4 THE NAUTILUS. 



is also Ciiitty's type locality where he obtained a few good 

 specimens. 



Pleurodonte scliroeteriana (Pfr.) (Area 12). This species abounds 

 in the wood of the western part of Westmoreland, it occurs much 

 less commonly in the other parts of this area. 



Plenrodonte tridentina (Fer.) and P. browiieana (Area 12) are 

 found in the woods on the northern parts of this area, at a higher 

 elevation than P. schroeteriana. These two species are allied to P. 

 schroeteriana, and if not good species, the types are very highly dif- 

 ferentiated varieties. These shells are also subject to considerable 

 individual variation. 



Pleurodonte sinuata (Mull.) is the only species of this group which 

 is found almost all over the island. Slightly specialized local forms 

 do occur, but it is remarkable that a shell so widely distributed and 

 so abundant should be so constant. 



Pleurodonte soror (Fer.) (Area 9). This shell occurs in the 

 Parish of Hanover and the bordering mountains of Westmoreland. 



Pleurodonte peraculissinia (Ads.). This shell is generally dis- 

 tributed over the higher regions of Manchester, Clarendon, St. Ann, 

 Trelawny and St. Elizabeth. In spite of this species being so 

 widely distributed and varying very much in size, and other minor 

 characters, there is little doubt as to the extreme varieties belonging 

 to the same species. Several localities have their typical varieties 

 of this species. 



Pleurodonte caret (Ads.) inhabits the western part of the Island 

 (the part shaded on the map), and a few stragglers have been found 

 in the mountains on the north of Manchester and St. Elizabeth. 

 There are two very distinct varieties of this shell, the type with the 

 " very thick, strong lip" from St. James and Hanover, and the com- 

 mon and more widely distributed variety which is of a much lighter 

 build and with thinner lip. 



NOTICES OF NEW LAND SHELLS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. 



BY H. A. 1MLSBRY. 



Kulota de.specta var. kikaiensis n. var. 



Smaller and more solid than despecta, pink-tinted, at least near 

 the aperture; the cuticle thin or wanting, hardly yellowish. Inner 



