432 Ann'als of the Carnegie Museum. 



Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S85, p. 207, with a f iinlicating that he had speci- 

 mens in his own cabinet. No shells labeled P. casta nea have been 

 found. 



4124. '■'•Parfula approxiinata Pse. MS., Raiatea, (iarr. " Eight 

 specimens. Two are pale l)rownish, the others reddish brown with a 

 broad yellow band, corresponding to the banded specimens included 

 under No. 4120 except that the colors are brighter. (See No. 4125, 

 below, and notes under 4142 and 4170.) All the specimens included 

 under No. 4124 have the umbilicus entirely closed, as in P. imperfor- 

 ata. No. 4170; in Nos. 4118-4123 the umbilicus is generally a little 

 oi)en. 



4125. '■'■Partula oralis V^^.'" One specimen, somewhat immature 

 and with the aperture .slightly distorted as if pressed toward the left. 

 Color orange brown with a broad yellow band. It is mounted on a 

 small card, different from the cabinet cards used by Dr. Hartman ; the 

 name is carelessly written and there is no indication of locality ; it ap- 

 pears, in fact, to be a temporary mount. It differs from ova/is in 

 color and in the closed umbilicus, and in both these characters it 

 agrees with approximata (^ = ra(/iala'). No. 4124 : from the latter it dif- 

 fers in having the lij) less de\eloped and being without the parietal 

 tooth : but this may be due to immaturity. 



It is possil)le that this is the specimen labeled P. ojui/is, which was ' 

 sent to IMr. Crarrett and returned, as appears from the Garrett letters. 

 Mr. Garrett wrote (Jan. 25, 1885) : "Your ova/is, which is not a 

 symmetrical example, has the aperture slightly pressed toward the left. 

 It is widely different from my 07'a/is. It is one of the forms oi fusca 

 inhabiting Vaioare Valley. It may be a hybrid between fusca and 

 navigatoria.''' The specimen, howe\er, has no resemblance to P. 

 navigatoria, and the shell referred to may ha\e been a specimen of the 

 true ova/is. 



4126. "Partula ovalis Pse. (type) (tyjiical, H. H. S.), Raiatea, 

 Coll. Pse." 'Pwelve specimens, varying considerably in size and form. 

 Color dark castaneous or brown, three or four examples showing a yel- 

 low band more or less apparent. 



4127. ^'Partula ovalis Pse., Raiatea." Seven specimens, larger 

 than those included under No. 4126 and of a uniform dark castaneous 

 color. They are hardly distinguishable from No. 41 11 (^P. p7'otea, ■= 

 fiisca), except by-the absence of the parietal tooth, and perhaps they 

 should be referred to that species. Dr. Hartman long regarded ovalis 



