104 THE NAUTILUS. 



Ceiba Moche, a little village of thatched cabins near Matanzas, is 

 a famous place for shells. Though the season was unusually dry, I 

 collected the following species there in a few hours : 



Oleacina oleacea, Fr. Helix (Microphysa) stigmatica, Pfr. 



Oleacina solidula, Pfr. Jeanneretia multistriata, Desh. 



Thysanophora vortex, Pfr. Eurycampta bonplandi, Lam. 



Cysticopsis debilis, Pfr. Thelidomus auricoma, Fr. 



Cysticopsis cubensis, Pfr. Liguus fasciatus, MUM. 



Urocoptis scaeva, Gund. One of the two sinistral representatives 

 of this genus found in Cuba, the other being Urocoptis coronadoi, 

 Ar., from Marianao, near Havana. 



Urocoptis fortis, Gund. Urocoptis gracillima, Poey. 



Urocoptis philippiana, Pfr. This beautiful species has not been 

 previously reported from this locality. It had chosen a piece of wall 

 unoccupied by other Urocoptids, and seemed to have developed a 

 prosperous colony. 



Megalomastoma apertum, Poey. Ctenopoma rugulosum, Pfr. 



Chondropoma dentatum, Say. 



Chondropoma pictum, Pfr. This species is distinct from pfeiffer. 

 ianum, Poey. The animal differs by having red tentacles, and in 

 the shell the peristome is simple. The sexes are separate, the male 

 being always about one-third smaller than the female. On the 

 female shell is generally to be seen a white mark caused by the 

 abrasive contact of the male. 



Eufrochatella sloanei, Orb. Emoda submarginata, Gray. 



H^licina adspersa, Pfr. Alcadia nitida, Pfr. 



Alcadia hispida, Pfr. 



The Jeanneretia multistriata calls to mind a bit of history. Ch. 

 Jeanneret was a Swiss watch-maker who, in 18G8, was living at 

 Santiago de Cuba. He discovered many important species, and was 

 a valued correspondent both of Gundlach and Poey. But being 

 taken for a spy during one of the political uprisings he was shot from 

 across the river. His collection was lost. The subgenus Jeanneretia, 

 erected by Pfeiffer in his honor, is a genuine Cuban group, and is 

 remarkable for its spiral ridges. Its most typical representative is 

 Jenneretia sagraiana, named by A. d'Orbigny in honor of Don 

 Ramon de la Sagra, the author of the famous " Historia fsica, 

 politico y natural de la Isla de Cuba" 10 volumes, Paris, 1840- 

 1850. 



