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prise nineteen beetles, eleven bees and wasps, twenty-six 

 butterflies and moths, nine flies, and the same number of 

 Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and Neuroptera respectively. All 

 appear to be common North American or West Indian 

 species ; but until some competent entomological collector 

 visits the islands it is impossible to say whether there are 

 or are not any peculiar species.^ 



Land Molhtsca. — The land-shells of the Bermudas are 

 somewhat more interesting, as they appear to be the only 

 group of animals except reptiles in which there are any 

 peculiar species. The following list was kindly furnished 

 me by Mr. E. R. Sykes, on the authority of the latest 

 American writer, Pilsbry {Toxins, Conn. Acad., Vol. X., 

 Sept. 1900). 



It will be seen that the number of the species has been 

 somewhat increased and that two species are now con- 

 sidered to be peculiar which were not so ranked in the 

 former list, the actual additions being three West Indian 

 or North American species, and one East Indian almost 

 certainly introduced. The species which are peculiar 

 to the islands are indicated by italics, and the peculiar 

 genus by small capitals. 



List of the Land Shells of Bermuda. 



1. Helix (Cochliella) ventricosa. (Drap.) European. Introduced. 



2. ,, (Vallonia) pulchella. (Miill.). „ ,, 



3. Eulota similaris (Miill.) ,, 



4. Thysanophora vortex. (Pfr.) ... West Indies. 



5. MicTophysa hypolepta. (Shuttlw.)... Peculiar species. 



6. Polygyra microdonta. (Desli.) ... S. United States, Bahamas. 



7. ,, appressa. (Say) Virginia, &c. ? Introduced. 



8. Rumina decollata. (Linn.) ... S.Europe. Introduced. 



9. Subulina octona. (Ch.) W. Indies. Introduced. 



10. Opeas octonoides. (C. B. Adams)... Antilles. ? Introduced. 



11. ,, Swiftianum. (Pfr.) ,, ,, 



12. Coecilioides acicula. (Miill.) ... Europe and U. States. 



13. Papa servilis. (Gld.) ( = pellucida) West Indies, Yucatan. 



1 Fourteen species of Spiders were collected by Prof. A. Heilprin, all 

 American or cosmopolitan species except one, Lycosa atlantica^ which Dr. 

 Marx of Washington describes as new and as peculiar to the islands. 

 (Heilprin's The Bermudas ^ p. 93.) 



