﻿DALL] SHELLS COLLECTED IN THE BAHAMAS 435 



Nassau, near Fort Charlotte, and Mr. Johnson's place; the young 

 burrowing in loose earth under a large banyan tree; at Little Abaco, 

 near Nield's ; rather common. 

 Cc polls various Menke. 



Andres; Nassau; the Abaco group; Elbow Cay, Great Abaco. 



Common and very variable, but with many local races. Those at 

 Elbow Cay were all very light colored, etc. 

 Cepolis troscheli Pfeiffer. 



A few specimens were obtained at Nassau, near Fort Charlotte 

 and the Grantstown road. 

 Cepolis exumana Dall. 



Three miles west of Fort Charlotte, Nassau. The species was 

 originally described from Exuma Island. 

 Cepolis duclosiana Ferussac. 



Common at Nassau, and quite uniform in its characters. 

 Cepolis smirna new species. PI. lix, figs. 3. 4. 5. 



Shell polished, smooth, except for delicate lines of growth, of 

 about four and a-half whorls, the spire moderately elevated, the 

 whorls neatly rounded, the base flattish with a small but deep um- 

 bilicus ; aperture transversely oval, the lower part of the peristome 

 reflected, white, with a low basal lamina behind it ; last whorl at the 

 aperture markedly descending ; color of the fresh shell, pale fleshy 

 brown with a rather wdde white peripheral band bounded on each 

 side by a dark reddish brown band, the basal one wider than the 

 upper one, which last on the spire runs just above the suture. Major 

 diameter 17.0, minor diameter 14.0, height of shell 9.0 mm. 



Habitat. Riding Point, Grand Bahama Island, where many dead 

 (but only one living specimen) were found. 



The shell has much the same form as C. duclosiana, has a similar 

 basal lamina and umbilicus ; but is larger, relatively more elevated, 

 and of a totally different color. It differs from abacoensis, which 

 has a similar color pattern, by having a smooth and polished surface. 

 Cepolis gregoriana Dall. 



Riding Point, Grand Bahama : Stranger Cay. crawling on lily 

 stalks, and at numerous localities on Great and Little Abaco. 



This form (originally described from Eleuthera) is one of the 

 group of C. abacoensis, from which it differs in color and in having 

 no dark brown band below the peripheral pale one, and in being 

 less sharply sculptured. The general coloration of the shell is a 

 somewhat livid purplish brown, lighter or darker ; with a narrow 

 pale peripheral band, which is occasionally bounded above by a nar- 

 row dark line but perhaps more often merely separates the brown 



