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belonging tothe collection of the late Wm. 1. Pease. Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., IX, pp. 91-96, 1882. 
Descriptions of New Species of Partula and a Synonymie Catalogue 
of the genus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., pp. 203-223, 1885. 
New Species of Partula from the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., pp. 30-35, Plate Il, 1886. 
New Species of Shells from the New Hebrides and Sandwich [slands. 
Proce. Acad.’ Nat. Se. Phila., p.-250,. Plate XIII, 1888 (includes 
several Partulas). 
Descriptions of New Species of Shells. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 
Phila., pp. 284-288, plate III, 1890 (includes a species of Partula). 
Catalogue of the Genus Partula, ‘<The Nautilus,’’ vol. VI, pp. 73 
and 97, 1892-93. 
Through the courtesy of Mr. H. A. Pilsbry, of the Academy of 
Natural Science, Philadelphia, I have been permitted to examine a 
MS. work by Dr. Hartman, containing the final results of his studies 
of Partula, and revised to within a short time of his death. This was 
originally intended to be a monograph of the genus, but to some ex- 
tent it is incomplete. In it he corrects errors in his previous writings, 
reconsiders a number of doubtful species, and gives descriptions of 
most of the valid ones. 
Dr. Hartman visited Europe in 1883 and personally examined a 
number of types in London and Paris, besides adding largely to his 
collection. He had free access to type specimens from the Pease col- 
lection in the Academy of Natural Science, and the collections, made 
by the United States Exploring Expedition, in the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, as well as the Pease duplicates, which he studied in the Museum 
of Comparative Zodlogy. 
The result of his labors was to bring something like order out of 
the tangled mass, and for this he deserves the everlasting gratitude of 
conchologists. But there are still many doubtful points. 
The main object of the following catalogue is to smooth the way for 
future monographers of the genus. I have rigidly abstained from ex- 
pressing opinions, and have made only a few suggestions. In the case 
of doubtful species or habitats, scraps of information are often impor- 
tant, and a great number of these have been gleaned from the letters of 
Mr. Garrett and others. No doubt many of the extracts will be use- 
less ; but it was not always possible to judge of their value, and I have 
thought it better to preserve every extract which seemed to throw the 
