VARICELLA, CARIBBEAN. 125 



whorl, at unequal intervals, in the shell drawn in fig. 7. In 

 some others the varix- grooves are less numerous. 



Fischer states that fresh shells are uniform yellowish- 

 corneous with a reddish summit and a reddish line along 

 the suture. There is also a form with 'brown flames 'behind 

 the varix- grooves, fig. 8. 



72. V. PERLUCENS (Guppy). 



"A subulate- turrite, smooth, brilliantly polished, yellow- 

 ish-red shell, marked by obscure striaa and by distant varici- 

 form lines, of which there are from three to six on a whorl ; 

 with a very obtuse apex and seven slowly increasing, scarcely 

 convex whorls, the last somewhat flattened and equal to about 

 half the length of the shell ; columella strongly curved, trun- 

 cate; aperture oval, elongate; peristome simple, its external 

 margin somewhat prominent. A species allied to G. arcuata 

 Pf . of Jamaica. Of three examples I obtained, one only was 

 of full growth. Length 16, diam. 4, aperture 4x2 mm/' 

 (Guppy). 



Dominica (Guppy). 



Glandina perlucens GUPPY, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (4 ser.), i, 1868, p. 430. 



A little-known form, not yet figured, and apparently re- 

 lated to the preceding. Only the original lot is known. 



73. V. GUADELOUPENSIS (Pfeiffer). PI. 19, figs. 40, 41. 

 Shell oblong-turrite, thin, smooth, very glossy, pellucid, 



greenish-corneous, with occasional arcuate varices, not very 

 prominent and bordered with chestnut. 'Spire regularly 

 tapering, the apex obtuse. Whorls 7, a little convex, the 

 last about one-third the length, tapering basally. Columella 

 very much arched, the base narrowly truncate. Aperture 

 slightly oblique, acuminate-oval ; . peristome thin, the right 

 margin arching forward, rufous-margined. Length 14, diam. 

 4.33, aperture 4.66x2.5 mm. (Pfr.). 



Guadeloupe: Gommier (Caillet, type in Mus. Cuming) ; 

 Baillif, Mt. St. Louis, Bouillante, Saint-Claude along the 

 ravine Malanga (Marie), under stones arid vegetable debris, 

 in damp shady places, always above 300 meters elevation. 



