— 138 — 



nutam rimaeformem fere occuUans ; vel stricta ', vel arcuato-intorta, 

 basi plus minusve triincata. 



Aniinal vcrisimiliter (in St. {Opeas) GoodaUi, et in Sl. QRu- 

 mina^ decoHata oerte} carnivorum, noctu vorans^ nunc oviparum, 

 ova pro tcstsD diametro maona 4 ad 5, putamine calcareo a!bo pra;- 

 dita pariens (^OfJeas-Subulina), nunc ovo-viviparura (_Obclücus). 



Genus quam maxinie naturale, Bulimi et Achatinae species plu- 

 rimas, pra;sertim subgcnerum Rumina, Obeliscus, Opcas et Subu- 

 lina auctorum Beck et Albers complectcns, per rcgiones tropicas 

 vel subtropicas totius orbis distributum et pullulans. 



Species Caribfcae in secfiones sequentes facile distribuendae. 



Sect. I. OPEAS Albers p. parte. 



Testa minute perforata vel rimata, anfractibus 5 — 8. 



Sect. 11. PSEÜDOBALEA Shutll. [Obeliscus sp. Alb., Balea sp. Pf.). 

 Testa rimata vel imperforata, interdum sinistrorsa, anfr 13—16. 



Sect TU. OBELISCUS Beck, Albers p. parte. 



Testa imperforata, anfr. 10—18, columella stricta sensim in 

 margincm peristomatis transiens, vix truncata. 



Sect. IV. SÜBULINA Beck, Albers. 



Testa imperforata, columella intorta, truncata. 



29. Steiiogyia (Opeas) Subiila (Pf.). 



Syn. ßulimus Subula Pf. Mon. 11, p. 158, N« 413 excl. syn. 

 C. B. Ad. 



„ oclonoides Orb. Cub. I, p. 177, t. 11, f. 23, 24. 



„ hortensis C. B. Ad. Contr. p. 168. 



„ Subula Bland in Ad. Contr. p. 231. 



Hab. Sab saxis, foliis et ligno putrido etc., cum S^ octona, Swif- 



liana etc. etc. consocia, prope San Juan et Fajardo. 

 Obs. Species ut videtur ab auctore ipso vix intellecta, imprimis ut 

 AchatinjB species descripta, denuo inter Bulimos collocata, sy- 

 nonimo Bulimi proceri C. B. Ad. laudato. Bulimus procerus 

 C. B. Ad. ! in Proc. Bost. Soc. 1845, p. 13, breviter sed bene 

 descripta, species omnino destincta est, et e formatione columell» 

 ad Spiraxem referenda. Ad Stenogyram Subula refercndus 

 est B. hortensis C. B. Ad. secundum specimina ab am. Bland 

 benevole communicata; ad Spiraxcm proceram, autera, ex 

 icone et descriptione, B. Jamaicensis Reeve, Pf. QB. impressus 

 Reeve). 



