BULIMUS.— Plate LXXIX. 
Species 583. (Mus. Benson.) 
Bulimus obtusus. Bill, tedd cj/lindraceo-obhngd. Mud 
umbilicatd, apice pecudiariter abbreviatd, anfractdms 
septem ad octo, siibplam-comexk, oblique driatis, colu- 
melld arcuatd, aperiurd pared, suborbiculari, labro 
tenue rejlexo ; cceruleieenle-alhd. 
The obtuse Bulimus. Shell cylmdrically oblong, not 
umbilicated, peculiarly abbreviated at the apex, 
whorls seven to eight in number, rather flatly convex, 
obliquely striated, columella arched, aperture small, 
nearly orbicular, thiidy reflected ; bluish-white. 
Pfeifeek, Symbolffi, vol. i. p. 84. and vol. ii. p. 119. 
Pt(pa obtum, Draparnaud. 
Helix {CocJdodyla) oblusa, Perussac. 
Pupa Genmnica, Lamarck. 
Hab. Australia. 
Chiefly distinguished by the peculiar sinking of the 
first few whorls. 
Species 584. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Euboicus. Bui. testd acuminato-oblongd, cliry- 
salidiformi, eompresse umbilicatd, anfractibus rweem, 
plano-convexis, minutminie striatis, superw marginatis, 
aperturd pared, fortiter tridentatd, supra callositate, 
lairo subrejkxo ; fuleescente-corned, dentibus labroque 
opaco-aUis. 
The Eubcban Bulimus. Shell acuminately oblong, 
chrysalis-shaped, compressly umbilicated, whorls 
nine in number, flatly convex, very minutely striated, 
edged round the upper part, aperture small, strongly 
three-toothed, with a callosity above, lip slightly 
reflected ; fulvous horny, teeth and lip opake-white. 
Hab. Euboea ; Capt. Spratt. 
Unusually strongly toothed for so small a species. 
Species 585. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus nanus. Bui. testd subelongatd, umbilicatd, an- 
fractibus octo, coneexis, subtilissime striatis, striis infra 
suturas subplicatis, columelld eerticali, aperturd pared, 
labro dmplici ; dnerascente, strigis fuscescentibus Me 
illic obscure notatd, apice fusco. 
The dwasf Bulimus. Sh# rather elongated, umbili- 
cated, whorls eight in number, convex, very finely 
striated, strise slightly plicated beneath the sutures, 
columella vertical, aperture small, lip simple; pale 
ash-colour, obscurely marked here and there with 
light brown streaks, apex brown. 
Hab. Chdi. 
A small turreted shell very faintly marked with brownish 
streaks and with a dark-brown apex. 
Species 586. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus macilentus. Bui. testd acuminatd, bad sub- 
oblongd. Mud umbilicatd, tenuissimd, anfractibus sex, 
Irjeeibus, politis, eel sub Imite subtilissimb concentrice 
striatis, superne minute marginatis, columelld eix re- 
flexd, aperturd oblongo-oeatd, labro tenui; eirescente, 
eitred. 
The lean Bulimus. Shell acuminated, rather oblong 
at the base, not umbilicated, very thin, whorls six in 
number, smooth, polished, or, beneath the lens, very 
finely concentrically striated, minutely edged round 
the upper part, columella only slightly reflected, 
aperture oblong-ovate, lip thin; greenish, glassy. 
Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cumiug. 
A very transparent, greenish, glassy shell, of which the 
last whorl is rather oblong-inflated. 
Species 587. (Mus. Benson.) 
Bulimus seguegatus. Bui. testd oeato-conied, subpyra- 
midali, bad tumidiusculd, umbilicatd, anfractibus sep- 
tem, coneexis, oblique striatis, columelld latd, eerticali, 
aperiurd pared, rotundatd, labro temi; sordide corned. 
The alien Bulimus. Shell ovately conical, somewhat 
pyramidal, rather swollen at the base, umbUicated, 
whorls seven in number, convex, obliquely striated, 
columella broad, vertical, aperture small, rounded, 
lip thin ; duU horny. 
Benson, MSS. 
Hab. Simla, Western Himalaya. 
Distinguished from most of the Himalayan species by 
its conical form. 
