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Show 32 MR. BRAZIER ON NEW SHELLS FROM QUEENSLAND. [J spirally banded with chestnut bands varying in width ; spire raised, whorls 6 to 6|, moderately convex, last descending a little in front; aperture lunate, margins rather distant; peristome reflected, purplish brown; columellar margin thickened and expanded over the perforation. Diam. maj. 18, min. 14, alt. 12 lines. Hab. Bowen, Port Denison, Queensland. 2. HELIX (HADRA) JOHNSTONEI, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) Shell deeply perforated, globosely turbinated, rather thick, finely striated, banded with spiral chestnut bands, one very broad at the suture ; whorls 6-f, moderately convex, last whorl large and descending in front; aperture ovately lunate, diagonal; peristome white, moderately reflected, margins approximating, columellar thickened and expanded over the perforation. Diam. maj. 20, min. 16, alt. 14 lines. Hab. Bowen, Port Denison, Queensland. This species somewhat resembles Helix incei in its markings, but is more conical, and has a thick, white and reflected peristome. 3. HELIX (HADRA) HILLI, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) Shell umbilicated, turbinately globose, thick, dark chestnut, spirally lined with darker lines; whorls 6|, convex, the three forming the apex of a light yellow, with a dark broad band below the suture, base convex, lined as above ; aperture oblique ; peristome thickened and reflected, white ; margins approximating, the right slightly descending, columellar thickened and partly expanded over the umbilicus. Diam. maj. 17, min. 14£, alt. 12 lines. Hab. Mount Elliot, Queensland. 4. HELIX (HADRA) BELLENDEN-KERENSIS, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fig. 4.) Shell deeply umbilicated, globosely turbinated, obliquely striated, and minutely transversely lined with small lines resembling grains, reddish brown, with two spiral chestnut bands, one on the centre and the other above; whorls 6, slightly convex, last large; base convex, striated as above; spire conical, obtuse; aperture oblique, ovately lunate, interior blue-black; peristome thickened and reflected; margins approximating, right descending a little, columellar broadly expanded and bent inwards, forming a long callous tooth. Diam. maj. 22, min. 17, alt. 17 lines. Hab. Bellenden-Ker Mountains, North-east Australia (Coll. Brazier). This fine shell was only recently obtained at the locality given, which is near to the Endeavour river. The three specimens I have seen are all of the same colour. 5. HELIX (HADRA) COXEN^, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fi°-. 5.) Shell umbilicated, somewhat turbinately globose, obliquely striated, |