the Land and Freshwater Shells of Barbados, 251 



The cofFee-tree is not generally dispersed nor the berry 

 cultivated in Barbados ; but a few plants are to be met with 

 in the shrubberies surrounding some of the planters' houses. 



5. Helix [Microphysa] turhiniformis^ PfeifFer. 



Helix turhinif or mis, Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. vol. i. p. 49; Oonch.-Oab. 

 ed. 2, pi. xcix. figs. 31-33; Reeve, Conch. Icon. tigs. 167 a, b. 



Hah. Cuba and Jamaica. 



A single specimen, marked Barbados, and identified by 

 Pteiffer as this species, is in the Cumingian collection. 



6*. Helix {Mici'ophysa) vortex^ Pfeiffer. 



Helix vortex, Pfeiffer, Conch.-Cab. ed. 2, no. 526, p. 110, pi. Ixxxv. 

 tigs. 7-9. 



Hah. Cuba, St. Croix, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Thomas, Porto 

 Ilico, Bermuda, Georgia, and Florida. 



Two dead specimena are all tliat were obtained. The 

 species has already been recorded from Barbados by Pfeiffer 

 (Mon. Heh vol. vii. p. 153), Bland, and Kobelt. 



7*. Streptaxis deformis (F^russac) . 



Helix deformis, Ferussac {Helicogena), Prodrom. p. 34, no. 42 ; id. Hist. 

 Nat. Moll. pi. xxxii. a. fig. 1. 



Hob. Venezuela, Demerara, Surinam, Trinidad. 



This is the first record of the occurrence of this species at 

 Barbados. " It occurs under stones, and though generally 

 diffused over the island is less common than either Helix 

 Isabella or H. similaris. The living animal has a pretty 

 appearance through the translucent shell, the foot being 

 lemon-yellow, the tentacles red, with a stripe of the same 

 colour down the back. The eyes, as usual, are black." 

 {Feilden.) 



It is common at Demerara, where it has been obtained 

 plentifully by Mr. J. J. Quelch, of the Georgetown Museum. 



8*. Bulimus [Borus) ohlongus (Mliller). 



Bulimus oblonyus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 210 ; Pfeiffer, Conch.-Cab. 

 ed. 2, pi. xxii. figs. 1, 2. 



This well-known shell has already been recorded from Bar- 

 bados. " It is common in some localities, especially the 

 gardens of plantations. It occurred in considerable numbers 

 in the garden at Lears. In hot weather the animal half 

 buries itself in the soil under the shade of dense-leaved trees 



