114 rHOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



BuUmus virgulatus, Per. : Reeve, Concii. Icon., pi. xlix, figs. 320 «-J. 

 Bulimus virgulatus, Fer. : Pfeiffer, Conch. Cab., 2nd ed., p. 161, 

 pi. xlvi, figs. 9-12. 



Hah. — Porto Pico and some of the Lesser Antilles as far south as 

 Guadeloupe (Kobelf); Venezuela (Martens") ; Oruba, Curagoa, and 

 Buen Ayre (Hartert) ; Cura9oa (Bland) ; Buen Ayre (Bland). 



The majority of the specimens collected by Dr. Hartert are trans- 

 versely banded and longitudinally striped with brown, as depicted in 

 Perussac's figures 6 and 7, but a few are uniformly white or pale 

 brown with faint oblique striping. They vary considerably in form, 

 some being much more slender than others. They ' ' often cover the 

 Cerevs (tall Cactuses) by thousands, giving them a very peculiar 

 look" (Hartert). 



2. Cerion uva (Linn.). 



Tnrho uva, Linneeus : Syst. Kat., 10th ed., p. 765. 

 Helix uva, Linn. : Ferussac, Hist. IS^at. Moll., pi. cliii, figs. 9-14. 

 Pupa uva, Linn. : Ktister, Conch. Cab., p. 5, pi. i, figs. 3, 4. 

 Pupa uva, Linn. : Sowerby, Conch. Icon., vol. xx, pi. i, fig. 7. 



Sab. — Curaqoa (Hartert and others) ; Oruba (Hartert). 



Yariable in form, some examples being much more slender than 

 others. 



Helix pentodon of Menke ^ is the young shell of this species, when 

 it is deeply umbilicated and consists of five whorls, the last being 

 acutely carinate at the periphery. 



3. PlNERIA BONAIEENSTS, n Sp. Fig. I. 



Testa parva, elongato-pyramidalis, vix rimata, fusco-cornea, strigis 

 albidis obliquis obscure variegata ; spira mediocriter acuminata, ad 

 apicem obtusa ; anfractus 8|-, convexiusculi, lente accrescentes, striis 



Fig. I. — Pineria Bonairensis, n.sp. 



perobliquis confertis elatis sciilpti, penult, ultimo paulo latior ; 

 apertura fere circularis ; peristoma pallidum, mediocriter tenue, 

 marginibus conniventibus, columellari reflexo. Long. 6, diam. 

 2*5 mm. ; apertura 1-5 mm. lata. 

 Sal. — Buen Ayre (Hartert). 



1 Jahrb. Deutsoh. malak. GeselL, 1880, pp. 278-'282. 



- Binnenmoll. Venezuela, in Festschrift Gesell. naturf. Freimde Berlin, 1873, p. 184. 



3 Pfeiflter, Conch. Cab., 2nd ed., p. 198, pi. c, figs. 32-4. 



