some of the Land Shells of Cuba. 489 



AcHATiNA FASCiATA, Mull., A. vexillum, Brug. 



Sometimes found in the woods high on the trees, but most 

 abundant, on abandoned coffee plantations. In dry weather 

 they attach themselves to the body and largest limbs of the 

 coffee trees so strongly that, in detaching them, the bark 

 comes off with them. They form a strong parchment film 

 over the aperture during the dry season. '•' None of these 

 were found on the square of coffee with the green-banded 

 ones ; (var. crenata, Swains.) but on another square, not a 

 quarter of a mile distant, there were plenty of this kind. On 

 this square the coffee trees were not so old, and were more 

 shaded. A few green-banded ones were found here also, but 

 not one in twentv." 



A few seen at Sagua were all of the spotted kind. 



AcHATiNA GRAciLLiMA, Pfcif., WiegM. Archiv, 1840. 



AcHATiNA ocTONA, Chem. 



Animal, bright yellow, half the length of the shell. Found 

 at La Carolina, under a heap of old corn husks, so plenti- 

 fully that hundreds could be collected in a few minutes. 



Glandina oleacea, Feruss., Prodr. No. 360. 



" Animal, light reddish brown, with three dark stripes on 

 the back and sides. It has six tentacles, the posteHor pair is 

 longest ; the anterior ones are joined at the base, tapering to 

 a point, in shape like a shark's tooth ; the others terminate 

 bluntly with knobs, &c." The third or anterior tentacles are 

 merely dilatations of the angles of the hood, which, however, 

 serve the purpose of tentacles. The animal accords generally 

 with that of G. truncata, described by Dr. Wyman at page 416. 



They are not plentiful, but are occasionally found under 

 fallen plantain trees, and under leaves in the woods, under 

 decayed wood, &-c. 



Glandina folliculus, Lam., Achatina solidula, Pfeif. 

 More rare, but found in the same localities as G. oleacea. 



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