31G MB. E. \. SMITH ON SHELLS [Mar. 1, 



PupiNA ADAMsiANA, Cfosse, Joum, dc Conch. 1871, p. 330 ; 

 1872, p. 60, pi. 2. fig. 6. 



"VanuaLevu." (Crosse.) 



Mr. Crosse cites the locality on the authority of a London dealer. 

 The species is closely allied to if not identical with Hargravesia 

 polita, a Solomon-Island species. 



Helicina lens, Lea, Observ. i. p. 161, pi. 19. fig. 56. 



" Feejee Islands." {Lea.) 



Perhaps a unicoloured variety of JI. fulgora, Gld. 



Helix leucolena, Crosse, Joum. de Conch. 1867, p. 447 ; 

 1868, p. 171, pi. 6. fig. 6. 



" Vanua Levu, Viti." (Crosse.) 



Mr. Crosse, who obtained the type specimen from a London 

 dealer, was informed it came from Vanua Levu. The type is foreign 

 to the group. 



Helix semirufa, Albers, Die Hel. p. 106. 

 " Habitat in insulis Fidschi." (Albers.) 

 Most certainly foreign to the group. 



Partula t^niata, Morch, is wrongly assigned to the Viti 

 Islands. It is peculiar to Moorea, one of the Society Islands. 



Parttjla alabastrina, Pfeiffer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S56, p. 39. 

 Solomon Isles (Pfeiffer) ; Fiji Islands (Hartmann). 



Partula compressa, Pfeiffer (Bulimus), Zeitschr. f. Malak. 

 1850, p. 7.'>. Fiji Islands (Hartmann). 



5. Notes on a small Collection of Shells from the Loo 

 Choo Islands. By Edgar A. Smith. 



[Eeoeived February 10, 18S7.] 



Among the valuable collections made at the Loo Choo Islands by 

 Mr. H. Pryer were a few shells, which he has liberally presented to 

 the British Museum. As five out of the nine species are represented 

 by fairly large series of specimens, I have been enabled to make a 

 few observations on the variations they present. These may be of 

 some use if they tend to prevent the multiplication of species which 

 eventually have to be regarded merely as varieties. The specimens 

 were obtained, I believe, from the largest island of the group, the 

 name of which is variously written Loo Choo, Lu-Tschu, Lu Chu, 

 Liew Kiew, and Riu Kin. 



1. Helix despecta, Gray. 



This species, also //. ravida, Benson, H. reJfieldi, H. sieloldiana, 

 both of Pfeiffer, and H. ussimilis, H. Adams, are all very much 

 alike, and might well be considered varieties of one and the same 



