98 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



MONDAY, 28th FEBRUARY, 1876. 



William Ma.cleay, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 



Eyre Goulburn Ellis and E. Reading, Esqs. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



Mr. Harrie Woods, Mr. Guilfoyle, Hon. F. Lord, Mr. Alfred 

 Brown. 



The following papers were read : — 



Descriptions of Thirty -five new species of Land Shells from New 

 Guinea, Australia, and Islands in Torres Straits, collected 

 during the Chevert Expedition — by John Brazier, C.MZ.S. 



The collection of shells made during the voyage of the " Chevert " 

 is very large, and comprises many species hitherto unknown. The 

 arrangement and descriptions of them, which, by Mr. Macleay's 

 desire, I have undertaken, is not, therefore, a thing that can be 

 done in a day, or in one paper ; I have accordingly limited 

 myself in this, the first of a series of papers, to the descriptions 

 of the new species of land shells in the collection. 



1. — Helix (Rhytida) Beddomei. 



Shell largely and openly umbilicated, rather depressly globose, 

 very thin, obliquely closely rugosely striated on upper surface, 

 pale yellowish brown, shining, irregularly streaked with dark 

 yellow ; apex obtuse, whorls 4|, moderately convex, the last very 

 large, slightly flattened and inflated in front ; suture distinct, 

 rounded at the periphery ; base convex, nearly smooth, umbilicus 

 perspective, margin smooth, aperture oblique, lunately ovate, 

 peristome simple, pinkish within, margins approximating, the 

 right descending in front, collumellar margin broad and reflected. 



Diam. Maj. 14, min. 11J, alt. 7 lin. 



Hob. Albany Island and Cape York, North Australia. 



