Smith : Catai-ooue ok Gkniis Partula. 441 



4174. "■Partula virginca Pse. MS. , Tahaa. " Seven specimens, 

 brown, ashy or pale ; some show an obscure darker peripheral band, 

 and in two there is a white band below the periphery. 



4175. "■Partula virghiea Pse. MS. var. , Tahaa." Nine speci- 

 mens. Generally smaller than the tyi)e and with the umbilicus j)artly 

 closed. 



4176. " Partula lutea Lesson (typical) = lilacina Pfr., IJora-bora 

 Island, Coll. (iarr. " Xine specimens. 



4177. " Partula III tea Less., Bora-bora Island. " Two specimens. 

 One is similar to the examples under 4176, but has a rosy apex ; the 

 other is ventricose, partly decorticated, and ash-colored {=P. l/laciua). 



4178. ''Partula lutea Less., ventricose var.. Bora -bora." Three 

 specimens. 



4179. "Partula lilacina Pfr. (typical). Bora-bora Island." On 

 the back of the card is written : " The type e.xample has the epidermis 

 denuded, which gives it a lilac color." Four specimens. One is 

 denuded and is like the ashy or lilac-colored example included under 

 No. 4177 ; the others differ from P. lutea (No. 4176) only in being 

 darker. \\"\\\\ the Hartman collection there is a colored drawing (No. 

 4345 ), by E. A. Smith, of the type example of lilacina in the British 

 Museum. 



4180. "Partula lilacina Pfr. (dwarf), Bora-bora Island." One 

 specimen. 



4181. ''Partula garrettii Pse., Raiatea, Garrett datum." Nine- 

 teen specimens, including one section. 



4182. "Partula otaheitana Brug. vars., Tahiti." Sixteen speci- 

 mens, illustrating the variations of this species. Two are dextral and 

 unicolored light brown (=;= No. 4184); two are elongate, light brown 

 or jjale, sinistral (^^ P. turricula Pse. MS.); two are brown, sinistral, 

 without the parietal tooth (= /*. rubescens Rve.); two are shorter, 

 brown, sinistral ( = J\ brcvicula Pse. MS. 2iXidi perversa Pse.); three 

 are sinistral with broad bands (=: P. sinistrorsa Pse., banded var.); 

 five are pale with narrow bands, or entirely pale (^= P. amabilis 

 Rve.). 



Writing to Dr. Hartman, Oct. 10, 1883, Mr. Garrett says: " Bru- 

 guiere'stype oi otaheitana is the plain reversed shell Irom the Fantana 

 Valley. Dillwin's description refers to the same shell. Ferrusac 

 figured several varieties to represent Bruguiere's species." See No. 

 4200. 



