446 Annals of the Carnf.gie Museum, 



Conch., 1866, p. 185 ; 1867, p. 81, PI. I. Fig. i, and F. nodosa 

 var. trilineata Pse., Proc. Z06I. Soc. London, 1871, p. 473, the habitat 

 ascribed to it being Moorea. Dr. Hartman in his MS. catalogue 

 described trilineata as the typical form of nodosa. 



4210. ''Partula compressa Pfr. (typical), Fiji Isl." Four speci- 

 mens. See No. 4133. 



Note. — Partula lineata Less. This doubtful species, which Dr. 

 Hartman places after P. compressa in his MS. catalogue, is not repre- 

 sented in the Hartman collection. In Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., 

 1885, p. 213, the name is given with a f indicating that Dr. Hartman 

 had specimens in his cabinet ; but this is evidently a mistake, as the 

 context shows that he relied solely on Lesson's figure and description. 

 Mr. Garrett wrote to Dr. Hartman, Jan. 5, 1884 : "I think Lesson's 

 lineata may be considered a lost species. I regret using the name in 

 my paper." He refers to his paper in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., 

 IX, p. 50, where he erroneously identifies a variety of suturalis Pfr. 

 with lineata ; in this he followed Reeves' figure. In a letter from Mr. 

 Brazier to Dr. Hartman, June 18, 1885, he says: "I doubt very much 

 of P. lineata Less, being found at Oualan. I was there fourteen days 

 and went once across the island from Cheobel (Chabroul?) Harbor to 

 Coquelle Harbor, and never saw anything like Lesson's figure. I 

 found all other species of Helices that were described by Pease before 

 I ever went there. ' ' 



Writing June 11, 1887, Mr. Layard observes : " If Oualan is in the 

 Fijis, it should be Ovalau, on which Levuka is situated." Probably 

 Dr. Hartman adopted this suggestion, for in his MS. work the habitat 

 given for the species is "Ovalau." It should be noted, however, 

 that Lesson described at least one other species [Partula ritfa) from 

 Oualan, where it was subsetjuently found by Brazier. 



42 1 1. Partula suturalis Pfr. ''Partula vexilhun Pease, Moorea 

 Lsld." Seven sj^ecimens, five dextral and two sinistral. All are pale 

 yellowish with two or three narrow reddish-brown bands, and without 

 strigations ; the parietal tooth is present in all the examples. The 

 dextral specimens closely resemble some included under the var. P. 

 alter nata Pse (see No. 4213). According to Dr. Hartman (MS. cata- 

 logue) the type examples of P. suturalis Pfr. are like P. vexillum 

 (dextral form ?) and vexillum is given as a synonym of suturalis, which 

 has precedence, in the later Hartman catalogues. Mr. Garrett, Feb. 

 10, 1879, remarks that vexillum, elongata ( = tceniata var.) and sim- 



