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Shells only found hitherto in two districts, S.E. and 

 N.W. : — Helix Fordei, H. questiosa, H. dispar. 



Shells reported from Tasmania but whose habitats are 

 unknown : — Helix bisulcata, H. subangulata. 



Shells common to other countries (10) : — Helix cellaria 

 (E.), H. Fordei (A.), H. Morti (A.), H. pictilis (A.), H. 

 pulchella (E.), H. Otwayensis (A.) H. ruga (A,), H. Stanley- 

 ensis (A.) ; Vitrina Verreauxi (A.) ; Succinea Australis (A.) 



[Note. — A. Australia, E. Europe.] 



Land shells discovered in a fossil state : — 



Miocene — Helix Tasmaniensis (Gr. B. Sowerby) — ^Yellow 

 limestone, Hobart Town ; Helix Huxleyana, n.s. (mihi), ditto ; 

 Helix Geilstonen sis, n.s. fmihi), ditto ; Helix Sinclairi (Pfr.), 

 Helix Simsoniana, (mihi), ditto ,• Bulimus Gunni, (Gr. B. 

 Sowerby), ditto ; 



Post Tertiary — Helix Diemeneusis, Helicidse sandstone, 

 Bass Strait ; Helix Furneauxensis (Petterd) ditto ; Helix 

 pictilis (Tate), ditto ; Helix Stanleyensis (Petterd), ditto ; 

 Succinea Australis (Fer.), ditto; Vitrina Verreauxi (Pfr.), 

 ditto. 



