250 PARTULA, HUAHEINE. 



dentated species, which are so common in all the islands ex- 

 cept Bora/bora, do not occur on Huaheine. 



The structure of the kidney raises a doubt as to the sys- 

 tematic position of P. rosea and varia. They may belong in 

 or near the section Samoana rather than to Partula s. str. 



42. P. VARIA Broderip. PL 23, figs. 1 to 12. 



Shell openly perforate, ovate-pyramidal, thin, glossy, com- 

 posed of nearly 5 convex whorls, the last rounded perif erally, 

 or slightly subangular in front ; very convex or saccate at the 

 base. Surface with sculpture of fine growth-striae and min- 

 ute spiral lines, which are more or less obsolete on the last 

 whorl. Aperture vertical, white or purplish-brown within, 

 the lip reflexed, evenly thickened within, white or purple- 

 brown. Length 17, diam. 11 mm. 



Huaheine: "The metropolis of the typical P. varia is in 

 two valleys on the west coast of Huaheine, where they are 

 very abundant on foliage, but it is generally distributed 

 throughout all parts of the island." (Garrett) . 



Partula varia BRODERIP, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 125. 

 REEVE, Conch. Syst., ii, pi. 75, figs. 5, 6; Conch. Icon., pi. 

 3, figs. 17 a. b. c. PFEIFFER, Mon. Hel., iii, p. 448. PEASE, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 473, with var. glutinota, pulchra, 

 simplex. SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeff, v, p. 92. HARTMAN, 

 Cat. Part., p. 14; Obs. Gen. Part., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ix, 

 pp. 189, 191 (excl. strigata). Bulimus varius PFEIFFER, 

 Symb., i, p. 86; ii, p. 124. Bulimus roseus var. b. minor 

 PFEIFFER, Mon. Hel., ii, p. 70. Partula glutinosa PFEIFFER, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1852, p. 85 ; Mon. Hel., iii, p. 448 ; Conchyl. 

 Cab. p. 265, pi. 44, f. 16, 17 (in insulis Salomonis). Partula 

 mucida PFEIFFER, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1855, p. 98; Mon. Hel., 

 iv, p. 513 (in insulis Pacificis). Partula pulchra PEASE, MS. 

 SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeff., v, p. 92. Partula huaheinensis 

 GARRETT, as syn. of varia, t. c. 1884, p. 78, 79. Partula bi- 

 color GARRETT, Journ. A. N. S. P. ix, 1884, p. 79 (not of 

 Pease). Partula adusta GARRETT, MS., undescribed. Par- 

 tula perplexa Pease, MS., H. H. SMITH, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 

 i, p. 463, no. 4277. 



