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THE LAND MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF BRITISH NEW 

 GUINEA. 



(Second Supphme^it, continued from Vol. vi., p. 695.) 



By C. Hedley, F.L.S. 



(Plates xxiv.-xxvi.) 



(Communicated by j^ermission of the Trustees of the Australian 

 Museimi.) 



' Since the publication of former parts of this paper, several 

 small collections, made on various official tou rs, have been kindly 

 sent to the Australian Museum by His Honour Sir William 

 Macgregor, Administrator of British New Guinea. Instructed by 

 the Trustees of that Institution, I have studied the new or little- 

 known species therein contained. 



Ground entirely new to science was broken by the exploration 

 of the Purari Valley.* The moUusca found there embraced : — 

 Papuina canovarii, Canefri ; /-*. brazierce, Brazier var.; hixoni 

 Brazier ; P. tayloriana, Adams and Reeve ; Chloritis dino- 

 deomorpha, Canefri ; Planispira mac.gregori, Hedley ; P. dominula, 

 Canefii ; P. plagiocheila, Canefri ; P. rhodomphala, Canefri ; 

 Nanina citrina, Linne ; N. cairni, Smith ; Sitala maino, Brazier; 

 *S'. starkei, Brazier ; Helicarion musgravei, Hedley ; H. sp. ; Lepto- 

 poma gianelli, Canefri ; Cyclotus levis, PfeifFer ; Helicina leucos- 

 toma, Canefri ; H. multicoronata, Hedley ; H. sp.; Realia issel- 

 iana, Canefri ; Melania singularis, Canefri ; Neritina porcata, 

 Gould ; V)esides the following two novelties : — 



* Tho Purari or Wiokham, or Queen's Jubilee River enters the Papuan 

 Gulf at 7° 50' S. Lat.,'_145°10' E. Long. 



