14 DKYM^EUS, WEST INDIES. 



Charlotte and other parts of this island, and when withdrawn into 

 the shell resembles the pale green side of a reversed leaf, an appear- 

 ance which renders it difficult to be found, and doubtless protects ij; 

 from the birds." H. H. Smith found it "common locally, princi- 

 pally on the leeward side, in rather damp forest hillsides below 1,500 

 feet. In damp weather it is found on leaves or tree-trunks; conceals 

 itself at roots of trees in dry weather." 



Specimens before me from Mustique do not differ appreciably 

 from those of St. Vincent. Examples of the shells referred to 

 stramineus by Weinland and Crosse, from the Haitian localities men- 

 tioned by the latter are before me, and while very similar to the true 

 strctmi/teus, I prefer to consider them a variety or species allied to 

 D. liliqeeus. 



Several specimens were collected by Dr. Benj. Sharp on ihe wind- 

 ward side of Dominica a few years ago, which are so similar to 

 D. stramineus that I dare not call them anything else, though the 

 island is rather separated from the well established range of the 

 species. 



Var./am'tfta Smith. PL 12, fig. 8. 



Like the type, but banded with purplish black or purplish red. 

 There are usually four bands on the body-whorl one at the middle, 

 one-half way between it and the suture, the third equally distant be- 

 low the middle, and the fourth around the umbilicus (Smith). 



Leeward side of St. Vincent, in dry forest below 1,000 feet, on 

 leaves in wet weather, or at roots of trees and in crevices of rocks in 

 dry weather. The animal is green like the allied (typical) form, 

 and this is probably a variety, but i.t is found in much dryer situa- 

 tions, principally on the ridges between Cumberland and Largon. 

 Rarely the two forms are associated ; nowhere common (//. H. 

 Smith}. 



D. MULTIFASCIATUS (Lamarck). PI. 13, figs. 93, 95, 90, 97. 



Shell perforate, oblong-conic, thin ; white or yellowish, with Jive 

 dark purple-brown bands, the uppermost narrow and sutural, the 

 second about midway between suture and periphery, the third wider, 

 just above the periphery, the space between these two crimson, or 

 occasionally the two widen and coalesce ; fourth band the widest ; 

 fifth a mere crescent around the perforation, the space between bands 

 iv and v crimson. Surface glossy, with fine growth-lines and minute, 



