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SYNONYMY OF AND REMARKS UPON TAS- 

 MANIAN AND OTHER SHELLS, WITH THEIR 

 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., M.L.S., M.R.S. N.S.W., 

 Cor. Mem. Roy. Soc, Tas. 



{Beadl^thNovemler, 1876.] 



1. Helix (Pitys) gunkii. 



Selix (Pitts) assimilis, Brazier. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



1871, p. 697. 

 „ „ „ ,, In Legrand's second edi- 



tion of Catalogue Tasmanian Land Shells, August, 1871, 

 sp. 66. 



Helix assimilis (Pitys). Pfr. in Monog. Hel. Viv. 1875 ; 

 vol. Vn., p. 166. Hab., near Hobart Town ; Mr. Petterd. 



I find that Mr. H. Adams described, in the Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1866, p. 316, a Helix assimilis from Formosa. I have 

 changed my specific name as above in honor of Mr. Ronald 

 Gunn, whose exertions in the cause of science have made us 

 acquainted with many new and rare specimens of natural 

 history from Tasmania. 



2. Helix (Pitys) luckmanii. 



Helix (Charopd) neglecta, Brazier. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1870, p. 660. 

 „ {Pitys) neglecta, Brazier in Legrand's Coll. for Mon. 

 Tasmanian Land Shells, sp. 47. 



Helix neglecta (Charopa). Pfr. in Monog. Hel. Viv., 1875 ; 

 Vol. VII., p. 149. Hab., Knocklofty, and Old Mill, Hobart 

 Town ; Mr. Petterd. Foot of Mount Nelson ; Mr. Legrand. 



Helix neglecta pre-occupied by Draparnaud for an European 

 species. Name changed as above in honor of Mr. Luckman, 

 who appears to have done some collecting in Tasmania for the 

 benefit of science. 



3. Helix (Pitys) collisi. 



Helix minima {Hyalind) Cox. Monog. Aust. Land Shells, 

 1868, p. 10, pi. Xn., fig. 8. 



Helix {Hyalind) minima, Cox. In Legrand's Coll. for Mon. 

 Tasmanian Land Shells, 1871, sp. 10. 



Helix minima {Hyalina). Pr. in Monog. Hel., Viv. 1875 ; 

 vol. VIL, p. 181. Hab., Mount Wellington ; Mr. Masters. 



Helix minima pre-occupied by H. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1867, p. 303, species from Island of Mauritius. The Tas- 

 manian species I have named as above. 



