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member of the museum staff. During the covirse of these explora- 

 tions, very large series of land shells have been secured, giving to 

 the Museum by far the largest and most complete collections in 

 the world of that exceedingly rich and interesting mollusk fauna. 

 Practically the entire range of the Organos Mountains, the Sierras 

 of western Cuba, had been explored by representatives of the 

 museum, but there still remained untouched three localities of im- 

 portance. These were, (i) the extreme eastern prolongation of 

 the Sierra de los Organos, or that region known upon Cuban maps 

 as " Loma de Cuzco " and " (luayajabon." This region furnished 

 the types of several of the first described mollusks of Cuba but has 



Fig. 40. — Mr. Henderson's yacht Eolis in Florida waters. 

 Photograph by Henderson. 



been neglected by all subseciuent collectors. ( 2 ) The region about 

 " Rangel," one of the most famous of type localities in Cuba, and 

 (3) that section of the ( Jrganos Mountains lying between Rangel 

 and the Taco Taco River (Jorge and the town of San Diego 

 de los Bafios. 



In May and June, Mr. Henderson and Dr. Paul l>artsch, curator 

 of marine invertebrates of the Museum, spent a month exploring 

 these three regions, b'or most of the trips they were accompanied 

 by Dr. Carlos de la Torre and Sr. Rodriquez of the University of 

 Havana. The many localities and stations occupied were thoroughly 

 collected and fine series of mollusks and other organisms were 

 brought home. 



