XVII. AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF SHELLS OF THE 



GENUS PARTULA IN THE HARTMAN COLLECTION 



BELONGING TO THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



Bv Herp.ert H. Smith. 



The conchological collection of the late Dr. A\'illiam T. Hartman, 

 recently acquired by the Carnegie Museum, contains about 9,000 named 

 species. Its greatest treasure is the magnificent series of the genus .Z'^?;-- 

 tiila, probably the richest in the world. This embraces 83 species which 

 Dr. Hartman considered valid, besides some 50 named forms and many 

 unnamed ones, which he regarded as varieties, and about 20 hybrids ; the 

 whole represented by 240 suites, and 1,647 specimens, almost invariably 

 in fine condition. Nearly all the types of Dr. Hartman'sown descrip- 

 tion are with the collection ; many others from the Pease and Garrett 

 collections are authentic examples ; a number were compared with the 

 types in Europe. Of the species described up to the time of Dr. 

 Hartman' s death, 21 are unrepresented, but nearly all of these are 

 still known from single examples, or are altogether lost or doubtful. 



The specimens, like all the shells in the Hartman collection, are 

 mounted on tablets. Besides the labels on the face of the tablets there 

 are frequently notes, of greater or less importance, on the back ; some- 

 times the original label is pasted to the card ; and in a number of in- 

 stances the shells are accompanied by photographs. There are also 

 several mounted photographs of types etc. which are not now in the 

 collection, some photogra^jhic negatives, and nine water-color draw- 

 ings, by E. A. Smith, of types in the British Museum. 



With the collection are several packages of letters from concholo- 

 gists and collectors in various parts of the world ; these often contain 

 notes of great interest. As far as the genus Partiila is concerned the 

 most important are those from Mr. Andrew Garrett, of Huaheine, So- 

 ciety Islands. Mr. Ciarrett was an excellent naturalist as well as an 

 enthusiastic collector. During the greater part of his active life he re- 

 sided in Polynesia, visiting all the principal islands and eventually set- 

 tling at Huaheine. He published many excellent scientific papers, in- 

 cluding three on the shells of the Society, Samoan, and Fiji Islands. His 



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