BULIMUS 
Plate LXXIX. 
Species 678. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimds POLTerRATUs. Bnl. testa pyramidali-turritd, 
tninuie utnbilicatd, anfractibm mvem ad decern, sub- 
anytistis, rotundatis, subliliter plicato-striatis, columelld 
r^xd, aperturd pared, lahro simplici; cmrulescente- 
alid. 
The mant-whoeled Bhlimes. Shell pyramidally tur- 
reted, minutely umbiHcated, whorls nine to ten in 
number, rather narrow, rounded, finely plicately stri- 
ated, eolumeUa reflected, aperture small, lip simple ; 
bluish-white. 
Eab. ? 
An erect closely convoluted shell, of which the sutures 
are rather impressed. 
Species 579. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus micea. Bui. testa acumimto-turritd, temds- 
simd, vix mnbilicatd, anfractibus acto, superm tumidi- 
usculd, rotundatis, longitudinaliter elevato-striatis, 
quasi costellatis, columelld rejlexd, aperturd pared, 
labro tenui; pellimido-stramined. 
The small Bhlimos. Shell acuminately turreted, very 
thin, scarcely umbiheated, whorls eight in munber, 
rather swollen round the upper part, rounded, longi- 
tudinally elevately striated, as if finely ribbed, colu- 
meUa reflected, aperture small, lip thin ; transparent 
straw-colour. 
D’Oebigny, Voy. dans I’Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 262. pl.41. 
f. 18 to 19. 
Hab. Chilon, Bolivia (under trunks of Cacti) ; Bridges. 
This little species seems to obtain rather a wide range. 
According to D’Orbigny it is found in the environs of 
Rio Janeiro as well as on the eastern side of the Bolivian 
Andes. 
Species 580. (Mus. Cummg.) 
Buliml's Caeaccasensis. Bui. testd acuminato-turritd, 
umhilicatd, anfractibus novem angustis, rotundatis, 
longitudinaliter elevato-striatis, infra suturas quasi 
costellatis, suturis impressis, columelld rejlexd, aperturd 
pared, labro tenui; sordidie fuleescente. 
The Caeaccas Bulimus. Shell acuminately turreted. 
umbilicated, whorls nine in number, narrow, rounded, 
longitudinally elevately striated, beneath the sutures 
as if finely ribbed, sutures impressed, columella 
reflected, aperture small, lip thin ; duU fiUvous- 
colour. 
Hab. Caraccas; Salle. 
Very like the first species of this plate, B.polygyratus, 
though smaller and differing in form. 
Species 581. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Tunetanus. Bui. testd oblongo-ovatd, hyalind, 
sub-Bartulaformi, co/npresse umbilicatd, anfractibus 
sex, tumidiusculis, oblique subtilissime striatis, colu- 
melld latd, expansd, aperturd oeatd, superne callositate 
pared, labro reflexo ; hydtino-albd, labro opaco-albo. 
The Tunis Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, hyaline, 
somewhat Partula-shaped, compressly umbilicated, 
whorls six in number, rather swollen, obliquely very 
finely striated, columella broad, expanded, apertiue 
ovate, with a small callosity at the upper part, lip 
reflected ; hyaline white, lip opake-white. 
Eab. Tunis ; Capt. Spratt. 
A delicate transparent shell, though of comparatively 
solid growth, and with the lip reflected, reminding one of 
the Partula hyalina. 
Species 582. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus contiquus. Bid. testd elongato-cylindraced, 
baud umhilicatd, anfractibus noeem, plani-coneexis, 
Iceeihns, politis, ad suturas exiliter impresso-crennlatis, 
columelld laid, eerticali, aperturd minutd, marginihus 
incrassatis, refkxis, supra callo junctis ,- dmrned. 
The closely-convoluted Bulimus. Shell elongately 
cylindrical, not umbilicated, whorls nine in munber, 
flatly convex, smooth, polished, faintly impressly 
crenulated at the sutures, columella broad, vertical, 
aperture minute, margins thickened, reflected, joined 
above by a callosity ; ivory-white. 
Eab. Island of Socotra. 
A very characteristic closely convoluted polished shell, 
with a peculiarly small aperture. 
September, 1849. 
