
The notched columella is a very conspicuous feature in 
this species, which, in fine condition, is not white as 
hitherto described, but of a flesh-tinged rose hue, banded 
with brown and covered by a yeUowish-olive epidermis. 
Species 183. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus impeeatoe. Bui. testd pyramidali-ovatd, an- 
fractibus sex, leevibus, ultimo basin versus subangulato, 
columelld reetd; purpureo-nigricante, epidermide spa- 
dkeo-albo, undato-strigaid indutd, aperturd casrules- 
cente-albd, columelld rosaceo-purpurascente, peritremate 
nigricante. 
The empeeoe Bulimus. Shell pyramidally ovate, whorls 
six in number, smooth, last whorl shghtly angled 
July, 1848. 
