HELIX ASPERSA. 4 
NEOTROPICAL REGION. 
Chili—In vardens, Santiago ; and Valparaiso, Mrs. MeKenny Hughes. 
Brazil —Specimens in the British Musenm, labelled ‘ Brazil,’ Sept. 1886 ! 
Prince Maximilian von Wied found a small distinet variety in Brazil, according to 
Pfeiffer (Deutsch. Moll., 1828, p. 15), and Mrs. McKenny Hughes reports specimens 
from Rio de Janeiro. 
Uruguay —It is found sporadically for twenty miles around Monte Video ! and 
perhaps even further, Lionel E. Adams, Jan. 1908. 
Argentine—M. Strobel records this species for Buenos Ayres, and observes that 
the shell has undergone modification, being more fragile and delieate than indi- 
viduals from Spain or Afriea. Dr. Rush reports it from the British Cemetery at 
Buenos Ayres (Nautilus, Nov. 1896, p. 78). 
French Guiana—Recorded from the forests of Cayenne by Férussae in 1822, and 
still existing in the country ; a specimen in the collection of Mr. J. H. Ponsonby 
has the usual band formula 1(23)45. 
, Mexico—Mr. W. Cash, in August 1899, found the species abundant around the 
city of Mexico, and on the trunks of trees at Chapultepec, places over 7,000 feet 
above sea level. He also found it commonly in gardens near and around the site 
of the palace of Cortez, at Cuernavaca, at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. 
Mr. H. A. Pilsbry has also recorded it as plentiful about the city of Mexico, 
and especially in the park at Chapultepee; specimens are also in the National 
Museum, Washington, from Puebla. 
Haiti—Recorded by Férussac in 1822 from Hispaniola. The shells now found 
there are thinner than usual, and as they show other differences from the typical 
form, have been distinguished as var. haitiensis. 
Ecuador —The base of Chimborazo (Férussae, l.e.). 
AUSTRALASIAN REGION. 
South Australia—Gardens in suburbs of Adelaide, and rapidly spreading, W. T. 
Bednall, July 1884. Abundant in the Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, Dec. 1904 ! 
W. Denison Roebuck. 
New South Wales—Mr. Brazier cites Dubbo and Coonamble for this species. 
Mr. C. T. Musson remarks that the New Sonth Wales shells are chiefly the var. 
tenuior, and that it is very common about Sydney, as at Elizabeth Bay and Double 
Bay. Dr. J. Cox once found an interesting turriculate specimen in his garden, 
north shore, Sydney. Plentiful in gardens at Bulli ! and at Mosman’s Bay, April 
1905! W. Denison Roebuck. 
Victoria—Plentiful about Melbourne (Petterd, Monog. Tasm. Land Shells, 1879). 
Swarming in gardens, Geelong and East Prahran, Dec. 1904! W. Denison Roebuck. 
Tasmania—Lieut. Beddome placed some living specimens on his estate at 
Queenborough near Hobart (Petterd, Monoe. Tasm. Land Shells, 1879, p. 43). 
Common near towns on the coast (Musson, Proce. Linn. Soe. N.S. W., 1890, p. 894). 
New Zealand—In the North Island, it is common at most of the seaport towns ; 
but is exceptionally thin at Apua in the Bay of Islands, while at Auckland the shells 
lhelone to the var. conoidea (C. 'T. Musson, Proe. Linn. Soe. N.S. W., 1890, p. 894). 
Mr. H. B Preston first noticed it in gardens at Wellington, and afterwards at 
Paikakariki, about twenty-seven miles to the north, but it is not known at Otaki, 
twenty miles further north, though plentiful at Palmerston, about forty miles from 
Otaki. Although plentiful in certain districts, it does not appear to spread very 
rapidly (Sci. Goss., 1894, p. 139). Very plentiful and destructive in Mr. Murdoch’s 
garden, St. John’s Hill, Wanganui, Feb. 1905! W. Denison Roebuck. 
In the South Island, it is quite a pest about Nelson, J. Ritchie, jun.. Oct. 1885. 
Very plentiful at Christchurch, Jan. 1905! W. Denison Roebuck. © Greymouth, 
T. Taylor (Journ. of Conch., Jan. 1906, p. 273). 
New Caledonia— Noumea, introduced by M. Lugnier (E. L. Layard, The Field, 
Jan. 11, 1879). 
Loyalty Islands—Mr. E. L. Layard records the first finding of the shell on the 
islands in 1879, and traced its introduction to the officers of a French war vessel. 
Numerous specimens were collected by Mr. Hadfield, mostly differing but slightly 
from European specimens, but several were almost uniformly black. 
Norfolk Island—Pale fawn coloured specimens with typical banding ! F. H. Sikes. 
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