MOLLUSCA OF TASM ANIA — PETTERD AND HEDLEY. 295 



Hnb. — Widely distributed, but very local. At Recberche Bay, 

 Southport, Circular Head, and islands in Bass Straits, it occurs 

 literally in countless numbers, usually but a trifle above tide 

 mark. 



Laoma minima, Cox. 



Helix minima, Cox, Mon. Austr. Land Shells, 1868, p. 10, 

 pi. xii., f. 8. 



Helix collisi, Brazier, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1876 (1877), p. 168. 



Helix henry ana, Petterd, Mon. Tas. Land Shells, 1879, p. 21. 



Laoma henryana, Suter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6), xiii., 1894, 

 p. 64. 



Helix furneauxensis, Petterd, Mon. Tas. Land Shells, 1879, p. 21; 



Journ. Conch., 1879, p. 2L5. 

 Laoma fumeauxensis, Suter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hisr., (6), xiii., 



1894, p. 64. 



Obs. - Dr. Cox's type of Helix minima, preserved in the 

 Australian Museum, has served as a standard for the above 

 synomony. 



Hob. — Generally distributed, but never abundant. It is 

 apparently confined to dry positions, hiding under sim .11 stones 

 and decaying leaves. 



Laoma halli, Cox. 



Helix halli, Cox in Legrand, Coll. Mon., 1871, sp. 34, pi. ii.,f. 9. 

 Id., Petterd, Mon. Tas. Land Shells, 1879, p. 22. 



Laoma halli, Suter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6), xiii., 1894, p. 64. 



/lab. — Generally distributed and common. 



Laoma spiceri, Petterd. 



(Plate lxxxvii., tigs. 47, 48, 49, 50.) 



Helix spiceri, Petterd, Mon. Tas. Land Shells, 1879, p. 23 ; 

 Journ. Conch., ii., 1879 p 212. 



Obs. — Drawn from a specimen in the Tasmanian Museum 

 labelled New Norfolk. Height, - !>5 ; maj. diam., 15 ; min. 

 diam., L3 mm. 



Hab. — Generally distributed. This has been collected at many 

 widely separated localities, at all of which it is fairly plentiful. 



Laoma trucanini, Petterd. 



(Plate lxxxvii., figs. 44, 45, 46.) 



Helix trucanini, Petterd, Mon. Tas. Land Shells, 1879, p. 19. 

 Laoma pipaensis, Suter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6), xiii., 1894, 

 p. 64. 



