102 VARICELLA, JAMAICA. 



Jamaica: Half Way Tree Pen, Parish of St. Catherine. 

 (C. B. Taylor). 



Glandina (Varicella) taylori VEND., Nautilus xiv, p. 133, 

 fig. 1 (April, 1901). 



"This shell resembles G. nemorensis in form but is con- 

 siderably larger. In the outline of the spire it comes be- 

 tween G. nemorensis and G. similis, but it is larger than 

 either of these species. The strigge are slightly broader than 

 in nemorensis and not nearly so broad as in similis. In color 

 it differs from both." (Vendryes). Known to me by the 

 original description and figure only. 



45. V. NITIDA (C. B. Adams). PL 11, fig. 59. 



"Shell well elongated, ovate-fusiform; reddish brown, with 

 very dark brown transverse stripes, about four or five on each 

 whorl; varicose coincidently with the brown stripes, the 

 varices being indicated by the thickening of the shell within, 

 and a deeply impressed line in front of each; well polished 

 and shining. Apex subacute; spire with the outlines recti- 

 linear, or moderately convex. Whorls 7 or 8, moderately 

 convex, with a well impressed suture. Aperture long, very 

 acute above; labrum sharp, subangular at two-thirds of the 

 distance from its upper extremity; columella much curved, 

 broadly truncated. Mean divergence 30 to 35 ; length .96 

 inch ; greatest breadth .31 inch ; least breadth .3 inch ; length 

 of aperture .44 inch." (Adams). 



Jamaica: Westmoreland (Chitty). 



Achatina nitida C. B. A., Contrib. to Conch, no. 7, p. 103 

 (April, 1850). 



Th type lot consists of six specimens labelled " West- 

 moreland, E. Chitty." The embryonic shell consists of 2% 

 whorls, smooth except the last half whorl, which shows some 

 faint fine growth-striae. The following whorls have fine un- 

 equal grooves, some short, others more emphatic and ex- 

 tending from suture to suture. The last two whorls have 

 vertical 'grooves at nearly regular intervals below the suture. 

 They are mainly quite short, but on close inspection a few 

 fine long ones may be seen. The columella is vertical, con- 



