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NOTE XVIII. 
ON A COLLECTION OF SHELLS FROM THE MOLUCCAS 
BY 
M. M. SCHEPMAN. 
(Plate 3). 
The shells mentioned in this paper, were, for the greater 
part, collected by Prof. K. Martin on his journey in the 
East Indian Archipelago, which was undertaken with geo- 
logical purposes. Another series was brought together by 
G. W. W. C. Baron van Hoévell, Resident of Amboyna. 
This second series contained only a few species, which were, 
however, represented by a large number of individuals. 
All these specimens are presented to the Leyden Museum 
by Messrs. van Hoévell and Martin. I have included two 
species from Celebes, though this isle does not belong 
geographically to the Moluccas. The most interesting part 
of the collection, consists in the large number of smaller 
species from a cleft in coral-limestone on Saparoea. From 
this isle only a few species were known, by the recent 
publication of Prof. Boettger on the Mollusks collected by 
Mr. A. Strubell (Bericht Senckenb. naturf. Gesellsch. 1891, 
pp. 241—318). The list is now considerably enlarged by 
the discoveries of Prof. Martin. 
Only one species, a Macrochlamys, is new to science, and 
of the variety of another, Helix unguiculastra var. pilosa Mart., 
the exact locality was still unknown. Moreover I have des- 
eribed a new variety of Helix zonaria Linn. As, however, 
many species are remarkable on account of their varia- 
bility or their localities, I thought it might be desirable 
to give the complete list. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
