flammulina.] OASTKOPODA. 677 



equal and arcuate growth-striae. Colour luteous, with thickly set 

 tlame-like markings of reddish-brown, extending to the umbilicus. 

 Epidermis thin and polished. Spire slightly elevated, rather convex, 

 its height about half that of the aperture. Protoconch of 1^ convex 

 whorls, smooth. Whorls 3j to 3|, somewhat convex, the last not 

 descending, rapidly increasing, subdepressed, more convex at the 

 base, periphery narrowly convex. Suture deep. Aperture slightly 

 oblique, lunately oval. Peristome simple, straight, right margin 

 arcuated in front. Columdla short, arcuate. Inner lip slightly 

 thickened, somewhat reflexed above, and extending as a very thin 

 layer over the convex parietal wall. Umbilicus open, about two-fifths 

 of the greatest diameter. 



Diameter Maj., 7 mm. ; miri., 5-5 mm. : height, 3 mm. 



Dentition (Hutton, T.N.Z.I., xvi, 171, pi. 11. f. G Paryphanta 

 crebriflammis) . Jaw and radula as usual in the genus. The formula 

 of teeth is 11 + 7+1+7+11. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Hab.Nevf Zealand (Strange). North Island : Waikato ; Toko, 

 near Stratford (K. Murdoch) ; Taupo (H. Hill) ; near Waitomo Caves 

 (A. Hamilton) ; Rotorua (Major Broun) ; Waimate Plains (R. Mur- 

 doch) ; Mount Egmont. South Island : Kenepuru (McMahon) ; 

 Wairoa Gorge ; Greymouth ; Happy Valley, Canterbury (F. Suter) ; 

 Riccarton Bush (H. S.) ; Akaroa ; Little River. 



7. Flammulina Feredayi, Suter, 1891. Plate 9, fig. 10, a, b. 



Amphidoxa (Calymna) Feredayi, Sut., T.N.Z.I., xxiii, 1890 (1891), 91, pi. 18, 

 f. 10, Q, R, Geronlia (Calymna) Feredayi, Sut. : Pilsbry, Man. Conch. 

 (2), viii, 74, pi. 22, f. 58-60. Flammulina (Calymna) Feredayi, Sut. : 

 Hedley and Suter, P.L.S. N.S.W. (2), vii, 645 ; Suter, J. de Conch., xli, 

 242. 



Shell yery small, globosely depressed, imperforate, shining, pale- 

 horny, costate, thin and translucent. Sculpture formed by very fine- 

 thread-like arcuate and retractive radial riblets, 10 to 12 per milli- 

 metre, getting obsolete on the base ; interstices smooth ; protoconch 

 microscopically spirally striated. Colour uniformly pale - horny. 

 Spire very short, obtuse, broadly convex. Protoconch of 1^ flattish 

 whorls. Whorls 3J, rapidly increasing, rounded, periphery convex ; 

 base much impressed in the middle. Suture well marked. Aperture 

 oblique, rotundly ovate. Peristome thin, straight, regularly arched, 

 the upper part advancing. Columdla vertical, arcuate. Inner lip 

 not reflexed. Umbilical region infundibuliform. 



Diameter, 3-5 mm. ; height, 2 mm. 



Animal long, slender, yellowish-grey with fine black spots. Eye- 

 peduncles black, rather stout, slightly clavate ; eyes large. A streak 

 on each side of the head black. Mantle subcentral, whitish. Foot 

 4 mm. long, with a peripodial line. Tail acutely rounded, with a 

 mucous gland. 



