PARTULA. — Plate I. 
The inflated Partula. Shell conically ovate, uinbili- 
cated, spire rather short, whorls considerably inflated, 
last whorl angularly gibbous, concentrically rudely 
striated, spirally minutely impressly lineated, lines 
slightly waved, aperture rather small, lip and colu- 
mella very broadly flatly reflected; white or pale 
cinnamon, covered with a thin epidermis, lip white. 
Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. 197, and Conch. Syst. 
vol. ii. pi. 175. f. 11,12. 
Bulimus Thersites, Pfeiffer. 
IIab. Sandwich Islands. 
Well characterized by its light gibbous inflated growth. 
Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Partula Guamensis. Part, testa ovata , ventricosd, um- 
bilicatd, spird breviusculd, anfractibus subrotnndatis, 
spiraliter minute impresso-lineatis, apertura subampla ; 
intense castanea, labro pnrpurascente-albo. 
The Guam Partula. SheU ovate, ventricose, umbili- 
cated, spire rather short, whorls somewhat round, 
spirally minutely impressly lineated, aperture rather 
large ; dark chestnut, lip purplish-white. 
Bulimus Guamensis, Pfeiffer, Phil. Abbild. und Besch. 
Conch. Bui. pi. 4. f. 9. 
IIab. Island of Guam, Ladrones. 
This species has a swollen appearance, and is of less solid 
substance than the following. 
Species 5. (Pig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 
Partula faba. Part, testa acuminato-oblonga, umbili- 
cata, solidiusculd, anfractibus subplano-convexis, paucis 
primis sub lente minute spiraliter lineatis, columella 
late rejlexd, tuberculatd, apertura, subquadrato-ovali, 
labro late planvreflexo, intus calloso ; intense castanea 
aut fulva, fusco strigatd, inter dum nigrifasciatd. 
Tiie bean Partula. SheU acuminately oblong, urnbili- 
cated, rather solid, whorls somewhat flatly convex, 
the first few minutely spiraUy impressly Uneated 
beneath the lens, columeUa broady reflected, tuber- 
culated, aperture somewhat squarely oval, lip broadly 
flatly reflected, callous inwardly ; dark chestnut or 
fulvous, streaked with brown, sometimes black- 
banded. 
Sowerby, Zool. Beechey’s Voyage, p. 144. pi. 38. f. 4. 
Limax faba, Martyn. 
Helix faba, Gmelin. 
Buns-Midee fasciata, Chemnitz . 
Voluta fasciata, DiUwyn. 
Bulimus australis, Bruguiere. 
Partula australis, Perussac. 
Bulimus faba, Lamarck. 
Partula Bulimoides, Lesson. 
Hah. Ulitea, Society Islands (on bushes) ; Cuming. 
Remarkable for its solid growth and broadly flattened 
lip. It is extremely variable in colour, being dark chest- 
nut, or fidvous, or partaking of both colours, and is found 
in great abundance. 
