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BULIMUS. 
Plate L. 
Species 327. (Pig. 327, 328. Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimtjs Adansoni. Bui. testa oblongo-ovatd, tenuiculd, 
vix timbilicaid, anfractibus noverti, subtilksme granu- 
lato-striatk, ad suturas sxMiliter crenulatk, columella 
recta, renolutd, Icdrro simplici, acute ; albidd, castaneo- 
fusco conspicuc hngitudinaliter Jlammatd, epidermide 
tenui stramined indutd, columella et aperturoi fauce pur- 
purascente-cmrulek. 
Abanson’s Bxjlimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather thin, 
scarcely umhilicated, whorls nine in number, very 
finely granulately striated, finely crenulated at the 
sutures, columella straight, rolled back, lip simple, 
sharp; whitish, conspicuously longitudinally flamed 
with chesnut-brown, covered with a thin straw-co- 
loured epidermis, columeDa and interior of the 
aperture purplish-blue. 
Pfeiffer, Monog. Bui. p. 179. 
Le Karabeul, Adanson. 
Bulimus Kamheul, Bruguiere. 
Cochlogena adilk, Perussac. 
Pide Pfeiffer. 
Bulimus speciosus, Parreys. 
Kordo/anus, Parreys. 
xantholmus, Ziegler. 
Achat inoides, Ziegler. 
Hab. West coast of Africa. 
Dr. Pfeiffer’s name for this species is to be preferred to 
that adopted by Bruguiere and Lamarck, which does not 
enter strictly in the Latin form of nomenclature. 
Por Species 328, see PI. LVIII. 
Species 329. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Kuppellianus. Bui testa subabbreviato-ovatd. 
ventricosd, vix umMlicatd, anfractibus septem, cre- 
berriim plano-granulatk, columella recta, reoolutd, 
labro simplici, acuto ; albidd, fammk stibangustk cas- 
taneo-fusek Imgitudinaliter pietd, epidermide tenui 
stramined indutd. 
Euppell’s Bulimus. Shell somewhat shortly ovate, 
ventricose, scarcely umbilicated, whorls seven in 
number, very closely flatly granulated, columella 
straight, rolled back, lip simple, sharp ; whitish, lon- 
gitudinally painted with rather narrow chesnut- 
brown flames, covered with a thin straw-coloured 
epidermis. 
Pfeiffer, Monog. Bui. p. 190. 
Eab. Abyssinia'; Euppell. 
Constancy distinguished from the preceding species by 
its shortened ventricose growth. 
Species 330. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Africanus. Bui. testa acuminato-ovatd, pro- 
funds umbilicatd, anfractibus novem, subroiundatk, 
retkulato-striatk et subtilksinie concentric^ corrugatk, 
ad suturas crenatk, columella, recta, reoolutd; livido- 
albidd, castaneo-fcsco pallide flammatd, flammk sub- 
dktantibm. 
The African Bulimus. Shell acuminately ovate, 
deeply umbilicated, whorls nine in number, some- 
what rounded, retiordately striated and very finely 
concentrically wrinkled, crenated at the sutmes, co- 
lumella straight, rolled back; livid white, faintly 
marked with rather distant longitudinal chesnut- 
brown flames. 
Eab. West coast of Africa. 
This seems constantly distinguished from the B. Adan- 
soni in size, in form, and in pattern of colouring. 
November, 1848. 
