OLEACINID#. 7 
the middle ; aperture oblique, sub-triangularly lunar; peristome sub- 
labiated, margins remote, joined to a small callus, somewhat straight, 
basil margin somewhat straitened. 
Diam., greatest, ‘16; least, ‘15; height, ‘og. (Pfr.) 
Auckland (Greenwood.) 
PoziG=2ae, Gould; (U.S: Ba. Eps xe. p41, f ans Prefer, 
M.FL.V.,1., p. 116 and v., p. 173; Cox, Aust. Land Shells, ~. 18. Shell 
small, rounded, depressed, pale straw-colour, painted with small oblique 
hightning-hke brown lines, and furrowed with acute, closely set reflected 
hairy plates ; beneath convex, perforated with a large step-like umbilicus. 
Whorls 6, convex, narrow; aperture sub-circular, sub-angulated at the 
base ; lip simple, reflected near the umbilicus. 
Diam., 3; height, °18. (Pfr.) 
Gould first gave New South Wales, and subsequently New Zealand, 
as the habitat of this species. It does not appear to have been 
again recognised in either country, but probably New Zealand is the 
correct habitat, and it must have been collected at the Bay of Islands. 
Pr. Kappa. Weyer. 22.5.5 1o5t8 AV... Dol, 68) PEGA 
vol. 5, p. 246; No. 1506, Helix collyrula, Reeve, lc., f. 811. Shell 
umbilicated, depressed, ribbed, ribs bearing hair-like filaments, not 
shining, horny, obscurely variegated with rufous ; spire extremely short, 
rather convex ; suture impressed ; whorls 5, rather convex, gradually 
increasing, the last not descending, rounded; umbilicus narrow, 
previous ; aperture vertical, depressed, lunar ; peristome somewhat sim- 
ple, margins remote, the nght margin straight, basal margin shortly 
reflexed, columellar margin obliquely ascending. 
Diam., greatest, *21 ;, least, ‘2; height, ‘12. (Pfr.) 
New Zealand (Strange. ) 
Distinguished by its hairs. 
B. Umbilicus wide. 
a. Upper surface convex. 
P. varicosa, Lyeajer; P.Z.S 1854; MLV, vol. 3, p. 075 
vol. 5, p. 153; Wo. 762; Reeve, f 824. Shell umbilicated, depressed, 
very thin, finely striated, varicosely-angled with distant ribs, not shining, 
fuscous ; spire slightly elevated, obtuse ; whorls 414-5, flattish, the last 
not descending, depressed, flattish at the base; umbilicus moderate, 
pervious ; aperture small, oblique, lunar; peristome, simple, straight, 
columellar margin above very slightly reflexed. 
Diam., greatest, ‘14 ; least, ‘13 ; height, scarcely ‘08. (Pfr.) 
New Zealand (Strange.) 
P, tiara, Mighels; Boston, Proc., 1845, p. 19; Pfr, MEV, 
DOL to Pos Udli2. Pp. Oo> Vol. 5, p. 156; LVon FO2. Rerever7. Guy, 
Shell umbilicatéd, slightly convexly depressed, somewhat thin, above 
arcuately-striated, luteous, adorned with lightning-hke rufous streaks, 
rather shining ; spire clearly arched over, obtuse ; whorls 6, rather 
convex, slowly increasing, the last somewhat tapering, not descending, 
slightly striated beneath ; umbilicus large, conical, exceeding one-third 
of the diameter; aperture oblique, lunately-rounded, sub-opalescent 
