Smith : Catalogue oi Oenus Partula. 439 



4158. Partuhx 7<entricosa Vi^xx. MS., Raiatea, Coll. Ciarr. " Seven 

 speiimens. Six of these retain the epidermi-s but are without the rosy 

 apex of h(-lh- \ar. lu-lUi ; the .seventh is an ordinary decorticated hcbc, 

 j)robal)ly placed on the card for comparison. See under No. 4155, 

 P. vcntricosa is included as a variety of hebe in all Ur. Hartman's 

 papers, though in the 18S1 catalogue he gives the name vcntrosa 

 by error, and it is so written on the lal)el. F. ventricosa Anth. MS. 

 (No. 4104) is a very different shell. 



4159. ^'' Partula glohosa Pse. MS. ( typical ), Raiatea." Sixsjjeci- 

 mens. It differs from P. hchc var. bella Pse. (No. 4157) only in being 

 a little smaller and more globose, the rosy aj)ex wanting or less 

 strongly defined. Included among the \arieties of P. hebc in all 1 )r. 

 Hartman's catalogues. 



4160. "Partula gibba Fer. (type) (typical, H. H. S.), Guam, 

 Ladrone Islands." Fourteen specimens, pale pur])lish brown, ]jale 

 yellowish or whiti-sh, with a white sutural line, and the apex generally 

 darker. Mr. (iarrett, in a letter to Dr. Hartman, Dec. 30, 1884, 

 remarks that when he visited Guam he found P. i^^/bba in great pro- 

 fusion. 



4161. '■^Partula inastersii Pfr., (iuam. Padrone Islands." Nine 

 specimens. A dark variety of P. ^ibba, preserving the white sutural 

 line. It is referred to _i;-/bba in all Dr. Hartman's catalogues. 



4162. "Partula bicolor Pse., Guam, Ladrone Islands, Coll. P.se." 

 Five specimens, pale yellow, with or without a pur])lish band above 

 the sutiu-e. On the back of the card is wTitten : " Sent to Pease by 

 Brazier and picked from three bushels of P. gibba from Guam, collected 

 by Brazier's father-in-law, Capt. Rossiter. ' ' Brazier wrote to Dr. Hart- 

 man, June 18, 1885 : "P. bifo/or Fease was described from three speci- 

 mens sent by me to him. I'hey were picked out by me from about three 

 bushels of P. gibba from Guam, collected by my late father-in-law, 

 Captain 'I'homas Rossiter, in a French whaler, 45 years ago." See 

 No. 4275. 



4163. "Partula radiolata Pfr., Guam, Ladrone Islands." Nine 

 specimens. In memoranda written by Dr. Cox about 1881, he says: 

 " jP. radiolata Pfr. never came from New Ireland, in my opinion ; it is 

 from Guam." 



4164. " Partula dentifera Pfr. (type), (typical, H. S. S.), Raiatea, 

 Coll. Pse." I'ourteen specimens. Three or four have a small parietal 

 tooth. (Compare. No. 4166.) 



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