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was the first to obtain this species in 1865. I obtained 

 five specimens in the possession of hermit crabs, one 

 specimen, a very good one, I sent to my esteemed fi"iend, 

 Mr. G. F. Angas, in 1869. Mr. x\ngas, having returned 

 specimen with the appended in his own handwriting, my 

 number with the specimen was 36 : — " This may be a 

 monstrous growth of the above [the above refers to my 

 number 35, since called B. Hargravesi Coy], and is very like 

 B. elohatiis with a pivduced spire, ^vhich may be, as often is, 

 merely a local growth. However, until I see more of them it 

 would be unsafe to make new species of what may at the best 

 be merely accidental varieties of some already known species. 

 This group of Bulimi run into one another, and ate sadly 

 perplexing to determine. Both shells have been carefully 

 examined and compared by Mr. H. Adams and myself, 

 and w'e both agree it is not safe to describe them as new 

 species at present." This was described by Dr. Cox, in 

 " Proc. Zool. Soc. of London," 1870, p. 172, pi. xvi, 

 fig. 7, as Bulimus San-Christovalensis. I think it far 

 better to drop the San, and call it B. Christovalensis Cox. 



8. Seemanni Dohm. — Kandavu, Viti or Fiji Islands. These 

 are some of my original specimens, obtained in 1865. 



B. Hargravesi Cox. — Ulaua or Contrariete Island, Solomon 

 Islands. When Cox described this species he gave the 

 habitat Treasury Island, Solomon Islands. The species 

 is not found there, having myself been through the group 

 three times, and the only island in the group that it is 

 found on is Ulaua or Contrariete Island. In my visit in 

 1865 I found one specimen, and in 1869 I sent it home 

 to Mr. Angas to describe. I append his remarks on the 

 species, my specimen being numbered 35 : — " I should not 

 like to describe the shell as a ne%v species from this single 

 example. If you get more of them we may decide it. It 

 is very close to some of the varieties of B. fidguratus Jay 

 and B. elobatus Gld., both from the Fijis. This shell and 



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