8340 Mollusks. 



in Realia are basal. T think the genus might with propriety be 

 removed from Cyclophonidae and be placed in the family Assiminiidse. 



We are now at Nagasaki in the South, and leaving the town I ascend 

 the hill on the right of the harbour through fields of ground-nuts and 

 bearded wheat. The grassy bauks which form the boundaries of the 

 land are planted at intervals with elegant wax trees, which are often 

 garlanded with Cissus, vines and ivy. Among the loose stones glides 

 the slender blue-tailed lizard, and the abundant red fruit of a species 

 of Potentilla offers a sorry substitute for the strawberry. My road 

 next lies in a sunken rocky path, overarched with trees like some of 

 the North Devon lanes, and here among the dead leaves on the ground 

 I capture specimens of a very fine Carabus, and as I emerge once 

 more into the merry sunshine I see Apoderus, Hispa, aud Cassida 

 alighting on the sunlit leaves. At this season of the year there are 

 but few flowers, but you will notice everywhere the white clustering 

 blossoms of Delphinium, the white dog-rose and the welcome fragrant 

 honeysuckle. 



And now I reach the pine-clad summit of the hill. All is silent and 

 solemn ; no other bird is seen but a large kite which hovers above the 

 trees, no other sound is heard but the continuous cawing of the rooks 

 and the loud grating noise of the Cicada. The hills of Tsu-Sima are 

 composed of slate-stone, and in that island among the loose moss- 

 grown stones among the trees I discover a new species of Pterocyclos, 

 Cyclotus Fortunei, Pfr., Cyclophorus japonicus, Ad., Alycaeus spira- 

 cellum, Ad. and Rve., and Pupinella mindorensis, Ad. and Rve., but 

 here the basis of the hills is granite, and I cannot find a single species 

 of operculate land shell. Among the foliage of the trees I notice 

 Hadra orientalis, Ad. and Rve., a handsome banded snail, and Hadra 

 peliomphala, Pfr. In the dense brushwood on earthy banks I find 

 Trochomorpha japonica and the common Acusta Sieboldi. With the 

 exception of some dark-winged butterflies insect life seems very scarce, 

 the flat stones even on being turned reveal nothing but woodlice, cen- 

 tipedes and Cymatia3. A small yelping cur detects me in the act of 

 transporting some bundles of brushwood in search of snails, and, anon, his 

 owner, a broad-faced smiling Caliban, appears. The honest woodcutter 

 is even more astonished at my voluntary labour than even his " friend 

 on all fours," but muttering " Moosi," which means " creeping things," 

 he rattles a bit of chain, saying interrogatively, " Ma ? " which being 

 interpreted signifies " Have you seen my pony pass this way ?" I shake 

 my head and pointing to my collecting-bottle repeat " Esha." On 

 this hint, which means " Doctor," I am treated with profound respect, 



