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NEW MOLLUSCA FROM NEW ZEALAND. 

 By Rev. W. H. AVebster, "VVaiuku, New Zealand. 



Head nth March, 1904. 

 1. Laoma (Phkixgnathus) Feancesci, n.sp. Fig. 1. 



Shell turbinate, dark brown, dull ; whorls 4^, rounded ; protoconch 

 1^ whorls, concentrically striate, the remaining whorls, besides con- 

 centric wavy striae, having 4-5 radiate, brown, white-edged, periostracal 

 pi'ocesses per millim., directed backward, with many hair-like growth- 

 lines between ; suture deep ; periphery rounded ; umbilicus narrow, 

 pervious ; lip simple, margins slightly converging ; columella vertical, 

 reflexed above, slightly covering the umbilicus ; base rounded. Alt. 

 1*75, diam. 2 mm. 



£[^ab. — AVaiuku, Ti-tree scrub, scarce. 



Type in my collection. Named after my son Francis, to whose 

 energy I owe the major part of my collection of non-marine mollusca. 



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2. Laoma (Pheixgnathus) elaiodes, n.sp. Fig. 5. 



Shell turbinate, olive-green, shining, whorls 41, rounded. Protoconch 

 1-^ whorls, concentrically striate, the remaining whorls irregularly, 

 radiately, finely striate and sub-striate, about 10 striations per millim., 

 sub-striations variable in number and extent, both directed backwards ; 

 the whole shell concentrically wave- striated ; suture deep ; periphery 

 rounded ; umbilicus narrow, pervious ; lip simple, margins slightly 

 converging ; columella vertical, reflexed above, slightly covering the 

 umbilicus; base rounded. Alt. 2, diam. 3 mm. 



