220 Catalogue of the 



nfime B. exilis for this species, already occupied by Gmelin." 

 Desliayes in liis edition of Lamarck (VIII. p. 232) adds a note 

 to tlie description of B. Guadaloupensis Brug., in wbicli be 

 merely asserts that Gmelin's name, exilis^ lias priority over that 

 of Bruguicre. 



Tar. /3 trifasciatUS Pfr. Mon. Hel. Viv. 11. p. 224. No. 612. 



Station. — Under stones, amongst grass, and on stems of 

 shrubs: very common. 



Ilahitat. — Unknown; Gmelin. Guadeloupe; Bruguii^re : also 

 Lamarck : also Pfeiff'er. West Indies ; Reeve. (Unknown ; 

 (B. exilis) Reeve.) Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Bartholomew, 

 St. Thomas ; Mus. Amh. The graveyard W. of the town, St. 

 Thomas ; T. B. ! 



11. (11.) Bulimus virgulatUS (CocLlogena) Fer. Prod. p. 



396. - - - 1821. 



Fer. et Desh. Hist. II. 2d 



part. p. 91. t. 142. B. f. 



1-7. - - 1820-1851. 



Cariljhccorum Lam. ed. Desh. VIII. No. 26. 1888. 



vlrgulatus Pfr. Mon. Hel. Viv. II. p. 



202. No. 551. - - 1848. 



Rv. Condi. Icon. sp. 320. 1848. 



Several pretty varieties occur ; the most common are, exte- 

 rior wholly white, pale brown within, often with the columella 

 blackish brown ; or white with chesnut colored transverse 

 lines. The spirally banded varieties are scarce, and that of a 

 " rich reddish saftron" color (Rv. Conch. Icon. fig. 320 a) does 

 not inhabit St. Thomas. 



Station. — On the trunks of trees. 



Habitat. — Brazil? Antilles, Porto Rico, St. Bartholomew, St. 

 Domingo ; Ferussac in Prod. Antilles ; Ferussac and Deshayes 

 in Hist. : also Lamarck : also Pfeiflfer. West Indies ; Reeve. 

 Martinique, St. Bartholomew, Tortola, St. Thomas, Porto Rico, 

 Cura9oa? and Bonaire: Mus. Amh. Hills about Baker's, St. 

 Thomas ; T. B. ! 



