184 A. #. Verril—The Bermuda Islands; Geology. 
b. Bivalves. 
Tellina levigata Linn. 
Fragments, apparently of this abundant living species, are common. 
Tellina (Angulus) promera Dall. 
One specimen found at Hungry Bay, 1901. 
Tellina, sp. 
Fragments of one or more additional species were found, too 
imperfect to name. Fragments are abundant at Devonshire Bay. 
Venus or Chione, sp. 
In Bartram’s list (see Berm. Almanac for 1881, p. 126), he identi- 
fied a species, doubtless erroneously, as Venus puerpera from Chenu’s 
figures, 351-354, which represent a rounded lamellose species. He 
states that 1t is only found sub-fossil. In our collection of the recent 
shells there are fragments of a similar large species. 
Pullastra or Callista ? 
In Bartram’s list (op. cit., 1881, reprinted from previous years), he 
records a shell, only found as a fossil, under the erroneous name 
Pullastra perovalis, identified by Chenu’s figure (vol. li, p. 92, f. 
411). The figure represents a regularly ovate, smooth shell unlike 
any recent Bermuda shell known to me. The fossil might be a 
Callista maculata, but needs reéxamination.* 
* Mr. J. T. Bartram’s collection of shells, birds, fishes, ete. was purchased by 
the Bermuda government, after his death, but it was not accessible at the time 
of my visits. In his lists, 1875 to 1881, many species entirely foreign to Ber- 
muda are included, doubtless brought in by sailors. Among such are Buccinum 
undatum, Fasciolaria tulipa, Terebra tigrina, Strombus peruvianus, Oliva por- 
phyrea, and many others. Moreover, many of the true Bermuda shells are 
wrongly named, from a superficial resemblance to the figures in Chenu, and 
in Woodward’s Manual, which seem to have been the only illustrated works on 
shells that he had. He also published in his lists many (23) of his own manu- 
script names. He was a persevering collector, but uneducated and without any 
scientific training. He resided at Stock’s Point for many years, but had pre- 
viously been a sailor. If his collection had been carefully studied by a compe- 
tent malacologist, it would have added much more to our knowledge of the Ber- 
muda fauna than his lists indicate, for they are far too unreliable for scientific 
use, except in those cases when confirmed by later collectors. He also left a 
considerable amount of MSS. relating to his shells, but they have not yet been 
examined by a specialist to ascertain their value. J. M. Jones was personally 
acquainted wita Mr. Bartram and certainly saw his collection and exchanged 
