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only four specimens obtained many years ago by Sir 

 Rawson W. Rawson, while governor among the West 

 India Islands, the locality unknown, but believed to be 

 Mexico; Bulimus (Panda) larreyi from Australia; 

 B. (Placostylus) senilis (semi-fossil), from New Cale- 

 donia; Otostomus navicula, from South America; 

 Pleurodonte gealii, Smith, from Ecuador, a scarce and 

 curious species resembling the Papuinae of New 

 Guinea in its pinched lip and peculiar iridescence; 

 Thersites broadbenti, bellendenkerensis, convicta, de- 

 berghi, dupuya?ia, brookensis,halbornensis,macleayi, etc., 

 of Australia, and especially Th. septentrionalis, one of 

 the first seen alive of this very rare shell which was 

 described from dead and bored specimens worn by 

 the native bushmen; Papuina brazierae, linterae; mac- 

 gillivrayi and maclayana from New Guinea and Queens- 

 land. A set of Ariophanta laevipes from Bombay, 

 showing the variation in color from black through the 

 typical banded forms to pure white ; Planispira scheep- 

 makeri, Pleiffer, from Batchian Island; Helicostyla 

 heimburgi; six new Japanese species of Chloritis and 

 seven of the new genus Mandarina; Rhodea gigantea, 

 Stenopus guildingi; Oxytes oxytes, Benson, from India; 

 Clavator grandidieri, Crosse and Fisher (or placo- 

 styloides, Kobelt, or vayssieri, Ancey) from South 

 Madagascar, hitherto (1901) known only as a fossil; 

 Pieria schrammi; Helicigona meliniana, Muller, from 

 the mountains of Corsica ; Acavus fastosa and skinneri, 

 from the high mountains (7000 feet) in Ceylon; Acha- 



