BULIMUS 
Plate XXXVIT. 
ventricosd, anfractiius quinque, longitudinaliter rude 
Species 216. (Pig. a and h, Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus L.®vtis. Bui. testa, pyramidali-ohhngd, svhcy- 
Undraced, crasdusculd, interdum umMlicatd, anfrac- 
tiius septmn, mbrotundis, hmtms ; aperturd parvius- 
citld, suborUculari, lahro fortiter reftexo ; rufo-aurantw, 
aut luted, /asciis ru/o-olimceis ant viridihis cingulatd, 
interdum longitudinaliter maculatd aut strigatd, lahro 
nitide albo. 
The left Bulimus. Sliell pyramidally oblong, some- 
what cylindrical, rather thick, sometimes umbilicated, 
whorls seven in number, somewhat rounded, smooth ; 
aperture rather small, nearly orbicular, lip strongly 
reflected j reddish orange or yellow, encircled with 
red-olive or green bands, sometimes longitudinally 
blotched or streaked, bp shining white. 
Bhuguiebe, Enc. Meth. Vers, vol. 1. p. 31 7. 
Helix l(Bva, Muller. 
Hah. Amboina and the Moluccas. 
Little need be added to assist in the recognition of this 
well-known species, wliich is of a more pyramidal growth 
than B. citrinus, and distinguished by a greater variety of 
colouring. It is mostly sinistral. 
Species 217. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus lactakius. Bui. testd ovatd, ventricosimeuld, 
umbilicatd, spird subamminatd, anfractibus sex ad 
septem, convexis, Iceoihus, aut longitudinaliter temd- 
striatis; columella latiusculd, lahro simpliei; cerino- 
albd, /umeo-rufescente interdum timid, floods opaco- 
alhis irregularihus aepersd. 
The milk-spotted Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather ven- 
tricose, umbOicated, spire somewhat acuminated, 
whorls six to seven in number, convex, smooth, or 
longitudinally finely striated ; columeba rather broad, 
bp simple; waxen-white, sometimes tinged with 
smoky red, sprinkled with ireegular flakes of opaque 
white. 
Menke, MSS. 
Hub. Mexico. 
The curious opaque-white flakes with which this shell is 
mai’ked, constitute an important specific character. 
Species 218. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Goudoti. Bui. testd ovatd, tenuissimd, pellucidd. 
striatis, lahro tenui, simpliei ; rufo-fuscescente, epider- 
mide corned olivaced nitente indutd, aperturae fauce 
iridescenie. 
Goudot’s Bulimus. Shell ovate, very thin, transparent, 
ventricose, whorls five in number, longitudinaby 
rudely striated, bp thin, simple ; pale reddish brown, 
covered with a shining obve homy epidermis, interior 
of the aperture iridescent. 
Petit, Mag. de Zool. 
Hab. Eastern Cordilleras, New Granada. 
An extremely debcate shell of bttle more substance 
than a glassy film, protected by a thick shining horny 
epidermis. 
Species 219. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Dufresnii. Bui. testd cglindraceo-ovatd, olece- 
formi, apice oblusd ; anfractibus quinque, apicem versus 
minute granulosis, per marginem crenulatis, columelld 
subrecedente, lahro simplid; luteo-viridescente, olivaceo- 
fusco fasciatd et lineatd. 
Dufuesne’s Bulimus. Shell cybndi-ically ovate, olive- 
shaped, obtuse at the apex; whorls five to six in 
number, minutely granulated towards the apex, cre- 
nulated along the margin, columella sbghtly receding, 
bp simple; yellowish gi'cen, banded and bneated 
with dai'k obve brown. 
Leach, Zool. Misc. vol. 2. p. 153. pi. 120. 
Hab. VauDiemau’s Land. 
The painting of tins species is mostly represented by a 
conspicuous central band, with fine longitudinaby waved 
lines above and below it. 
Species 220. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus contusus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, crassius- 
culd, sapissime sinistrali, anfractibus septem, convexis, 
Icevibus, lahro reflexo ; albidd, uslulatofusco tinetd et 
hie illic irregulariter longitudinaliter strigatd, lahro 
albo, columelld et peritremate lahri purpurascente- 
fuscis. 
The bruised Bulimus. Sheb oblong-ovate, rather 
thick, most frequently sinistral, whorls seven in 
number, convex, smooth, bp reflected; whitish, 
stained and irregularly longitudinaby streaked here 
September, 1848. 
