422 Mr. E. A. Smith on some Land-Shells 



by Mr. Brazier which seems quite distinct when placed side 

 by side with the original H. Tayloriana^ but which appears 

 to be linked with it through H. yulensis. 



It has a more convex body-whorl, especially above the 

 periphery, which is also less sharply keeled. 



The points in which all specimens agree are : — (1) the same 

 kind of sculpture ; (2) the black, inore or less rostrate peri- 

 stome ; (3) the more or less acute cream-coloured keel at tlie 

 periphery ; (4) the pinkish-lilac tint upon the base of the last 

 whorl towards the centre and upon that portion of it which 

 lies between the terminations of tlie peristome. 



Of ten specimens before me, two have black, two pinkish, 

 and the rest pale apices. Some examples, like the type, have 

 scarcely any colour-markings, some have interrupted spiral 

 bands both above and below, others show interrupted oblique 

 stripes, or both bands and stripes are intermingled confusedly 

 in the same individual. With one exception all have two or 

 more (more or less well defined) concentric zones on the lower 

 eurface. 



The distribution of this species appears to be rather extended. 



The locality of the typical form was unknown to Adams 

 and Reeve j but in the British Museum there is a specimen 

 (PI. XV. fig. 1) said to be from the D'Entrecasteaux group 

 of islands, off the eastern extremity of New Guinea. The 

 variety (7/. yulensis) is met with at Yule Island, and the 

 more convex form above described is, according to the speci- 

 mens presented to the Museum by Mr. Brazier, from South 

 Cape, British New Guinea. A single specimen of this form 

 in the Museum is said to have been obtained at Ferguson 

 Island, one of the D'Entrecasteaux group. 



Helix {Papuina) alhocarinata. 

 (PI. XV. fig. 12.) 



Testa breviter conica, imperforata, tenuis, semipellucida, pallida 

 cornea, carina alba opaca cincta; anfractus 5, mediocriter con- 

 vexi, oblique rugose striati, ultimus ad pcripheriam acute cariua- 

 tus, inferne striis rugosis concentricis scul})tus, liiieis paucis inter- 

 ruptis albis opacis ornatus, antice breviter descendeus, pone 

 labium luteo vel lacteo marginatus ; apertura obliqua ; peri- 

 stoma album, anguste expausum et reflexum, margine exteriore 

 sinuato, columellari iucrassato, appresso, superne callo tenui labro 

 juncto. 



Diam. max. 24 millim., min, 20, alt. 17. 



Eah. South Cape, British New Guinea. 



This species comes from the same locality as the convex 



