the Caribcean Islands, \i\7 



licacy ; but it is a dish which, like that of the huge frog of Dominica, I 

 have never brought myself to taste. 



The covered aperture leading through the parietal bone into the cavity 

 of the cranium, may be named Foramen Homeanum, after one of the 

 most zealous comparative anatomists of the age. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Fam. Helicid^, Guild. 

 Carocolla Barbadensis. 



C. nigro-fuscescens, coUo fusco bilineato, tentaculis saturatioribus, 

 pallio tibdomjneque nigro-marmoratis. 



Testa solida, transversim plicata, ferrugineo-fusca, fascia angusta fla- 

 vid^ ; labiis crassis, sordido-lividis ; dentibus obsoletioribus. 



Habitat copiosissime sub lapidibus Barbadensibus, gregatim cum He- 

 licinis aliisque MoUuscis. 



Var. (3. pallida, flavida. 



Junioris testa acuta ; adultse solida, rotundata, adiaphana. 



Genus. Brachypus,* Guild. Clausilia et Pupa, Auctorum. 

 Char, gen. 



Animal heliciforme. Tentacula quatuor, majoribus oculatis. Os 

 subtus : Pes brevissimus, difficillime testam elongat^n trahens. 



Testa fusiformis, gracilis, anfractibus plurimis, omnibus angustis: 

 basilari coarctato, subcarinato. ,^pertura parvula, simplex, subrotun- 

 data, edentula : labia reflexo-incrassata, undique connata. Operculum 

 nullum. 



Brachypus costatxis. 



B. flavescens, dorso nigrescente, oculis atris. 



Testa fusca, longitudinaliter obliqu^ costata, anfractibus undecim > 



Habitat in arboribus Barbadensibus, apice saepe decollato. 



Long., 4Jlin. Diam^, l^lin. 



Lister^ t. 20, fig. \Q> Figura rudis, dubia. 



An Clausiha collaris } Lam , ,^nim. sans vert. t. 6, p. 2, 114. 



* Nomen a ^pa^vq brevis, et ttsq pes. 

 Obs. This generic appellation will require to be changed, as it has been al- 

 ready employed by Mr. Swainson to designate a genus of Birds. See Zool. 

 Journ. Vol. 111. p, 163. — Ed. 



