BULIMUS 
Plate LXXXVII. 
Species 644. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
Bulimus eollictillis. Bui. tedd abbreviato-cylindraced, 
compresse umbilicald, apice acuminatd, anfractibm ro- 
tundati», tumidis, subiilissiine costaiis, suturis ini- 
pressis, columelld verticali, dilatald, aperturd sub- 
circulari,marffindms lamind callosd conjunctis ; conieo- 
fmeescente. 
The wheat-hcsk Bulimus. Shell abbreviately cylin- 
drical, compressly umbibcated, acuminated at the 
apex, whorls rounded, swollen, very finely ribbed, 
sutures impressed, columella vertical, dilated, aper- 
ture nearly round, with the margins joined by a 
callous lamina ; horny brown. 
Ppbiffeb, Symbol®, vol. iii. p. 83. 
Carycldum eodidum, Hutton. 
Hah. Bengal. 
Partaking somewhat of the typical form of B. Gossei 
of the West Indies. 
Species 645. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
Bulimus lubricus. Bui. tedd oblonga-ovatd, apice 
obtusiusculd, anfractibua sex, cmvexis, Icevibus, niten- 
tihus, columelld arcuatd, callosd, vix obsolete tnmcatd, 
aperturd pared, labro simpUci, intus subincrassato ; 
fuscescente, vitred. 
The slippekt Bulimus. Shell oblong-ovate, rather 
obtuse at the apex, whorls six in number, eonvex, 
smooth, shining, columella arched, callous, slightly 
obsoletely truncated, aperture small, lip simple, slightly 
thickened within ; brownish, glassy. 
Bruguiere, Enc. Meth. vol.i. p.311. no. 23. 
Helix lubrica, Miiller. . 
Helix subcylindrica, Chemnitz. 
Turbo glaber. Da Costa. 
Ackatina lubrica, Michaud. 
Zua lubrica, Leach. 
Cionella lubrica, Jeffreys. 
Columna lubrica, Jan. 
Styloides lubricus, Eitzing. 
Bulimus nitens, Schmidt. 
Hab. Europe and the British Isles. Massachusetts, 
North America; Gould. 
This is the most abnormal species of the genus, and affects 
a colder latitude by several degrees than any other. The 
shell is distinguished by its shining glassy composition and 
by an inclination in the columella to be truncated, partaking 
in these respects of the character of the small glassy 
Acliatinm. Dr. Gould describes having found it in great 
abundance in the woods of Oak Island, Massachusetts, 
after a warm October rain, clinging to the fallen leaves, 
from which they disappeared as the moisture evaporated. 
It inhabits the British Isles throughout, and has a wide 
range in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, France, and 
Germany, reaching as far north as Sweden. 
Species 646. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Bulimus Opaeanus. Bui. iestd subulatd, vix umbilicatd, 
spirce suturis impressis, anfractibus septem, rotundatis, 
concentrice striaiis, columelld verticaliter tenue dila- 
tatd, aperturd pared, superrie simtatd, labro simplici ; 
pellucido-vitred, stramined. 
The Opara Bulimus. Shell subulate, scarcely umbili- 
cated, sutures of the spire impressed, whorls seven in 
number, rounded, concentrically striated, columella 
vertically thinly dilated, aperture small, sinuated at 
the upper part, lip simple ; transparent glassy, straw- 
colour. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1846, p. 34. 
Hab. Island of Opara, Society group (at the roots of 
plants) ; Cuming. 
A thin, glassy, subulate shell, delicately concentrically 
striated after the manner of those from Jamaica repre- 
sented in PI. 84. 
Species 647. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
Bulimus obscueus. Bui. testd oblongd, compresse umbi- 
licatd, anfractibus seplem, convexis, tumidiusculis, ob- 
lique striaiis, columelld verticaliter dilatatd, aperturd 
pared, subquadrato-ovatd, obliqud, labro subeffitso ; 
castaneo-fused. 
The obscure Bulimus. Shell oblong, compressly umbili- 
cated, whorls seven in number, convex, rather swollen, 
obliquely striated, columella vertically dilated, aper- 
ture small, somewhat squarely ovate, oblique, lip 
rather effused; chestnut-brown. 
Deapaenaud, Hist. Moll. p. 74. pi. 4. f. 23. 
Helix obscura, Muller. 
Bulimus liordeaceus, Bruguiere. 
February, 1850. 
