Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . re by Pourtales, fifty years ago. The material collected coversall groups of marine invertebrates. COLLECTING IN WESTERN CUBAIn the last few years, numerous collecting trips to western Cubahave been made by Mr. Henderson, usually accompanied bv some 40 SMITHSONIAiX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 member of the museum staff. During- the course of these explora-tions, very large series of land shells have been secured, giving tothe ^luseum by far the largest and most complete collections inthe world of that exceedingly
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . re by Pourtales, fifty years ago. The material collected coversall groups of marine invertebrates. COLLECTING IN WESTERN CUBAIn the last few years, numerous collecting trips to western Cubahave been made by Mr. Henderson, usually accompanied bv some 40 SMITHSONIAiX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 member of the museum staff. During- the course of these explora-tions, very large series of land shells have been secured, giving tothe ^luseum by far the largest and most complete collections inthe world of that exceedingly rich and interesting mollusk the entire range of the Organos Mountains, the Sierrasof western Cuba, had been explored by representatives of themuseum, but there still remained untouched three localities of im-portance. These were, ( i) the extreme eastern prolongation ofthe Sierra de los Organos, or that region known upon Cuban mapsas Loma de Cuzco and Guayajabon. This region furnishedthe tvpes of several of the first described mollusks of Cuba but has. Fig. 40.—Mr. Hendersons yacht Enlis in Ilorida by Henderson. been neglected by all subsequent collectors. ( 2) The region about Rangel, one of the most famous of type localities in Cuba, and(3) that section of the Organos Mountains lying between Rangeland the Taco Taco River Gorge and the town of San Diegode los Baiios. In May and June, Mr. Henderson and Dr. Paul Bartsch, curatorof marine invertebrates of the Museum, spent a month exploringthese three regions. For most of the trips they were accompaniedby Dr. Carlos de la Torre and Sr. Rodriquez of the University ofHavana. The many localities and stations occupied were thoroughlycollected and fine series of mollusks and other organisms werebrought home. NO. 17 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 41 Before returning, Mr. Henderson and Dr. Bartsch visited the Luis Lazo region in the extreme western part of the Sierra inorder to supplement collecti
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