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ADDITIONS. 



Page 11. No. 25. Helix fricata. Gould. Add Plate XI. Fig 17, 



copied from Reeve. 

 ,, 21. ,, 51. Helix Diemenensis. In the observations, after 



Helix coma of Gray. Add Plate XVII. Fig 



4, copied from Reeve. 

 26. 66. Helix Strangei. After Plate XVIII. Fig 17. 



Add also Plate V. Fig 9. 

 ,, 69. ,, 171. Bulirnus Adelaicke. Ad. and Ang. Add Plate 



XIII. Fig 5. 



258. Helix vitracea. Ferussac. Plate XI. Fig 20, 20 a., copied 



from Ferussac. 



Rfr., Hon. Ret. Viv., 1848, Vol. 1, p. 233. 



Helix vitracea. Fer. pr. 146. Hist. t. 64, F. 5. 

 Shell, with the perforation covered, globulose, thin, glassy, carinated ; 



whorls 4-|, rather convex, aperture lunately elliptical ; peristome 



simple, somewhat reflected. 

 Diameter, mqj. 19 ; min. 16 ; alt 14 mill. 

 Habitat. New Holland. Reck. 



259. Vitrina aquila. Cox. Plate XVIII. Fig 14, 14a. 



Shell globosely-auriforrn, opal-horny, more opaque below than above, 

 but little shining, regularly and strongly striated with Lines of 

 growth which are decussated by very fine striae ; spire raised, 

 papilliform ; whorls 4, the last globose ; suture broadly and dis- 

 tinctly margined ; aperture oblique, ovately-rounded, margin well 

 defined. 



Diameter greatest 0-78 ; least - 55 ; height 0-45 ; aperture, 0*48 long, 0*45 

 broad, of an inch. 



Habitat. Eagle Scrub, near Brisbane, Queensland Brazier. Under 

 bark at the root of a tree. 



260. Helix Edwardsi. Cox. Plate XIX. Fig. 3, 3a. M.C. 



Shell solid, openly, narrowly, and deeply perforated, globose, striated 

 by lines of growth which are everywhere closely decussated by fine 

 transverse anastomosing wrinkles of irregular size, giving, without 

 the aid of a lens, a wavy granular appearance, white beneath an 

 olive-yellow epidermis, and ornamented by a broad very dark chest- 

 nut band below the suture ; spire short, obtusely conoid ; whorls 5, 

 the last much the largest, inflated, descending in front ; aperture 



