

The Nautilus. 



Vol. XIV. APRIL, 1901. No. 12. 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF GLANDINA FROM JAMAICA. 



BY HEXIJY YEXDRYES. 



Glandina {Varicella) Taylor i, n. sp. Fig. 1. 



Shell much elongated, oblong-fusiform. Not very shining, often 

 semi-pellucid, of a brown color, deeply-tinted with rose orange ; with 

 narrow dark, reddish-hued or chestnut transverse streaks, crossing 

 completely over all the whorls but not always extending 

 to the base of the last whorl, but always coincident with 

 and bordering the varices, of which there are four to five 

 upon each whorl. Shell sculptured with fine transverse 

 stria?, which become more apparent on the upper shoulder 

 of the body whorl, next to the suture. Whorls 7, slightly 

 convex, but in most cases perceptibly flattened or con- 

 stricted at the periphery; the last whorl more than one- 

 half the entire length of the shell. Suture impressed 

 the edge somewhat crenulated at one margin by l he in. 

 trusion of the transverse striae. Spire with the outlines 

 somewhat curvilinear, rather pointed at the summit. 

 Aperture not large, semi-ovate ; labrum sharp, slightly 

 produced towards the middle and below that point, grad- 

 ually retreating, expanding and rounding off to meet the twisted, 

 arcuated and obliquely truncate columella. Length 23 to 25, greatest 

 diam. 7, or slightly less. Length of aperture 9, largest diam. 4 mill 

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

 This shell resembles G. nemorensis in form but is considerably 

 larger. In the outline of the spire it comes between G. nemorensis 

 and G. similis, but it is larger than either of these species. The 



