BULIMUS 
Plate XLI. 
Species 254. (Mus. Dennison.) 
Bulimtjs subsemicl-aeses. Bui. testa suhablr&oiato-ovatd, 
tenuiculd, ventricosd, atifractiius qidnque, lariibus, vel 
sub lente ndnutissime impresso-striatis, anfractn ultimo, 
subangulato ; columelld depressd, labro peculiariter 
plano-rejlexo ; lacteo-albidd, obscure fusco-cinyidatd, 
pmictis opaco-aliis fusco-nmbratis mtatd, castaned 
circa cohimellam. 
The paetiallt-closed Belimes. Shell somewhat ab- 
breviately ovate, rather thin, ventricose, whorls five in 
number, smooth or very minutely impressly striated 
under the lens, last whorl slightly angulated ; colu- 
mella depressed, lip peculiarly flatly turned inwards; 
yellowish-white, obscurely belted with brown, marked 
mth brown-shaded opake white dots, chesnut around 
the columella. 
Petit, Magasin de Zoologie, 1843, MoU. pi. 66. 
Hab. Santa Fe di Bogota. 
This singular species may at once be recognised by the 
curious inwardly reflected growth of the Up. 
Species 255. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Belimes maemaeines. Bui. testd subcylindraceo- 
oblow/d, umbilicatd, anfraclibus sex ad septeni, concen- 
trice subrude striatis; columelld subplicatd et late 
plano-rejlexd, labro vixrejlexo; albidd, castatwo fascia- 
tim maculatd et longitudinaliter undatd. 
The maebled Belimes. Shell somewhat cyUndrically 
oblong, umbiUcated, whorls six to seven in number, 
concentrieaUy somewhat rudely striated; columella 
sUghtly plaited, and broadly flatly reflected. Up 
scarcely reflected; whitish, spotted in a banded 
manner and longitudinaUy waved with chesnut. 
D’Oebighy, Voy. dans I’Amer. Mcrid., p. 310. pi. 39. f. 
11 , 12 . 
Hab. Yungas, Bolivia (under dead leaves and stones in 
woods near the river MeguUla); D’Orbigny. 
Characterized by a waved pattern in the painting as 
weU as by a pccuUar roundness of form. 
Species 266. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Belimes canalicelates. Bui. testd subfusiformi- 
ovatd, basi peculiariter compresso-carinatd et umbili- 
catd, anfractibus sex ad septem, convexis, longitudi- 
naliter rugoso-striatis ; columelld r^exd, aperturd 
oblongd, inferrie conspicue canalieulatd ; albidd, piir- 
ptirascenle-spadiceo strigatd et marmoratd, intuspurpu- 
rascente. 
The channelled Belimes. SheU somewhat fusiformly 
ovate, pecuUai'ly compressly keeled and umbiUcated 
at the base, whorls sis to seven in number, convex, 
longitudinaUy roughly striated; columeUa reflected, 
aperture oblong, conspicuously channeUed at the 
lower part; whitish, streaked and marbled with 
purpUsh bay, interior purpUsh. 
Pfeifeee, Pro. Zool. Soe., 1845. p. 68. 
Hab. New Granada. 
Chiefly remarkable 'on account of its abruptly contracted 
growth at the base, which looks pushed inwards as it were. 
Species 257. (Mus. Adamson.) 
Belimes Lyonnetianes. Bui. testd pyramidali-conicd, 
basi latismrib et abrupte angulatd, profunde umbilicatd, 
anfractibus octo, longitudinaliter rugoso-striatis, striis 
apicem •cersus etexatioribus et regularibus, anfractn 
ultimo sinistrorsum gibboso-producto ; aperturd ovatd, 
labro r^xo ; albidd, epidermide flamcante indutd. 
Lyonnet’s Belimes. SheU pyramidally conical, very 
broadly and abruptly angled at the base, deeply um- 
biUcated, whorls eight in number, longitudinally 
roughly striated, striae more elevated and regular 
towards the apex, last whorl gibbously produced on 
the left side ; aperture ovate. Up reflected ; whitish, 
covered with a yeUowish epidermis. 
Helix Lgonnetiana, PaUas, Spicilegia Zoologica, vol. x. 
pi. 3. f. 7. 8. 
Troclius Lyonnetianus, Chemnitz. 
Troelms distortus, Gmelin. 
Helix dislorta, BmTOws. 
Pupa modioliuus, Bowditch. 
Hab. Mauritius. 
Tins remarkable species, which partakes very much of 
the character of certain Pupce, was originally named by 
PaUas, in honom’ of M. Lyonnet, an eminent anatomist 
and anatomical engraver of the last century, resident at 
the Hague. 
October, 1848. 
