1 98 LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF N. A. [PART I. 



V, 120 (1825) ; ed. Binney, 28.— DeKay, N. Y. Moll, 56 (1843).— 



W. G. BiNNEY, Terr. Moll. IV, 132.— Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. Viv. II, 



204. 

 Bulimus menkei, Gruner, Wiegm. Archiv. 1841, I, 277, pi. xi, f. 2. — 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. Viv. II, 176. 

 Bulimus venosus, Reeve, Con. Icon. pi. xlv, f. 285 (1848). 

 Bulimus virgulatus, Binney, not Ferdssac, Terr. Moll. II, 278, pi. iviii. — 



Leidy, T. M. U. S. I, 259, pi. xv, f. 7-8 (1851), auat.— Pfeiffer, 



I. c. IV. 



Mesemhrinus multilitieatus, Tryov, Am. Journ. Conch. Ill, 169, pi. xiii, f. 



II, 12 (1867). 



Key West and Lower Matacumba Key, Florida. .St. Martha, 

 New Granada. Maracaibo and Porto Cabello, Venezuela (cabi- 

 net of Mr. Swift). 



There is considerable confusion regarding the synonymy of this 

 shell. An immature specimen from Florida was first described 

 by Mr. Say as Bulimus muUilinealus. It was not again met 

 with until Dr. Binney received specimens from his collector in 

 Florida. From these shells it was described and figured in the 

 Terrestrial Mollusks. Its identity with Mr. Say's species was 

 there recognized, but as B. multilineatus was considered a syno- 

 nym of the West Indian Bulimus virgulatus,* our shell was placed 

 under that name. In the fourth volume of the Terrestrial Mol- 

 lusks I restored to the species the original name of multilineatus. 

 Among European authors the name is mentioned only by Pfeiffer 

 (Mon. II, 204) as a species unknown to him, and later (IV, 482) 

 as a synonym of Bui. elongatus. The last quotation was probably 

 influenced by the treatment of the species in the Terrestrial Mol- 

 lusks, as he also quotes in the same synonymy the description 

 and figure of that work. It appears to me that Dr. Pffeififer has 

 described the species from specimens from the Orinoco, under the 

 name of Bulimus menkei. While criticizing the plates of the 

 Terrestrial Mollusks (Mai. Blatt. 1859, p. 29) he notices the re- 

 semblance of the upper figure to Bui. menkei in color. 



The name Bulimus venosus of Reeve was suggested for the 

 specimens from the banks of the Orinoco, on account of Bulimiis 

 menkeanus of Ferussac preventing the use of the name Bui. 

 menkei. 



Specimens resembling those from Florida have been received 

 from Venezuela by Mr. Swift. There can be no doubt of the 



' This is now recognized as a synonym of B. elongatus, Bolt. 



