162 MR, J. BRAZIER ON BULIMUS MILTOCHEILUS. [Mar. 11, 
p. 117) in Selater’s collection agrees very well with the Buenos- 
Ayrean bird. Pelzeln unites M. swainsoni with M. ferox, and may 
thus have fallen into the error of describing his M. cantans as new. 
This species is not included in Burmeister’s list. 
9. PHyTOTOMA RUTILA (Vieill.); Burm. l. c. p. 452. 
Dentudo, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 361. no. 91. 
10. VANELLUS CAYANENSIS (Gm.); Burm. J. c. p. 502. 
Terutéro 6 Tetéu, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 264. no. 386. 
4. Observations on the Distribution of Bulimus miltocheilus 
in the Solomon’s* Archipelago. By Joun Brazier, of 
Sydney, New South Wales. (Communicated by the. 
Secretary.) 
BuLIMUS MILTOCHEILUS. 
Bulimus miltocheilus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. . pl. 49. fig. 322 ; 
Deshayes in Fér. yol. ii. p. 105, pl. 154. figs. 3&4; Pfeiffer, Mon. 
Helic. vol. iii. p. 372, and vol. iv. p. 440; Chenu, Manuel de 
Conch. part. 1. fig. 3216. 
Aspastus miltocheilus, Albers, Heliceen, first edition, p. 149. 
Otostomus miltocheilus, H. & A. Adams, Recent Mollusca, vol. ii. 
p. 151. 
During my visit to the Solomon’s archipelago in H.M.S. 
‘Curagoa,’ under the command of my esteemed friend Commodore 
Sir William Wiseman, C.B., in the months of August and Septem- 
ber 1865, I found that Bulimus miltocheilus is not only met with 
at Port Makera, San Christoval Island, but also on two other islands 
in the archipelago. On the Island of Sesarga or Contraictés 
(situated 9° 48! S. lat., 162° 8’ 10” E. long.) I believe I was the 
first that ever landed in search of conchological specimens; and I 
was well rewarded by finding B. miltocheilus on a species of palm 
tree about twenty feet from the ground. The next island that we 
visited is one known by the name of Golfe Island; the native name 
is Ugi; here B. miltocheilus is found in thousands on the palm 
trees. ‘Ihe third place that we visited was Wanga Bay, San Chris- 
toval Island; here we found this Bu/imus rather scarce, not getting 
more than thirty specimens. At this spot they are found on leaves 
of bushes and other small plants, quite vigorous and crawling about, 
where the land is very low and damp. ‘The next place that we 
visited was Recherche Bay, San Christoval Island, where the land is 
very high on the coast. To obtain B. miltocheilus you must go three 
or four miles inland; here it is found on a broad-leaved tree, but 
* Recent writers on the Mollusca of this archipelago (such as Pfeiffer and 
others) make use of the term “‘ Salomon” Islands; it should be Solomon's Archi- 
pelago or Islands. 
