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Show 162 MR. J. BRAZIER ON BULIMUS MILTOCHEILUS. [Mar. 11, p. 117) in Sclater's collection agrees very well with the Buenos- Ayrean bird. Pelzeln unites M. swainsoni with M. ferox, and may thus have fallen into the error of describing his M. cantans as new. This species is not included in Burmeister's list. 9. PHYTOTOMA RUTILA (Vieill.); Burm. 1. c. p. 452. Dentudo, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 361. no. 91. 10. VANELLUS CAYANENSIS (Gm.) ; Burm. I. c. p. 502. Terutero 6 Teteu, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 264. no. 386. 4. Observations on the Distribution of Bulimus miltocheilus in the Solomon's* Archipelago. By J O H N BRAZIER, of Sydney, N e w South "Wales. (Communicated by the Secretary.) BULIMUS MILTOCHEILUS. Bulimus miltocheilus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 49. fig. 322; Deshayes in Fer. vol. ii. p. 105, pl. 154. figs. 3 & 4 ; Pfeiffer, Mon. Helie. vol. iii. p. 372, and vol. iv. p. 440; Chenu, Manuel de Conch, part. i. fig. 3216. Aspastus miltocheilus, Albers, Heliceen, first edition, p. 149. Otostomus miltocheilus, H . & A. Adams, Recent Mollusca, vol. ii. p. 151. During m y visit to the Solomon's archipelago in H.M.S. ' Curacoa,' under the command of m y esteemed friend Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C.B., in the months of August and September 1865, I found that Bulimus miltocheilus is not only met with at Port Makera, San Christoval Island, but also on two other islands in the archipelago. On the Island of Sesarga or Contraietes (situated 9° 48' S. lat., 162° 8' 10" E. long.) I believe I was the first that ever landed in search of conchological specimens; and I was well rewarded by finding B. miltocheilus on a species of palm tree about twenty feet from the ground. The next island that we visited is one known by the name of Golfe Island ; the native name is Ugi; here B. miltocheilus is found in thousands on the palm trees. The third place that we visited was Wanga Bay, San Christoval Island ; here we found this Bulimus rather scarce, not getting more than thirty specimens. At this spot they are found on leaves of bushes and other small plants, quite vigorous and crawling about, where the land is very low and damp. The next place that we visited was Recherche Bay, San Christoval Island, where the laud is very high on the coast. To obtain B. miltocheilus you must go three or four miles inland; here it is found on a broad-leaved tree, but * Recent writers on the Mollusca of this archipelago (such as Pfeiffer and others) make use of the term " Salomon " Islands; it should be Solomon's Archipelago or Islands. |