ot yet been noticed in North America. It is however so
like the American snipe (_S. wilsoni_), that a straggler might easily be
overlooked.

Two small bats of N. American species also occasionally reach the island,
while two others from the West Indies have more rarely occurred, and these
are the only wild mammalia except rats and mice.

_Insects of Bermuda._--Insects appear to be very scarce; but it is evident
from the lists given by Mr. Jones, and more recently by Professor Heilprin,
that only the more conspicuous species have been yet collected. These {270}
comprise 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.[57]

_Land Mollusca._--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. Thomas Bland of New York, who has made a special study
of the terrestrial molluscs of the West Indian Islands, from which those of
the Bermudas have undoubtedly been derived. The nomenclature has been
corrected in accordance with the list given in Professor Heilprin's work on
the islands. The species which are peculiar to the islands are indicated by
italics.

LIST OF THE LAND-SHELLS OF BERMUDA.

1. Succinea fulgens. (Lea.) Also in Cuba.

2. ,, Bermudensis. (Pfeiffer.) ,, Barbadoes (?)

3. ,, margarita. (Pfr.) ,, Haiti.

4. _Poecilozonites Bermudensis._ (Pfr.) A peculiar form, which, according
to Mr. Binney, "cannot be
placed in any recognised genus."
A larger sub-fossil variety also
occurs, named _H. Nelsoni_, by
Mr. Bland, and which appears
sufficiently distinct to be
classed as another species.

5. ,, _circumfirmatas_ (Redfield.)

6. ,, _discrepans._ (Pfr.)

7. ,, _Reinianus._ (Pfr.)