356 Mr. R. Tate on Terrestrial Mollusca from San Lucia. 



XLIII. — Species of Terrestrial Mollusca collected on the Island 

 of San Lucia. By Ralph Tate, Assoc. Linn. Soc, 

 F.G.S., &c. 



Mr. Bland, in his Catalogue of the Pulmoniferous Snails of 

 the West Indies (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. vii.), 

 gives but two species [Helix orhiculata and Bidimus aulaco- 

 stylus) as inhabiting San Lucia. About two hours' search on 

 the island, in the early part of this year, has enabled me to 

 add ten species, making a total of twelve now known ; they 

 are as follows : — 



1. Helix orhiculata, Fer. This snail has much the same habit as H. 



asjiersa in this country, and is tolerably abundant about the 

 town of Castries. 



2. Helix ierensis, Guppy, Proc. Scient. Assoc. Trinidad, 1869, p. 242. 



This species belongs to a section of the genus represented by H 

 lamellata in Europe and H. labyrintliica in North America ; the 

 tropical forms are H. cceca, Guppy, H. ierensis, Guppy, Trinidad ; 

 H. hactricola, Guppy, Trinidad and Venezuela, Guyana ; H. cce- 

 coides, Tate, Nicaragua ; and H. caratalensis, Tate, n. sp., Vene- 

 zuela, Guyana. Inhabits, among rubbish of old walls and houses, 

 Castries. 



3. Buliinus tenuissimus, Fer. A few dead shells. 



4. Bulimus aulacostylus, Pfr. One dead shell, but with coloi'ation. 



5. Bulimus caracasensis, Reeve. Several individuals were obtained. 



6. Stenogyra pUcateUa, Guppy, var. Abundant with Helix ierensis. 



7. Stenogyra coromita ?, Guppy, with the last. 



8. Stenogyra octona, Chemnitz. Abundant in the woods around Cas- 



tries. 



9. Tornatellina lamellata, P. & M. With the last. 



10. Cylindrella costata, Guild. Upon damp walls and among stones 

 in shady places ; common. 



11. Succinea approximans, Shuttl. Damp pastures. 



12. Helicina plicatula, Pfr. Common in the woods about Castries. 



Bidimus aulacostylus, Pfr., is the only species peculiar to 

 the island ; Helix orhiculata, Cylindrella costata, and Helicina 

 plicatula are common to San Lucia and the islands to the 

 north ; whilst the remainder occur in Grenada, Trinidad, or 

 the northern coasts of South America. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Notes on the Geology of North Shropshire. Small 8vo, pp. 88. 

 London: Hardwicke, 1869. 



This little book, by Miss Charlotte Eyton, is well written and nicely 

 printed, and must be a welcome companion to any intelligent 

 inhabitant of Salop, or thoughtful tourist, if geologically inclined 



