BIJLIMUS.— Plate XXXV, 
The ua vine-inhabiting Bulimds. Shell oblong-ovate, 
wIiotIs somewhat ventricose, longitudinally striated, 
and peculiarly very finely marked besides with short 
impressed striie, minutely granulated and radiately 
ridged towai'ds the apex, columella scarcely twisted, 
lip reflected ; livid brown, longitudinally obscurely 
banded, covered with a rather thin homy epidermisi 
lip white. 
D’Oebigny, Voy. dans I’Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 303. 
Hah. Cochabamba, Bolivia (in deep ravines at the base of 
the snowy peaks of the Cordilleras) ; D’Orbigny. 
Intermediate, in a manner, between the B. maximiis and 
ovatns, of smaller size, and apparently distinct. In the 
specimen here fignred from Mr. Cuming’s collection, the 
surface is curiously miu-ked by numerous rows of short 
longitudinal hollowed strife ; it is also encircled by a couple 
of scratched grooves, but these are evidently the result of 
accident. 
Species 209. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimcs gkanulosus. Bui. testa oUongu-omtd, an-' 
fractihus veidricosis, longitudinaliter rude striatis, un- 
digue minute gramdatis, prope apiceni subobscure 
radiatim liratis, columella subcontortd, labro rejlexo ; 
luteo-brumescente, epidermide temdculd indtdd, colu- 
melld labroque pallide roseis, apertures fauce cceruleo- 
albicante. 
The granhlohs Buli.hus. Shell oblong-ovate, whorls 
ventricose, longitudinally rudely striated, minutely 
granulated throughout, somewhat obscurely radiately 
ridged near the apex, columella somewhat twisted, 
lip reflected ; yellowish brown, covered with a thin 
epidermis, lip and columella pale rose, interior of the 
aperture bluish white. 
Helix granulosa. Rang, Descr. coquilles terrestres, p. 49. 
pi. 2. 
Hab. Brazil. 
It is much to be feared whether this is not traly a 
variety of the B. ovalits. The typical differences are as 
ollows : — in form the B. granulosus is of a less shortened 
umid growth than the B. ovatus, and in sculpture, it is 
more prominently granulated throughout, whilst the ra- 
diated ridges about the apex are more obscure; it is. 
moreover, of a lighter tint of colour, and varies considerably 
in the nature of the epidermis, which in this species is 
slight and fibrous, but in the B. ovatus, is thick, horny, and 
shining. 
Species 210. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus oblongus. Bui. testa ohlongo-ovatd,vix umhi- 
licatd, nunc subampld, tenuiculd, ventricosd, nunc par- 
viore, erased, ponderosd, anfractihus convexis, plus 
minusve costulato-striatis, labro rejlexo ; f ulvo-spadiced, 
columella labroipie intense roseis. 
The oblong Bulijius. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 
umbOicated, sometimes rather large, thin, and ven- 
tricose, sometimes smaller, thick, and ponderous, 
whorls convex, more or less sculptured with rib-hke 
striae, bp reflected; ftdvous-bay, bp and columeUa 
deep rose. 
Helix obloiiga, Muber, Verm. vol. ii. p. 86. 
Bulimus heemastoma, Scopob, Lamarck. 
Hah. Eastern coast of South America. 
This web-known species inhabits a wide range of 
country, and varies greatly in size and substance according 
to the local conditions of climate and vegetation, at one 
time large and ventricose bke the specimen selected for 
ibustration, at another smaber, thick, and ponderous, with 
the lip not unfrequently thickened to an extent truly 
remarkable. 
M. D’Orbigny has some curious remarks on the habits 
and age of this species. " The Bulimus oblongus,” says 
this intelligent traveber and naturalist, “bmies itseff 
deeply in the earth during the dry season, and comes forth 
at the time of the rains. Towards the close of the rainy 
season, it deposits its cretaceous eggs in the earth, and 
the young escape from them during the first rains which 
follow.” The author then goes on to describe that about 
two or three years is occupied in the formation of the 
shcb, when, having arrived at the age of maturity, the bp 
is reflected, and at a more advanced stage becomes more 
or less thickened according to circumstances. After an 
examination of what he considers to be annual marks of 
increase of growth, Mr. D’Orbigny arrives at the conclu- 
sion that the Bulimus oblongus lives for a period of about 
ten years. 
