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Brazier, of Sidney, June 18, 1885. Hesays: ‘‘ You will notice that 
I send you a great many specimens of the Partula called guamensis 
Pfr.,, which Dr. von Martens says is rufa Less. Some have a 
peculiar red line at the periphery.’’ There is a photograph of one of 
the adult examples (No. 4341). See. No. 4331. 
4297. ‘‘Partula guamensis Pfr., Asention Island, Coll. Pse.; = 
ponapensts Hartm.’’ Six adult and eight embryonic specimens. 
P. ponapensis is the name proposed by Dr. Hartman as a substitute 
for guwamensis, which he considered a misnomer. See Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sc. Phila., 1885, p. 221. He remarks that specimens in the Cox 
collection are labeled Asention Island. Pease, in Proc. Zodl. Soc. 
Lond. 1871, p- 473, gives the locality Ponape. Probably both Pease 
and Cox obtained their specimens from Brazier, who, in that case, is 
the only authority for the habitat. Ponape is one of the Caroline 
Tslands, and Asention, or Ascencion, may be a place on it. 
4298. ‘‘ Partula rufa Less., Ouhalan, Brazier dat.’’ On the back 
of the card is written: ‘‘Given by Cox and Brazier.’’ ‘Two speci- 
mens, one a dead shell. The latter was received from Dr. Cox. 
Subsequently Mr. Brazier sent the better example, as appears from 
Brazier’s letter, dated Sidney, June 18, 1885: ‘* As you wish to receive 
a good specimen of P. rufa Less., I send you the best I have.’’ Both 
specimens were collected by Brazier ‘‘ on the banks of the Lella River, 
Chabroul Harbor, Ouhalan or Strong’s Island.’’ See Hartman, Proc. 
NeatesNat. ssc. Phila, 1886, pe 30, Els Wiig. mg. -Oualan or 
Strong’s Island is one of the Caroline Islands. In Dr. Hartman’s MS. 
work the habitat given is ‘‘Ovalau.’’ (Fiji Is.) Probably this is a 
mistake, due to a letter from Mr. Layard, June 11, 1887, in which he 
says: ‘If Oualan is in Fiji it should be Ovalau, on which Levuka is 
situated.’’ Mr. Garrett wrote, September 5,1882: ‘‘I don’t think there 
is any doubt of the Strong’s Island Partu/a being Lesson’s P. riufa.”’ 
With the Hartman collection there is an excellent photograph of the 
two specimens of P. rufa, together with one of P. guwamensis Pfr. 
(No. 4341); also, two photographs on cards (one of them colored) of 
P. rufa and Diplomorpha coxt (Nos. 4342, 4343)- 
Norres.—Partula obesa Pse. ‘This species is not represented in the 
Hartman collection. In Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., 1885, p. 221, 
the habitat given is ‘‘ Fortuna and Vavao Islands,’’ but in his MS. 
work Dr. Hartman says that the species was described from a single 
specimen and that the habitat was unknown. 
