BULIMUS. 
Plate LXXX. 
Species 573. (Mus. Benson.) 
Bulimtjs latebeicola. Bvl. testa acnminato-ohlongd, 
compresse timbilicatd, anfractihus sex, suhrotundatis, 
leevibus, vel concentnce striatis; pellucido-stramined, 
politd. 
The lurchek Belimus. Shell aciiminately oblong, com- 
pressly umbilicated, whorls six in number, somewhat 
rounded, smooth, or concentrically striated; trans- 
parent straw-colour, polished. 
Benson, MS. 
Hai. Landour, Western Himalaya. 
A very delicately coloured transparent species, obtained 
by Mr. Benson in the lower Himalaya range, at elevations 
varying from 4,000 to 7,000 feet. 
Species 688. (Mus. Pfeifier.) 
Bulimus nitidulus. Bid. testa subacumimto-oUongd, 
solidiiisculd, compress^ umbilicatd, an/ractibus quimjue 
ad sex, rotimdatis, siriatuUs, politis, suturis constrictis, 
columella latiuseidd, expansd; chmamomeo-corned. . 
The shining Bulimus. Shell somewhat acuminately 
oblong, rather solid, compressly umbilicated, whorls 
five to six in number, rounded, finely striated, po- 
lished, sutures constricted, columella rather wide, 
expanded ; cinnamon horn-colour'. 
Pfeiffer, Wiegman’s Archives, 1839, vol. i. p. 353. 
Hab. Matanzas, Island of Cuba. 
A small shining cinnamon-brown shell. 
V, 
Species 689. (Mus. Pfeiffer.) 
Bulimus Antoni. Bui. testa ovato-conied, compresse um- 
bilicatd, anfractibus guiugue ad sex, convexiusculis, 
ItBvibus, columelld subrejlexd ; pellucido-corned. 
Anton’s Bulimus. Shell ovately conical, compressly 
umbilicated, whorls five to six in number, rather 
convex, smooth, columella slightly reflected ; trans- 
parent horny. 
Pfeiffer, Symbolse, vol. i. p. 34. 
Strobilus obloiigus, Anton. 
Hab. Island of Opara. 
An extremely small species, of a dull transparent horny 
substance. 
Species 690. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Scalarioides. Bui. testa subulatd, vix umbi- 
licatd, anfractihus midecim, rotundatk, undigue cre- 
berrime pUcato-costatis, costis peculiariter acute com- 
pressis, aperturd pared, rotundatd, labro simplici ; 
sordide alhd. 
The Scalaria-like Bulimus. Shell subulate, scarcely 
umbilicated, whorls eleven in number, rounded, very 
closely plicately ribbed throughout, the ribs being 
pecnliarly sharply compressed, apertnre small, round- 
ed, lip simple ; dull white. 
Hab. Canary Islands ? 
Distinguished by the very sharply compressed structure 
of the ribs, which range longitudinally as in Scalaria. 
Species 591. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus glomeratus. Bui. testd conico-snhidatd. Mud 
umbilicatd, anfractibus novem, rotundatis, Icemhus, su- 
turis suhconstrictis, aperturd suborbietdari, labro sim- 
plici ; pellucido-corned. 
The coiled Bulimus. SheU conically subulate, not 
umbflicated, whorls nine in number, rounded, smooth, 
sutures rather constricted, aperture nearly orbicular, 
lip simple ; transparent horny. 
Hab. ? 
Of a peculiar conical subulate form, of many whorls. 
Species 593. (Mus. Benson.) 
Bulimus decorticatus. Bui. testd subulatd, solidius- 
culd, vix umbilicatd, anfractibus octo, concentrice sub- 
rude plicato-striatis, columelld tenui, rejlexd, aperturd 
parviusculd, oblongo-ovatd, labro tenui ; sordide vires- 
cente-comed. 
The decorticated Bulimus. Shell subulate, rather 
solid, scarcely umbilicated, whorls eight in number, 
concentrically rather rudely plicately striated, colu- 
mella thin, reflected, aperture rather small, oblong- 
ovate, lip thin ; dull greenish horn. 
Hab. Macao, China ; Dr. Cantor. 
A shell of rather solid gi'owth, longitudinally sculptured 
throughout with rude plicate striae. 
December, 1849. 
