Verrill and Bush — Marine Mollusca of the Bermudas. 515 



gastropods, 5V bivalves, with 1 cephalopod. Of tliese, 94 species 

 are apparently not in Heilprin's list, though some names may be 

 synonymous. Other species have been discovered by the naturalists 

 of the Challenger Voyage, and by several other naturalists. In the 

 present paper about 80 species are added to the fauna, of which 

 about 25 appear to be new species. 



Thus the list of Bermuda marine mollusca now contains about 350 

 determined species, mostly of West Indian origin. 



A considerable number of the smaller forms from the shell-sands 

 in our collections still remain to be determined. 



Many collections brought from Bermuda contain shells bought 

 from the local dealers in curiosities or from local fishermen who sell 

 them to visitors. In many cases such collections contain shells and 

 corals that do not inhabit the Bermudas, such for example as 

 Cyprma tigris and Valuta musica, with other well-known East 

 Indian species, which the local collectors will claim as native to the 

 waters. So, likewise, many West Indian shells are said to occur 

 there which, at least, need confirmation by a scientific collector.* 

 Ever since the settlement of Bermuda there has been very free 

 communication and much commerce with the West Indies, and 

 many shells are often brought home from the West Indies by return- 

 ing sailors, soldiers, and passengers. Therefore it is important to 

 state whether any doubtful or rare species was personally collected 

 or purchased. 



The total number of nominal species contained in the several lists, 

 together with those now added, amounts to about 350. To this 

 number should be added at least 8 species of nudibranchs, 3 of 

 Apli/sia, and one allied to Pleurorbranchus. (See next article, p. 545.) 



Nearly all the pteropods of the tropical Atlantic are also found in 

 the vicinity of the Bermudas, as well as several pelagic gastropods 

 of the Sargasso sea. 



* A specimen of the common large West Indian Melongena was offered to me 

 by a colored boy who declared that he had found it on the beach at Coney 

 Island. This may possibly have been true, but this shell has never been found 

 at the Bermudas by a reliable collector, and therefore cannot be properly 

 included in the faunal list. (A. E. V.) 



