BULIMUS 
Plate XLII. 
Species 262. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Vekanyi. Bnl. testa conico-globosd, spird brevi, 
anfractitms quaiuor ad quinqae, vetvtricosis, ereberrime 
minute granulatk ; columella subplicatd, Ubror^exo; 
fulvd, fusco subindistincU punctata, strigis albidisful- 
guratd, epidermide tenui indutd, labro comeo-albido. 
Verany’s Bulimus. Shell conically globose, spire short, 
whorls fomr to five in nnmber, ventricose, very closely 
minutely granulated ; columella slightly plaited, lip 
reflected ; yellowish, somewhat indistinctly dotted 
with brown, marked with white lightning-like streaks, 
and. covered with a thin epidermis, lip flesh-tinted 
white. 
Pfeipfer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1847, p. 230. 
Had). Chacopo, Province of Merida, New Granada. 
In some specimens the white zigzag streaks are not 
present. 
Species 263. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus auADRicoLOR. Bui. testa tenui, sub-depresso- 
ovatd, Succineceformi, spird breci, anfractibtcs qtcatuor, 
oblique elevato-striatis ; columella tortuosd, aperturd 
ampld, labro tenuiter rcflexo ; pelluddo-corned, luted, 
fusco nunc undulatd, nunc punctata, epidertnide tenui 
luteo-punctatd indutd, epidermide serked secundd in 
strigis longitudinalibus antrorsum peculiariter serratis, 
labro purpureo-roseo. 
The four-coloured Bulimus. Shell somewhat de- 
pressly ovate, Succinea-shaped, spire short, whorls 
four in number, obliquely elevately striated ; columella 
twisted, aperture large, lip thinly reflected; trans- 
parent-homy, yellow, sometimes waved, sometimes 
dotted with brown, covered with a thin yeUow-dotted 
epidermis, with a second bght silken epidermis in 
longitudinal streaks peculiarly serrated along the 
anterior edge, lip purple-rose. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1847, p. 229. 
Hub. Chacopo, Province of Merida, New Granada. 
A delicate and beautiful species collected in the same 
locality with the preceding by M M. Fimck and Linden. 
Species 264. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Succinoides. Bui. testa depresso-ovatd, Stic- 
cinemformi, ^ird brenssimd, anfractibus quatuor, 
oblique striatis et creberrinie minutb granulatis ; colu- 
melld tortuosd, aperturd perampld, labro reflexo; sub- 
corned, lutescente, fascid suturali castaned, epidermide 
olivaceo-fnscd indutd, epidermide secundd serked in 
strigis brevibus obliquis e suturis descendentibus, labro 
albido. 
The Succinea-like Bulimus. Shell depressly ovate, 
Succinea-shaped, spire veiy short, whorls four in 
number, obliquely striated and very closely minutely 
granulated ; columella tortuous, aperture very large, 
lip reflected ; somewhat homy, yellowish, with a dark 
chesnut sutural band, covered with an olive brown 
epidermis, and a second silken one descending from 
the sutures in short oblique streaks, lip whitish. 
Petit, Magasin de Zoologie, 1841, Moll. pi. 31. 
Hab. Santa Pe di Bogota. 
The form of this species, contrasted with that of B. Lgon- 
netianus and navkula, is remarkable. 
Species 265. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Sowerby ; Fig. c, 
Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Cathcarti.!:. Bui. testd ovatd, ventrkosd, spird 
breci, anfractibus quinque, oblique subtilissime striatis, 
anfractu ultimo maximo, aperturd patuld, labro sublate 
reflexo ; albidd vel purpurascente-castaned, epidermide 
luteo-olivaced indutd, epidermide serked secundd, plus 
minusve pulcherrimb etvarie conjiguratd, intus purpu- 
rascente-castaned, labro roseo. 
Cathcart’s Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose, spire 
short, whorls five in number, obliquely very finely 
striated, last whorl very large, aperture wide open, 
lip somewhat broadly reflected ; whitish, or purplish 
chesnut, covered with a yellowish-olive epidermis, 
and a second silken one which is more or less 
beautifully and variously configured, interior purple- 
chesnut, lip pink. 
Hab. Province of Merida, New Granada ; Linden. 
In addition to the beautiful association of form and 
colour in this species, it is further distinguished by a 
remarkable configuration of the outer membrane of the 
epidermis, which is variously disposed in different speci- 
mens. The B. Cathcartks resembles in some degree the 
B.pintadinus, D’Orbigny, MoU. Voy. dansl’Amer. Merid. 
October, 1848. 
