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DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NBW PULMONATE MOLLUSKS 



WITH A LIST OF OTHER SPECIES FROM THE 



SOLOMON ISLANDS, COLLECTED BY 



DOCTOR G. A. DORSEY 



BY WILLIAM HEALEY DALL, D. Sc. 



CURATOR DIVISION OF MOLLUSKS. U S. NAT MUSEUM 



The authorities of Field Museum of Natural History having 

 requested me to report upon a small collection of shells made in the 

 Solomon Islands by Dr. G. A. Dorsey of that institution, I have done 

 so with some interest since the region is even now only partially 

 explored. 



The land shells are naturally of the most interest, since the marine 

 shells for the most part belong to the widely distributed Indo-Pacific 

 fauna, while of land shells each well isolated island may be expected 

 to furnish a little group of peculiar species. 



LAND SHELLS 



Nanina nitidissima E. A. Smith. 



A single bleached specimen, agreeing extremely well with Smith's 

 figure and description, was obtained in the interior of Bougainville 

 Island. 



Papuina xanthochila Pfeifler. 



About a dozen of this very attractive species were obtained with 

 the preceding. The shell is of a greenish white and the reflected lip 

 of a rich orange color. 



Papuina adonis Angas. 



With the last, as were the following: 



Papuina mendana Angas. 



Papuina meta PfeiflEer, var. bicolor Pilsbrv. 



