BULIMUS 
Plate XLV. 
Species 283. (Pig. a and h, Mus. Dennison.) 
Bulimus castus. Bui. testa suhfudfomii-omtd, tenui, 
gracili, anfractilus quinqm ad sex, longttudiimliter 
te^miter irregulariter striatis, sub letite striis mimtis 
impressis transoersim exsculpUs ; columella, anguste 
reflexd, lahro expanso, vix re/lexo; aXba tsd paUvie 
stramined, fusco interdum sparsim maculatd, columelld 
lalroque pallid rosds. 
The chaste Bulimus. Shell somewhat fiisiformly-ovate, 
thin, slender, whorls five to six in number, longitu- 
dinally finely irregulaily striated, beneath the lens 
sculptured transversely with minute impressed striae ; 
columella narrowly reflected; white or pale straw 
colour, sometimes sparingly spotted with brown, lip 
and columella pink. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1846, p. 113. 
Hab. Central America ? 
Truly a chaste and dehoately coloured species. 
Species 383. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Mobicakdi. Bui. testa ouatd, tenuimld, dia- 
phand, vix ■‘umbilicatd, anfractibus sex, Itsmbrn, tumi- 
diuseuld, sub hate iransversim minutissme impresso- 
striatis ; columelld reflexd, labro ienui, acwtoi intus 
extusque croced. 
Moeicasd’s Bulimus. Shell ovate, rather thin, diapha- 
nous, scarcely umbihcated, whorls six in number, 
smooth, rather swollen, transversely very minutely 
impressly striated beneath the lens ; columella re- 
flected, lip thin, sharp; saffron yellow within and 
without. 
Pfeiffek, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1846, p, 113. 
Hab. Central America. 
A bright semitransparent yellowish shell, without any 
trace of marking. 
Species 384. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus onager. Bui. testd subpyramidali-turritd, vix 
umbilicatd, mifractibus septem ad octo, ad basin subangu- 
latis, Imvibus ; columelld subreflexd, labro expanso; 
albidd aut lutescente, caruleo-viridi varie tinctd et lon- 
gitudinaliter strigatd, aperturce fauce fusco-rufescente. 
The wild-ass Bulimus. Shell somewhat pyramidally 
turreted, scarcely umbilicated, whorls seven to eight 
in number, slightly angled at the base, smooth; 
columella but little reflected, lip expanded ; whitish 
or yellowish, variously mottled and streaked with 
bluish-green, interior of the aperture brownish red. 
Bulimulus onager. Beck, Ind. p. 64. 
Bulimus zebra, Spix. 
Hab. Bahia, Brazil. 
A prettily painted species closely albed to B. vimineus, 
but apparently distinct. 
Species 385. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus tenosus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovaid, vix umbi- 
licatd, anfractibus sex ad septem, convexis, Icevibus; 
columelld reflexd, labro temi, acuto ; albidd, lined 
castaned suturali, lineisqm castaneis obliquis Me illic 
longitudiiMliter pietd, apice nigro. 
The veined Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, scarcely 
umbilicated, whorls six to seven in number, convex, 
smooth ; columella reflected, lip thin, sharp ; whitish, 
with a dark chesnut sutural line, and longitudinally 
painted here and there with chesnut hues, apex black. 
Bulimus Menlcei, Gruner, Wiegman’s Archives, 1841, (not 
B. Menkeana, Perussac.) 
Hab. Angosturi, Banks of the Oronoko. 
The painted lines are at very unequal distances 
throughout. 
Species 316. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus budis. Bui. testd ovatd, ventricosd, vix umbi- 
licatd anfractibus sex, rugosis, longitudinaliter rude 
plicato-liratis, columelld reflexd, labro simplici ; roseo- 
albidd, ckiereo-fusco Me illic longitudinaliter strigatd, 
aperturce fauce roseo-purpurascente. 
The rude Bulimus. Shell ovate, ventricose, scarcely 
umbilicated, whorls six in number, rough, longitu- 
dinally rudely phcately ridged, columella reflected, 
lip simple ; pinkish-white, longitudinally streaked 
here and there with ash-brown, interior of the 
aperture light rose-purple. 
Anton, MSS. ? 
Hab. Mexico. 
October, 1848. 
