94 AUSTRALIAN LAND SHELLS. 



Habitat. Miller's Point, Sydney, N. S. W., one foot above high water 

 mark, living under wood. Brazier. 



This species is easily recognised by the broad sculptured interstices 

 between the well defined ribs, and by its margined suture. I have 

 named it after my friend, Mr. John Brazier, to whose care and 

 perseverance in collecting, this and many other rare species of land 

 and marine Mollusca have been added to our Australian fauna. 



228. Truncatella Pfeifferi. Martens. Museum, Mr. Brazier. 

 Martens, in Malac. BL, Vol. VIII., p. 43, I860. 



Shell rimate, shortly sub-cylindrical, slightly attenuated upwards, 

 rather solid, ribs somewhat straight, interstices equi-distant, in the 

 last whorl the sculpture disappears, yellow ; suture indented ; whorls 

 in the adult state 4^, rather convex, last rounded at the base, 

 shortly descending ; aperture vertical, oval, not widened at the base; 

 peristome continuous, straight, obtuse. 



Length 23 ; breadth 0- 1 1 ; aperture 07 long, of an inch. 



Habitat. Shark Island, Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales. 

 Brazier. 



The above is Martens description, as given by Pfeiffer, of this species, 

 the original specimens of which were found in Japan. 



229. Truncatella ferruginea. Cox. M.C. 



Shell sub-rimate, rather solid, cylindrical, tapering, truncate, dull 

 reddish, costulate, ribs numerous, much raised, regular, scarcely 

 waving, interstices smooth ; whorls 4, gradually increasing, suture 

 deep, not puckered ; aperture vertical, oval, pointed above ; peris- 

 tome much thickened, continuous, pale and glossy, columella callous, 

 thickened, continuous with the peristome ; operculum ? 



Length - 28 ; breadth - 12 ; aperture 0-08 of an inch. 



Habitat. Cape York, N. E. Australia. Darnel. 



Fam. II. DIPLOMMATINACEA Pfeiffer. 

 Mon. Pneum. Viv., 1858. SuppA. prim., p. 9. Suppl. Sec. 1865, p. 8. 



Eyes placed on the outer basis of the long filiform ten- 

 tacles, sessile upon two lobes. Operculum subtestaceous, 

 few whorled. 



Genus 



BLANFORDIA. Menke ? 



Operculum horny, paucispiral, with a sub-central nu- 

 cleus ; aperture oval, continuous ; shell spiral, umbilicated, 

 decollated. 



* B. striatula. * B. pyrrhostoma. 



