Notes on certain Terrestrial Mollusks. 7 



Helix Sagraiana d'Orb. 



This hitherto rare species has recently been rediscovered 

 by Dr. Gundlach, with others equally interesting, in the moun- 

 tains between Guajaibon and Kangel, from twenty to thirty 

 leagues west of Havana. Pfeiffer describes (Mon. i.) a shell 

 under this name, attributing^ it to California, on the authoritv 

 of Sowerby — he probably refers to Orbigny's species, being 

 in error as to the habitat. Poey (Memorias i.) suppresses it 

 as a Cuban species, evidently misled by Pfeiffer. 



L would here acknowledge my great obligation to Dr. 

 Gundlach for specimens of this and other rare Cuban shells, 

 contributed by him to my cabinet, in the most handsome and 

 rrne ral manner. 



Hklix similakis Fer. 



Among shells lately received through me froni Barbadoes, 

 Mr. Shuttleworth detected this widely distributed species. 

 Pfeiffer gives Cuba as one of its localities, on the authority 

 of Rang, but it has not been discovered or communicated to 

 Poey, who excludes it in his Cuban catalogue. 



BULIMUS AULACOSTYLUS PfK. 



This species was described in the Annals of the Lyceum, 

 Vol. iv. p. 14 (May, 1854), as B. lentiginosus, by Mr. J. H 

 Redfield. Pfeiffer's description was read before the Zoologi- 

 cal Society of London, in March, 1852, but ^rst jnibUshed^ 1 

 believe, in the third volume of his Monographia, the intro- 

 duction to which bears date May, 1853. The delay in the 

 publication of the Society's Proceedings was certainly very 

 .inconvenient, leading to doubt and uncertainty as to priority. 

 Pfeiffer, on the authority of the Rev. E. Hartvig (not Hart- 

 wig), in Mus. Cuming, ascribes the species to St. Lucia. 

 It was collected by the late J. M'Murray, who gave specimens 

 to Mr. Hartvig, as he informs me, as from St. Lucia. Mr. H. 

 sent the shell to Mr. Cuming. I received several specimens 



