CYLINDROVERTILLA. 



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183; Catalogue of the specimens of the Australian Land 

 Shells in the collection of James C. Cox, etc., 1864, p. 28; 

 Mon. Australian Land Shells, 1868, p. 79, pi. 14, f. 17, 17a.- 

 Vertigo kingi Cox, var., HEDLEY, Proc. Eoy. Soc. Queensland, 

 v, 1889, p. 102 (Burleigh Head). Pupa mastersi Cox, Cata- 

 logue, p. 29Cylindrovertilla kingi (Cox), PILSBRY, Proc. A. 

 N. S. Phila,, 1900, p. 426, fig. 3. 



Cox described Pupa kingi as having three teeth. The types 

 were stated to be in "Mus. Rev. R. L. King," and are now 

 (two specimens) in the Australian Museum. They were col- 

 lected at Paramatta, 13 miles from Sydney. Specimens col- 

 lected by Mr. Hedley at Vancluse Point, drawn in figs. 1, 2, 

 3, were compared with the types and pronounced by Mr. 

 Hedley the same. All of them have four teeth ; also no. 22921 

 of the collection, from Sydney (W. P. Wilstack, 1867), fig- 

 ured in Proc. A. N. S. Phila., 1900, p. 426. In the absence 

 of 3-toothed specimens from the Sydney district it may be 

 assumed that Cox overlooked the small lower palatal fold. 

 However, he described Pupa mastersi (from Wollongong, 

 further south) as having four teeth; subsequently (1868) he 

 decided that it was a synonym of kingi. The specimens here 

 described and figured agree with the description of P. mas- 

 tersi. 



Specimens from Burleigh Head Island, near the southern 

 boundary of Queensland, agree with those of the Port Jack- 

 son district, all having four teeth, the palatals small. 



The original descriptions follow: 



Pupa kingsi. - - P. testa sinistrorsa, profunde et breviter 

 rimata, ovato-oblonga, teiiui, laevigata, nitida, hyalina, rubido- 

 castanea ; spira convexa, apice obtusa ; anfractibus 4, convexi- 

 usculis, ultimo semilongitudinem testae vix aequante; aper- 

 tura vertieali, irregulariter constricta et subbipartita ; triden- 

 tata, dente conspicuo acutiusculo in pariete aperturali, altero 

 miiiore latiore et obtuso in columella, tertio minimoque in 

 margine externo ; peristoinate incrassato et breviter expanse, 

 ore rubido, dentibus albis. Long. 0.05, diani. 0.03 unc. 



Hab. : Parramatta (King). Mus. Rev. R. L. King. 



In 1868 Cox gave the length as 0.07 inch, much nearer the 

 true size. 



