128 Lt. -Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen on 



No. lo, sp. 11. ? Maritzburg. 



Nos. 12 and 13, sp. n. ? Equeefa, East London. 



cinrjulatus. Port Elizabeth. 



fuscicolor, M. &, P. Ilarrismith. 



This last appears to be a connecting-link with the next new genus. 

 New genus Microkerktjs. 



Lobe over mucous gland shorter ; shell-lobes much reduced in size. 



symmeU-icus, Craven. Pretoria. 



pondoensis, sp. n. Pondoland. 



No. 72, sp. n. ? Thabanchu, O.Ft.C. 



New genus ? 

 transvnalensis, Craven. Game Pass, Mooi River. 



New genus ? 

 pumilio, M. & P. Transvaal. 



In the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' February 

 1908j p. 131, I gave a description of a South-African land- 

 shell which was then considered to be the same as Helix or 

 Helicarion hudsonice of Benson, from three very badly pre- 

 served animals from Port Elizabeth. Sufficient was then 

 seen of the external form and of tiie anatomy on wiiich to 

 create a new genus, Peltatus. The type shells are in 

 Mr. John Ponsonby's collection. 



I have now received and examined some animals of a 

 species from anotiier locality, some GO miles to tiie eastward 

 and inland, Grahamstown, also labelled H. hudsonice, col- 

 lected by Mr. J. Farquhar, a resident. They are beautifully 

 preserved, so 1 am able to extend and much correct errors in 

 the original description. 



The drawing of the generative organs (PI. IV. fig. 1 /-) 

 is far more cor.cct than tigs. 1 a and 1 b on pi. viii., 1908, 

 made from specimens in a very decomposed state^ and it serves 

 to show the blunders one may fall into when working and 

 drawing conclusions from inferior material. What was 

 then assumed to be the retractor muscle of the male organ 

 {r.m.p.)y shown in dotted lines, is the free caecum {c.r.p.), 

 and should come out, the retractor of the penis was really 

 lost. Tlie spernuitopliore is in its right position in process of 

 forming, and the spermatheca is correct ; of an ovoviviparous 

 habit 1 was led to suppose there was not a sign. The vas 

 deferens in fig. 1 a does not join where indicated, and this 

 and the oviduct {ov.) are all drawn out, and out of place owing 

 to the soft .state of the specimen. 



Comparing the shells of these animals t'rom Port Elizabeth 

 and Grahamstown, they do not agree with the typical 



