664 LAND AND FRESH-WATER MOLLUSCA OF NEW ZEALAND, 



which the figure and description were based, another of unknown 

 origin, and two furnished by T)r. Newcomb, of which the first 

 came from Brisbane Water, N.S.W., and the second from the 

 Murray Rivei". Cuming's unsupported testimony is not sufficient 

 reason for including a species in any fauna. 



Fam. C Y R E N I D ^. 



Sphaerium, Scopoli, 1777. 



Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. p. 397. 



182 S. NOV.EZELANDi^, Deshayes, 1853. 



Ref.— Cat. Conchif. Brit. Museum, p. 272; P.Z.S. 1854, p. 342; 

 Conch. Icon. xx. Sphaerium, ph iv. f. 37 ; Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 154 ; 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. p. 149. 



H a b. — North and South Islands. 



PisiDiUM, C. Pfeiffer, 1821, 

 C. Pfeiffer, Nat. Deutschl. Moll. p. 17. 



183 P. LENTicuLA, Dunker, sp. 1862. 



Re f.— Mai. Blat. viii. p. 153 ; Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 154 ; Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst. xiv. p. 149, pi. n. ff. e, a, b. 

 H a b. — North and South Islands. 



184 P. nov^zelandi^. Prime, 1862. 



R e f.— P.Z.S. 1862, p. 3 ; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York, 

 1867, p. 91 (woodcut in the text) ; Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 155 ; Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst. xiv. p. 150. 



H a b. — North and South Islands. 



APPENDIX I. 



Land and Freshwater Shells erroneously ascribed to 

 New Zealand. 



Helix coniformis, Fer,, H. cornugiganteiim, Chemn., H. dieme- 

 nensis, Cox, H. falconeri, Reeve, H. guttula, Pfr., H. grayi, Pfr., 



