. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 201 Bulimulus serperastrus, Say. multilineatus, Say. Dormani, W. G. B. Bulimulus Floridanus, Pfeiffer. I have already in Terr. Moll., IV., Plate LXXIX. Fig. 3, figured the front view of the typical specimen in Mr. Cumings's collection, drawn by Mr. G. B. Sowerby. The back view is now offered (Plate III. Fig. 7), received from the same source. A comparison of the front view of Mr. Sowerby's drawing referred to above, with the figure of Bulimulus Hemphilli (Plate III. Fig. 9), rec
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 201 Bulimulus serperastrus, Say. multilineatus, Say. Dormani, W. G. B. Bulimulus Floridanus, Pfeiffer. I have already in Terr. Moll., IV., Plate LXXIX. Fig. 3, figured the front view of the typical specimen in Mr. Cumings's collection, drawn by Mr. G. B. Sowerby. The back view is now offered (Plate III. Fig. 7), received from the same source. A comparison of the front view of Mr. Sowerby's drawing referred to above, with the figure of Bulimulus Hemphilli (Plate III. Fig. 9), recently received from Mr. George W. Webster, will lead one to believe the two to be identical. I so suggested in Manual of American Land Shells (p. 408), when treating the variegated shell fig- ured in Fig. 449 of that work, here repeated. There appear to be two varieties of coloring, one corresponding to Pfeiffer's description, and one to Sowerby's figure. I give the description of B. Hemphilli in full, though I be- Bulimulus lieve it to be identical with Floridanus. Shell imperforate, very thin, transparent, amber-colored and marked by coarse lines of growth ; body whorl with six revolving and slightly interrupted brownish red bands, the lower two being close together and upon the rounded base, spire obtuse, whorls five, slightly convex, the body whorl constituting two thirds of the entire length of the shell. Suture slight, base uniformly and gracefully rounded. Aperture direct and oval, peristome thin. Length, 19 mm.; diameter, 8 mm. Hab. both coasts of South Florida. Remarks. Mr. Henry Hemphill, of San Diego, Cal., first found a few dead and badly preserved specimens of this shell in 1884, at Marco, west coast of Florida. These Mr. Binney thought identical with B. Floridanus, Pf. (See Manual of American Land Shells, 1885.) Numerous specimens collected during the past summer by the author and Mr. G. W. Webster and son, prove beyond a doubt that this is not identical with the
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