OLEACINA, CUBA. 139 



also numerous localities in Pinar del Rio and Santiago prov- 

 inces (Arango, p. 95). 



Achatina straminea DESH. in Fer., Hist. Nat. Moll. Terr, et 

 Fluv., ii, p. 172, pi. 123, f. 11, 12 (1851). Oleacina oleacea 

 var. straminea Dh., PFR., Novit. Conch., p. 318, pi. 77, f. 3, 4 

 (Rangel). Achatina oleacea Fer., ORB., Hist. Cuba, v. Molus- 

 cos, p. 87 ; French edit, p. 165. PFR., Monogr., ii, p. 280 ; vi, 

 271. DESHAYES, in Fer., Hist., p. 172, pi. 123, f. 5, 6. 

 Glandina o., PHILIPPI, Abbild., i, p. 131, pi. 1, f. 1, and of 

 other authors. Oleacina oleacea ARANGO, Fauna Malac. 

 Cubana, p. 95. 



Deshayes ' type of straminea measured 37 x 13 mm. ; its 

 locality was unknown, but the measurements and figures cor- 

 respond exactly with large specimens before me from San 

 Jose, in Pinar del Rio, one of which is figured, pi. 33, fig. 8. 

 Pfeiffer also figured a very large specimen, 42 mm. long, 

 from Rangel, in northern Pinar del Rio ; his figure was copied 

 by Tryon, Vol. I, pi. 4, f. 45. 



Considerable series I collected in Havana, Matanzas and 

 Santa Clara provinces consist of smaller shells, such as have 

 ordinarily been called oleacea. One from Matanzas is figured 

 (pi. 33, fig. 7) , agreeing pretty closely with typical oleacea in 

 size, but still differing by its wider mouth. It measures, 

 length 27.25, diam. 10.5, aperture 16.3 mm., whorls 61/2- 

 Others from near Matanzas measure 29 x 10, ap. 15.5 mm., 

 and 28.5 x 10, ap. 16 mm. At Cienfuegos they are similar 

 but a little larger length 32-33 mm. I found an obese form 

 with strongly concave columella in Cayo Carenas, in Cien- 

 fuegos Bay (pi. 33, fig. 9), length 30, diam. 11.5, ap. 17 mm. 



Near Sancti Spiritus, in the group of white limestone 

 ' ' rocks of San Jose, ' ' the shells are markedly cylindric, with 

 full, saccate base and extremely concave columella (pi. 33, 

 figs. 5, 6) . Were it not that the animal is colored like 0. oleacea 

 straminea, I would consider these a small race of 0. cyano- 

 zoaria. 



In the collection of J. B. Henderson there is a very small, 

 rather dark-chestnut-tinted form from the Isle of Pines, 19 x 

 S mm., 5% whorls. 



