BY C. HEDLEY. 85 



T y p e in Coll. Hobson. 



Hab. — Seven miles inland from Hall Sound (Hixon fids 

 Brazier). 



35. H. broadbenti, Brazier, 1877. 



Hlus n — Ann. Mus. Gen. xix. pi. 5, fig. 21 ; Tryon, Man. (2) 

 vi. pi. 25, fig. 100. 



Descr 11 — P.L.S.N.S.W. (1), n. 25; Ann. Mus. Gen. xix. p. 

 188 ; Tryon, Man. (2) vi. p. 176. 



Type in Queensland Museum. 



Hab. — Not Dentrecasteaux Islands (Goldie fide Smith), but 

 Laloki River, near Port Moresby (Broadbent) ; village of Najabui 

 (D'Albertis) ; St. Joseph River (Heclley). 



Mr. Brazier has kindly furnished me with the following descrip- 

 tion : — 



36. " Helix bevani, Brazier, n.sp. 



(Plate xi., figs. 22-23.) 



" Shell umbilicate, depressed, sharply carinated at the periphery, 

 thin, obliquely striated, reddish-brown with a dark nearly black 

 narrow line at the centre, epidermis yellowish-brown ; spire 

 slightly elevated ; apex dark pink ; suture moderately impressed ; 

 whorls 41 very slightly convex, last largest in front ; umbilicus 

 narrow, shallow ; base flattened, striae finer than upper surface ; 

 aperture hatchet-shaped ; peristome black, slightly expanded and 

 reflected, right margin at the upper part thin ; columellar margin 

 broadly expanded and reflected over the umbilicus. Diam. maj. 

 45, min. 35, alt. 18 mm. ; height of aperture 12, breadth 21 mm. 



"Type in Australian Museum. 



" Hab. — Douglas River, British New Guinea (Be van). 



" This fine species is allied to Helix Goldei, Braz. ; a single dead 

 specimen in a good state of preservation was found by Mr. 

 Theodore F. Bevan, F.R.G.S., during his exploration of British 

 New Guinea in 1887." 



