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Show 1871.] MR. J. BRAZIER ON NEW AUSTRALIAN LAND-SHELLS. 641 labelled as a variety of II. incei, Pfr., but II. incei has no white thread-like line at the suture as in the present species. 6. HELIX (HYGROMIA) BEDNALLI. Shell perforated, rather conoidly globose, very thin, fragile, obliquely rugose at the upper part, granulated under the lens, sub-diaphanous, light horny green, with a fine reddish ring encircling the suture, and a rather broad one of the same colour encircling the perforation ; spire conoid, somewhat obtuse ; whorls 5 to 5j, moderately-convex, the last very much inflated, rounded; base convex, much smoother than the upper surface; aperture obliquely lunar, rather large ; peristome thin, of a pinkish colour ; margins distant, right expanded, columellar margin reflected and covering one quarter of the perforation. Diam. maj. 8, min. 6|, alt. 5 lines. Hab. Near Adelaide, South Australia (Waterhouse and Bednall; in South Australian Museum and coll. Brazier). This species I received from my two friends Messrs. Waterhouse and Bednall, under the name of Helix adelaidce, Pfr. The Helix adelaidce is a small depressed species, keeled, and with the umbilicus perspective. Helix bednallil have compared with some hundreds of H. grayi, Pfr., and H. jervisensis, Quoy and Gaimard, and find sufficient characters to warrant it to rank as a distinct species. The note sent by Mr. Waterhouse with his specimens states that it is a species very rarely obtained in a good state of preservation. 7. HELIX (CHAROPA) SUBDEPRESSA. Shell umbilicated, depressed, nearly discoid, thin, closely covered with fine silky striee, the interstices under the lens with still finer striae, rather oblique, shining white; spire flat, suture channelled; whorls b\, rather convex, last angled and descending in front; umbilicus wide, rather perspective, and rounded at the bottom, equalling more than half of the diameter; basal whorl convex, with striae the same as on the upper surface, and running into the umbilicus ; aperture nearly vertical; peristome simple, acute, triangularly ovate ; margins distant, right straight, slightly expanded, columellar margin not reflected. Diam. maj. 1^-, min. 1, alt. ^ line ; diam. of umbilicus | line. Hab. Snowy River, Gipps Land, Victoria (Mr. W. Kershaw ; coll. Brazier). This interesting little species is pure white, and is found in the snowy Australian region that divides N e w South Wales from Victoria. 8. BULIMUS (LIPARUS) KERSHAWI. Shell imperforate, ovate, thin, diaphanous, shining, dark yellowish brown, marked with numerous longitudinal and irregular dark yellow and brown lines, some broad and some very narrow, rather running one into the other ; and under the lens are to be seen longitudinal and transverse small granulations ; spire moderately conical, rather obtuse at the apex ; suture crenulated; whorls 5, convex, the last inflated. |