DRYM^EUS, WEST INDIES. 13 



309. Specimens from Dominica are white, with barely 6 whorls 

 (instead of 6^ as in the typical form), the last subangular at the 

 periphery in front, decidedly tapering below. Peristome with a very 

 slightly expanded edge, the columeila straight above, the reflection 

 decidedly pressed in at its insertion. Smaller than Venezuela speci 

 mens. 



Alt. 22-221, diam. 10, length of aperture 10 mill. 



D. STRAMINEUS (Guilding). PI. 12, fig. 7. 



Shell subperforate, ovate-conic, thin ; faint straw-colored or white. 

 Surface rather glossy, with slight growth-lines and fine spiral engraved 

 stria?. Spire conic with nearly straight lateral outlines, the apex 

 rather obtuse, earlier 1 whorls with typical Drymceus sculpture ; last 

 whorl somewhat tapering below, often showing a faintly indicated 

 peripheral angle in front. 



Aperture oblique, half the length of shell, ovate ; outer lip thin, a 

 trifle expanded at the edge ; columeila nearly straight, the edge re- 

 flexed above, appressed, leaving a mere chink at the axis. 



Alt. 30, diam. 14^, length of aperture 15 mill. 



Alt. 28, diam. 15, length of aperture 14 mill. 



St. Vincent (Guilding et /.) ; Mustique, Grenadines (Bland, H. H. 

 Smith, Rawson) ; Becquia, Grenadines (H. H. Smith) ; Dominica 

 (Sharp). 



Bulimulus stramineus GLDG., Trans. Linn. Soc., London, xiv, p. 

 340 (1824); Zool. Journal, iv, p, 170 BLAND, Ann. Lye. N. H. 

 N. Y. xi, 1875, p. 84. SMITH, Proc. Malac. Soc., Lond., i, p. 304, 

 321, with var. fasciata, op. cit. p. 305, pi. 21, f. 9. not B. stram- 

 ineus CROSSE, Journ. de Conchyl. 1891, .p. 127 (Haiti) Bulimus* 

 stramineus PFR., Monogr. vi, p. 44; viii, p. 57 REEVE, C. Icon, 

 pi. 85, f. 632. Not Bulimus stramineus WEINLAND, Jahrb. D. M. 

 Ges. 1880, p. 376 (Haiti). BiiV.nuis lucidiis REEVE, C. Icon. pi. 40, 

 f. 245 (1848). ? Bui fmultis debit is BECK, Index Moll., p. 65 (1837), 

 based on Fer. Hist., pi. cxlii B, f. 10. See vol. XI, p. 311. 



Much thinner than D. liliaceus, less straightly conical, and pale 

 yellow in color, though fading in time to white. 



Mr. Smith, in his article cited above, refers to a B. lucidus Beck ; 

 evidently an error for B. debilis Beck. Fresh specimens are almost 

 of a golden yellow, but this soon fades to nearly white. Guilding 

 writes: "It abounds in rainy weather in the underwood about Fort 



