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552 C A T A L O G U E SH E L L S .
H a b ita t a d Fo rtum P ra y a . (C a p e V e rd Is lan d s.) M u s . B r it.,
nost.
2 7 . B u l i n u s G r a v e s i i .
B . testd suhventricosd, longitudinaliter suhrugosd, sub-alhidd, fiis c o -
■maculala, spird longitudinaliter striata ; long. 1 J ; lat. J J p aulo
m inus ; poll.
H a b ita t ad V a lp araiso . M u s . nost.
I h a v e n am e d th e shell a fte r m y sh ipm a te a n d frien d , L ieu te n an t
T hom as Graves, whose z ea l an d a ss id u ity in ass is tin g a n d in c re a sin g
m y collections o f N a tu ra l H is to ry was as u nw e a ried as th e
a la c rity a n d a b ility w h ic h h e d isp lay ed in th e p rim a ry and m o re
im p o r ta n t o b je c ts o f th e v oyage, o f w h ic h , in h is M a je s ty ’s sh ip
A d v e n tu re , h e filled th e a p p o in tm e n t o f a ss is tan t su rv e y o r. T o
L ie u te n a n t G rav e s I am p rin c ip a lly in d e b te d fo r m y lan d -sh e lls,
a n d I th e re fo re ta k e th e o p p o rtu n ity o f re c o rd in g th e va luable
assistance h e re n d e re d m e d u r in g th e w h o le p e rio d o f h is s e rv in g
u n d e r m y command.
2 8 . B u l in u s G r a v e s i i , v a r .
B . testd subpyramidali, scabrd, albidd, aliquando lineolis ra ris ;
epidermide lutescente ; long. 1 ; lat. J J p a u lo p lu s . poll.
H a b ita t a d V alparaiso. M u s . B r it., nost., Brod.
T h is is c e rta in ly a v a rie ty o f No. 27, B u lin u s Gravesii.
2 9 . B u l i n u s d e n t a t u s .
B . testd cylindraced, p u n c ta ta , suh-diaqihand, fu s c o maculata ; apertura
dentatd, clausiliam mentiente ; long. J | ; lat. . / j ; poll.
H a b ita t ad oras Brasilice (S t. C a th e rin e ). M u s , B r it., nost.
30. B u l i n u s l u t e s c e n s .— N o . 140. M S S .
B . testd obovatd, ventricosd, subscabrd, lute scente ; long. I f ; lat.
J J ; poll.
H a b ita t a d M ald o n ad o (G o rr iti). M u s . B r it., siost., Bro d .
3 1 . B u l i n u s c o r r u g a t u s .— N o . 9 4 1 M S S .
B . testa subalbidd, transversim et longitudinaliter rugoso-striald,
maculis fu s c i s , obsoletis ; aperturd purpurascente ; cohtmelld
nigricante p u rp u re d ; long. p aulo p lu s ; lat. J J ; poll.
H a b ita t ad Concepcion. M u s . B r it., nost., B ro d .
T h e b o d y -w h o rl o f th e o ld e r specimens o f th is shell is r a th e r
ro u g h ly s tria te d or w rin k led , th e la s t b u t one s lig h tly so, a n d th e
i-emaining w h o rls a re q u ite smooth. T h e colour is w h itish , witli
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p u rp le spots m o re or less obsolete : th e o ld specimens a re sometimes
o f a d u ll ye llow ish w h ite . A specimen is d ep o sited in th e B ritish
Museum.
T h e y o u n g shells o f th is species a re o f a w h itish b rown, w ith
d a rk e r co lo u red strice. T h e y a re v e ry fra g ile a n d s em i-tra n s p
a re n t.
3 2 . B u l i n u s s o r d id u s .— N o. 8 0 3 MSS.
B . te.std p y ram id a li, transversim striatd, fu s e d ; a n fra c tu basali a d
suturam subalbido, lined suhcentricd p a llid d ; labii v ix reflexi
margine albo ; long. 1 J J ; lat. f poll.
H a b ita t a d B ra s iliam (R io d e J an e iro ). M u s . nost.
3 3 . B u l i n u s m u l t ic o l o r .*— N o . 791 M SS.
B . testd avato-pyramidali, longitudinaliter et transversim creberrime
substriatd, luteo-fuscd maculis albis et purpsireo-atris f u c a td ;
labio roseo subreflexo ; columelld subalbidd, aperturd intus subatro-
p u rp u red ; long. ; lat. -fj- ; poll.
H a b ita t ad B ra s iliam , M u s . nost.. Geo. Sowerby.
3 3 . * B u l i n u s r o s a c e u s .
B . testd ovato-oblongd, scabriusculd ; apice et anfra ctib u s p r im is,
rosaceis, cæteris v ir id i-fu s c is ; labro a lb o ; su tu ris crenulatis sen
p lic a tis ; long. 2f ; lat. 1 ; poll.
H a b ita t ad oras Americce meridionalis (C h ile ). M u s . B r it,,
nost., B rod., Geo. Sowerby, S;c.
Soon a fte r th e r e tu rn o f th e ex p ed itio n , ra y frie n d M r. B ro d e rip ,
to whose in sp ec tio n L ie u te n a n t G ra v e s h a d s u bm itte d h is collectio
n , o b s e rv in g sym p tom s o f life in some o f th e sh ells o f th is species,
to o k m e ans fo r re v iv in g th e in h a b ita n ts from th e ir d o rm a n t state,
a n d succeeded. A fte r th e y h a d p ro tru d e d th e ir bodies, th e y w e re
p la c ed u p o n some g re e n leaves, w h ic h th e y fa sten ed u p o n a n d a te
g re e d ily . T h e s e animals h a d b e e n in th is state fo r s ev e n te en or
e ig h te en m o n th s , a n d five m o n th s su b se q u e n tly a n o th e r was fo u n d
a live in m y collection, so th a t th is la s t h a d b e e n n e a r ly tw o y e a rs
* Whilst this sheet was printing, the September number of the Annales
des Sciences made its appearance in England, containing a description
o f the above shell by M. Sander Rang, accompanied by an excellent
figure (Annales des Sciences Naturelles, September 1831, p. 55, pi. 3,
f. 1). I t is there named Helix multicolor. In my description I have
considered it to be a Bulinus, hut its specific name has been altered to
th a t given to it hy M. Rang.
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