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Show 1867.] MR. J. C. COX ON NEW AUSTRALIAN LAND-SHELLS. 39 The genus Dodona is very closely allied to Taxila, the chief distinctions being as follows :- Genus DODONA. Alee posticce angulo anali magis producto, cauda obsoleta. 1. D. ADONIRA, Hewitson. 2. D. DIPCEA, Hewitson. 3. D. ONIDA, Hewitson. (Fig. 2, p. 38.) 7. Characters of Four New Species of Australian Land-shells. By JAMES C. Cox, C.M.Z.S. HELIX RETIPORA. H. testa perforata, lenticulari, undique valde et confertim costu-lato- striata, lineis concentricis minutissimis decussatis, quasi reticulata, solidula, nitidiuscula, rubro-cornea, subtus pallidiore; spira late depresso-conoidea, obtusa, sutura mediocriter impressa; anfractibus 4, regulariter accrescentibus, planato-convexiusculis, ultimo mediocri, non descendente, infra convexo; apertura obliqua, fere rotundato-lunata ; peristomate simplici, regulari, margine columellari supra dilatato, reflexo, umbilicum semitegente. Diam. maj. 021, min. 0*17> alt. 0*11 une. Hab. Flinders Range, South Australia (Masters). Allied, but not very closely, to H. sericatula, and not resembling any South Australian Helix yet described. PUPA LINCOLNENSIS. P. testa senistrorsa, rimata, elliptico-oblonga, tenuissime oblique striata, albida seu rufo-cornea ; spira obtusa; anfractibus 6, convexiusculis, ultimo ceeteros nequaquam eequante; apertura fere verticali, lunato-circulari; peristomate incrassato, expanso, albo, marginibus distantibus, columellari recto, sinistra supra obtuse angulato ; pariete aperturali dente subcentrali, prominente, obtuso, albo muni to. Long. 0*13, diam. 0*08 une. Hab. Port Lincoln, South Australia (Masters). This belongs to the section or subgenus Pujnl/a. BULIMUS MASTERSI. B. testa imperforata, ovato-conica, solidiuscula, rugoso-plicata, ad suturam prcesertim sulcis spiralibus interruptis sculpta, flavicante seu rufo-brunnea, fasciis (e lineis coalescentibus for-matis) longitudinalibus plurimis albis quasi murreis ornata; spira parva, convexo-conica, obtusa, sutura impressa; anfractibus 4, modice convexis, ultimo spiram quater superante, basi |
