PANDA. 123 



Bulimus atomatus GRAY, P. Z. S., 1834, p. 64 REEVE, Conch. 

 Icon., pi. 30, f. 184. PFR., Monogr. ii, p. 171 ; iii, 407; iv, 4G7 ; 

 vi, 108; viii, 145. Cox, Mon. Austr. L. S. Sli., p. 71, pi. 13, f. 8; 

 pi. 18, f. 15. Panda atomata HEDLEY, Abstract Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, April, 1892. PILSBRY, Nautilus vi, p. 9 (1892).- 

 HEDLEY, Rec. Austr. Mus. ii, p. 26, pi. 5, f. 10 (apical sculpture), 

 11 (jaw), 13 (genitalia); pi. 6, f. 14, 15 (teeth) PILSBRY, Man. 

 Conch. (2), ix, p. 164. 



P. atomata is variable in coloring, the dark blotches conspicuous 

 on some shells being almost or quite absent on others ; and sometimes 

 a sombre chestnut tint obscures the finer markings. There is also 

 a clear yellow form lacking the chestnut lines (v. azonata), and a 

 nearly uniform tawny-chestnut or " rich olive-brown " form, in which 

 the chestnut pigment is generally diffused over the shell, not segre- 

 gated in lines and blotches (v. ponsonbii'). 



Var. KERSHAWI (Brazier). PI. 5, fig. 84. 



" Shell imperforate, ovate, thin, diaphanous, shining, dark yellow- 

 ish 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 longi- 

 tudinal and transverse small granulations ; spire moderately conical, 

 rather obtuse at the apex ; suture crenulated ; whorls 5, convex, the 

 last inflated, equaling more than one-half of the length of the whole 

 shell ; aperture broadly ovate, interior bluish-white ; peristome sim- 

 ple, acute, straight, thin, the anterior and outer margins arched ; 

 columella straight, nearly vertical above, slightly expanded and re- 

 flected, with a thin deposit of callus on the columellar side and joined 

 at the upper part of the peristome. Length 2, breadth 1^, alt. 1 ; 

 aperture 1^ long, breadth f inch." (Brazier.} 



Snowy River, Gipps Land, Victoria (Mr. W. Kershaw). 



Bulimus (Liparus) kershaioi BRAZIER, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 641. 

 Panda atomata var. Jcershawi Braz., HEDLEY, Rec. Austr. Mus. ii, 

 p. 29, 31, pi. 5, f. 9 (1892). 



"This fine species I have named in honor of its discoverer, Mr. 

 W. Kershaw, of Victoria, to whom I am indebted for a specimen. 

 It approaches in appearance to B. larreyi Brazier, and B. atomatus 

 Gray. It differs from those species in not having the dark spots and 

 zigzag lines that are so characteristic in them." (Braz.) 



