368 A. E.Verrill— r J'h> /Sermuda Islands. 



31oIokxiis rufiis, var. obseurus. West Indies and South America, 

 widely distributed. 



Zoology of Godefs Book.* 



Dr. Godet'fl work contains much that is of interest and value con- 

 cerning the agriculture, climate, government, education, etc. of Ber- 

 muda. The chapter or. the yellow fever epidemic of 1850, during 

 which he had charge of the patients on the convict hulk "Thames" 

 is of [tarticular interest, because based on personal observation and 

 experience. 



Dr. Godel was evidently nof a naturalist and that portion relating 

 to zoology is very unreliable and misleading. The zoological matter 

 appeai-s to have been pul together very hastily, partly from memory, 

 and partly compiled from foreign popular books. Perhaps the worst 

 pari of it is that section relating to " Shells," under which he included 

 the Crustacea, Mollusca, and Tunicata. Among these he enumerated 

 many common European, North American, and East Indian marine 

 species, both of Crustacea and .Mollusca, which are never found in 

 Bermuda,f so that the lists are wholly unreliable. 



At this time, however, it will only be uecessary to discuss the 

 terrestrial groups. As for the land Mollusca Mr. PilsbryJ has 

 recently remarked that "The list might have been compiled in 

 Bedlam, and is introduced here merely as a curiosity, and for the 

 sake of bibliographic completeness."§ 



* G'o'lii. Theodore L., M.I). — Bermuda, its history, geology, climate, pro- 

 ducts, agriculture, commerce and government. London. Smith, Elder & Co., 

 1 860. 



+ Among these falsely applied names of foreign Crustacea are Lupa forceps; 

 Cancer pagurus ; Oelasimus voeans ; Levcosia erauiolaris ; Main sguhtado, etc. 

 Among the foreign names of shells are Buccinum undatum; B. lunatum ; B. 

 reticulatum; Purpura lapillus ; Cassis rufa : Strombus gallus; Patella pellucida ; 

 Pecten concentricus ; Veto's gemma; Mya arenaria ; M. truncata, and many 

 others. 



Under " Corals," p. 244, he also enumerates various false species, such as 

 Alcyonium digitatum ; Alcyonidium echinatum ; A. gelatinosum ; Fungia; Gor- 

 gonia verrucosa; G. placomvs ; (}. Irpndifera, etc. 



\ Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci., vol. ii, p. 1G7. 



Dnder the head Puhnonea (pp. 224-227) are enumerated Limax cinereus, 

 Testae clhi. hal.iol.id.cn, Vifriua jirllin-itla , //<•//< cm, cava, II. hoilcnsis, 1'v.pa chrys- 

 alis, Clausula pajiillaiis, Hnlimus (ubricus, Aclmiiiia rolnniuria. Succinea ber- 

 mudiensis, IAmnoza auric la, ia, I'/n/sa fontinalis, Auricula ,,ii<la-, and Ancylus 

 rivularis. With the exception of Succinea bermudiensis, which is proposed as 

 a new species, there is no reason to believe that any of these identifications 

 were based upon Bermudian specimens " (Pilsbry). 



