BULIirUS.— Plate XXX. 
towards the base, columella straight ; purple-black, 
covered with an epidermis marked with zigzag 
streaks of fawn-white, aperture bluish-white, colu- 
mella pinkish-purple, peritreme black. 
PfEiFi’EK, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1848. 
Hah. Philippine Islands ; Kierulf. 
I doubt if ‘ The Pretender ’ would not have been a more 
appropriate name for this shell than ‘ The Emperor,’ for 
it appears to be simply a variety of H pythogaster. It 
would, however, be unfair to judge of its claim to rank as 
a species by a single specimen not in the best condition. 
Mr. Cuming informs me that it was collected at the Phi- 
lippines by Dr. Kierulf of Copenhagen, and that there is 
another exactly similar to it in the coUeetion of M. Janelle 
of Paris ; and further, that he never collected any B.py- 
thogaster with this peculiar zigzag style of marking. 
Speeies 184. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus atomatus. Bui. testa oblongo-ovatd, Achatirus- 
formi, tenui, anfractihus sex, leBvihus, injlatis, per 
marginem leviter crenulatis; columella, recta, reflexd, 
labro extemo, tenui, simplici; Jlavescente-bruuned, 
castaneo-mfo minute undato-lineatd et pmictatd, ititus 
cmrulescente-alid. 
The MINUTELY DOTTED BuLiMUS. Shell oblong-ovate, 
Achatina-shaped, thin, whorls six in number, smooth, 
inflated, slightly crenulated along the edge ; colu- 
mella straight, reflected, outer lip thin, simple ; yel- 
lowish-brown, minutely hneated and dotted in a 
waved manner with chesnut-red, interior bluish- 
white. 
Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1834, p. 64. 
Hab. Near Port Macquarrie, New Holland. 
A singularly marked species having somewhat the form 
of the large African Achatince. 
Species 185. (Mus. Dennison.) 
Bulimus auris-bovina. Bui. testa elongato-oblongd, 
crassd, spird subacuminatd, anfractihus sex, rugoso- 
striatis ; columelld incrassatd, callositatibus duabus 
munitd, quorum inferiori perampld, solidd; aperturd 
pared, peculiariter eontractd, labro ealde incrassato ; 
rufescente-albd, apertures fauce vivide rufd, columelld 
labroque eburneis. 
The ox-eak Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, thick, 
spire somewhat acuminated, whorls six in number, 
roughly striated, columella thickened, furnished with 
two callosities, of which the lower is very large and 
solid, aperture small, peculiarly contracted, lip very 
much thickened ; reddish-white, interior of the aper- 
ture deep red, lip and columella ivory white. 
Bruguieee, Enc. Moth. diet. no. 80. 
Auricula bovina, Lamarck. 
Helix auris-bovina, Perussac. 
Hab. Eastern Islands. 
The Btilimi Slwngi and auris-Mides have each been 
confounded in its tmn with the present species, which 
is eminently distinguished fi-om them ; first, in being of a 
natural white, which obtains a reddish hue, owing to the 
interior being very deeply stained with that colour; 
secondly, in the aperture being small and much contracted ; 
thirdly, in being of more solid growth, and fourthly, in 
the hp and columella being like white porcelain or polished 
ivory. 
Species 186. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Dombeyanus. Bui. testd ovatd, uinbilicatd, 
spird breoiusculd, mucronatd, anfractihus sex ad septeni, 
subrotundatis, concentric'e rugatis ; columelld sjibcon- 
tortd, reflexd, labro latissime expanso et reflexo ; alba, 
columelld et apertures fauce mtensb lacco-purpureis. 
Dombey’s Bulimus. Shell ovate, umbUicated, spire 
rather short, pointed, whorls six to seven in number, 
somewhat rounded, concentrically wrinkled; columella 
a little twisted, reflected, lip very mdely expanded 
and reflected; white, interior deeply coloured with 
purple-lake. 
Helix Bombeyarw, Perussac, Hist. Moll. 
Hab. Mexico. 
Tliis beautiful and very rare species is chiefly remark- 
able on account of the trumpet-like expansion of the 
aperture, which is of a deep purple-bronze colour. 
