BULIMUS.— Plate LII. 
be observed that the shell grows to a more acuminated 
point than in the specimen here represented, which has 
the first whorls broken oif. 
Species 344. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus obtusatus. Bui. testa elongato-twrritd, bad 
^oblique productd, umhilkald, apice tumidd, obtusd, 
anfractibus decern ad wndecim, plano-convexis, oblique 
creberrinie costulato-striatk, aperturd ovali, labro in- 
crassato, paululum reflexo ; luiescente-albd, rufo-fusco 
hie illic irregulariter tinetd et strigatd. 
The blunted Bulimus. Shell elongately turreted, 
rather obliquely produced at the base, umbUicated, 
swollen and obtuse iit the apex, whorls ten to eleven 
in number, flatly convex, obliquely very closely sculp- 
tured with rib-hke striae, aperture oval, lip thickened, 
a little reflected ; yeUowish-white, irregularly stained 
and streaked here and there with red-brown. 
Ppeiffeb., Monog. Bui. p. 151. 
Helix obtmata, Gmehn. 
Bulimus calcareus, Bruguiere, Lamarck, Deshayes. 
Hob. Madagascar ; Beck. 
This shell, distinguished by Lamarck as having a re- 
flected lip, has been confounded with the Helix calcarea of 
Born, an examination of whose figure will show that it 
represents a worn specimen of Sp. 342, deprived of its 
epidermis. 
Species 345. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus clavatob. Bui. testd elongato-oblongd, basi 
tumidd et suboblique productd, vix umbilicaid, anfrac- 
tihus octo, loiigitudimliter rtede elevato-striatis, ad su- 
turas crenulatis, columella subdepresso-reflexd, labro 
simplici, ant paululum reflexo, superrie co'mpresso ; 
pallide livido-olivaced. 
The club-beaker Bulimus. Shell elongately oblong, 
swollen and somewhat obliquely produced at the 
base, scarcely umbdicated, whorls eight in number, 
longitudinally rudely striated, crenulated at the 
sutures, columella somewhat depressly reflected. Up 
simple or a Uttle reflected, compressed at the upper 
part ; pale Uvid oUve. 
Petit, Mag. de Zool. 1 844, pi. 94. 
Hob. Madagascar. 
The sutures, as in many species of this form, are white. 
