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Show 660 MR. J. BRAZIER O N N E W LAND-SHELLS. [June 23, depressed, suture rather deep ; whorls 4|, rapidly increasing, last large, rounded, not descending in front, base convex, ribbed the same as the upper surface ; umbilicus perspective ; aperture oblique, roundly lunate; peristome simple, thin, acute, columellar margin slightly reflected. Diam. maj. 0*25, min. 0*20, alt. 0*13 une. Hab. Near Mount Wellington, Tasmania (Coll. Brazier). This fine species I have named in honour of Her Majesty's steamship ' Curacoa.' 2. HELIX (CHAROPA) RICEI, n. s. Shell umbilicated, depressed, thin, very finely and regularly striated, interstices decussated, white, not shining; spire depressed, suture moderately deep; whorls 4, convex, last large, rounded, base convex, striated the same as the upper surface; umbilicus large, funnel-shaped; aperture ovately lunate; peristome simple, acute, margins distant, basal slightly reflected over the umbilicus. Diam. maj. 0*18, min. 0*14, alt. 0*11 une. Hab. Foot of Mount Wellington, Tasmania (Coll. Brazier), This species comes very close to Helix curacoa?; it differs from that species by its peculiar funnel-shaped umbilicus and the regular silky appearance of the strise. 3. HELIX (CHAROPA) ROTELLA, n. s. Shell with a deep umbilicus, orbicularly depressed, rather thin, shining, closely and finely striated, interstices decussated, rusty brown; spire slightly raised, suture deep; whorls 4\, convex, last rounded, not descending in front, base convex, closely and finely sculptured, excavated round the umbilicus ; aperture roundly lunate; peristome simple, margins distant, columellar margin not reflected. Diam. maj. 0*19, min. 0*15, alt. 0*10 une. Hab. Foot of Mount Wellington, Tasmania (Coll. Brazier). 4. HELIX (CHAROPA) ONSLOWI, n. s. Shell umbilicated, orbicularly depressed, very finely and closely plicately striated, covered with a brownish epidermis, under the epidermis white, not shining ; spire moderately flat, suture grooved ; whorls 4^, convex, last slightly descending, base convex, sculptured the same as the upper surface and running into the umbilicus, which is large, almost perspective; aperture roundly lunate; peristome simple, columellar margin not reflected at the base. Diam. maj. 0*16, min. 0*15, alt. 0*10 une. Hab. Mount Wellington, Tasmania, under leaves (Coll. Brazier). 5. HELIX (CHAROPA) NEGLECTA, n. s. Shell umbilicated, depressedly convex, thin, obliquely faintly and irregularly striated ; whorls regularly marked above with alternate light-red and brown segments; whorls 4\, convex, excavated at the suture, the last not descending, base convex, brown; umbi- |