156 HELIX-HADRA. 



Pfeiffer figures as a variety of this species a form which is larger, 

 more elevated, unicolored chestnut brown except for the sutural 

 band, becoming lighter above, (see pi. 22, fig. 57). 



Compare H. blomfieldi, a form from the mainland of which 

 gratiosa may prove to be a variety. 



H. ETHERIDGEI Brazier. Unfigured. 



Shell imperforate, rather thick, somewhat globosely turbinated, 

 finely striated, having minute transverse lengthened grains, blackish 

 chestnut, ornamented at the periphery with one narrow white line, 

 contiguous to the suture, broad yellow-brown band above, running 

 spirally to the apex, the third encircling the im perforation, and 

 running spirally inwards ; spire rather conoid, apex striated, white, 

 whorls 5*, slightly convex, the last large and moderately ventricose, 

 base convexlv rounded, suture encircled with a white line, broader 



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above the last whorl, aperture ovate, diagonal, violet-tinged within, 

 peristome white, expanded and reflected, very much thickened, mar- 

 gins approximating, the right descending, columellar expanded, dark 

 purple beneath a white callus, and joined to the upper part of the 

 peristome. (Brazier.) 



Alt. 14J, greater diam. 17, lesser 13 lines. 



Andromache River, betiveen Bowen and Cape Palmerston, N.-E. 

 coast of Australia. 



H. (Calliocochlias) Etlieridgei BRAZIER, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 W. ii, p. 25, 1877. 



The first specimen I saw of this species, I was inclined to regard 

 as a variety of Helix gratiosa Cox. I have seen three specimens 

 since then, one in Dr. Cox's collection, one in Mr. Hargraves, and 

 the specimen in my own which I exhibit to-night to the Society, and 

 for which I am indebted to Mrs. Coxen, of Brisbane. It ditfers from 

 H. gratiosa in being a heavier and thicker shell, in having a thick, 

 white, and reflected peristome, and in being of a violet colour with- 

 in the aperture. I have named it after my friend, Mr. R. Ethe- 

 ridge, Jr., of Edinburgh, F. G. S. (Brazier.) 



H. MACLEAYI Cox. PI. 19, figs. 28, 29, 30. 



Shell globose, imperforate; epidermis very thin, light grayish, 

 tinged with yellow or green ; encircled by a distinct narrow chest- 

 nut band just above (almost upon) the periphery, and another 

 narrower and subobsolete one just below the white-margined suture; 

 lip, columella and parietal wall deep chestnut. 



