22 Notes on the Genus Pineria, and on the 



II.— Notes on the gemis Pinekia, and on the lingual dentition 

 of Pineria Yiequensis, Pfeiffer. 



By Thomas Bland and W. Gt. Binney. 



Kead March 20, 1871. 



The genns Pineria was established by Poej in 1854 (iYe- 

 rnorias, I., 428), and thns characterized : — 



T. bulimiformis, imperforata, tvirrita, apertura rotundata, peris- 

 toma simplex, rectum, undique aciitum. Animal nudipes tentaciilis 

 duobus retractilibus instructum, ajnce oculatis ; labrum rotundatum ; 

 reptatio sinuosa. 



Poey described two species, P. terehra and Beathiana^ both 

 from the Isle of Pines, of which figures are given {31emorias, 

 I. c, tab. 34, f. 12-18). 



He remarks that he had examined the living animal of P. 

 Beathiana with great care, but could detect no trace of '^ in- 

 ferior tentacles," and Dr. Gundlach had satisfied himself of 

 their absence in P. terehra. Observing that the form of shell 

 (columella excepted) and sculpture of the former species was 

 somewhat like that of MacroGerainns turricula, Pfr., Poey 

 studied its soft parts and found such tentacles existing. 



In 1856 Pfeiffer {Malah. Bl. III. p. 46) described Bulimus 

 Viequensis, from Yieque, and suggested its alliance with 

 Pineria. The species is figured in Notit. Conch. Fasc. xxxi. t. 

 ,93, f. 39-41. 



The late Rev. H. Parkinson, in 1857, discovered P. Viequen- 

 ■sis in P)arbados. 



In 1858 Fischer {Journ. Conch, vii. 184, t. 7, f. 7-8) described 

 Helix Schrammi^ from Guadaloupe. 



Pfeiffer {Mon. vi. 343) adopts the genus Pineria, for B. 

 Yiequensis, H. Schrammi, and Poey's two species, and re- 

 marking on the evident affinity of Fischer's species with Vie- 



