Lund- Shells from New Guinea. 413 



Papuina aurora (PfeifFci). 

 Paptiina aurora, PfeilTer, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, sor. 2, vol. vii. p. 41. 



Hah. Kai)aur {Doher(y) ; Islands of Soroiii^ and Raraoi 

 {Cunefri) ; Waigiou {Wallace). 



The specimen from Kapaur agrees precisely with the t^'pe 

 of the species in size, colour, form, and sculpture. 



Papuina lacteolotay Smith, var. 

 Papuina lacteoloUi, Smith, var., Pilsbry, op. cit. vol. vii. p. 25. 



Ilah. Kurudu, East of Jobi, New Guinea {Doherty). 



This variety is smaller than the type, has a narrower body- 

 whorl, fewer dark bands, and very little of the milky cloudiness 

 upon them. There are five zones on the body-whorl, and of 

 these two revolve up the spire. 



Papuina plurizonata (Ad. & Reeve). 

 Helix plurizonata, Ad. & Eve., Voy. * Samarang,' p. 62, pi. xvi. fig. 9. 



Hah. Takar, north-west of New Guinea [Doherty). 



The original locality assigned to this species — namely, 

 Mindanao, Philippines — is evidently an error, and has never 

 been confirmed. The specimen collected at Takar is almost 

 identical in form and colour with the type in the Museum 

 collection. The latter has a hole in the last whorl behind 

 the lip, as if it had been threaded and attached to something. 

 If it really was brought from Mindanao, it is quite certain 

 that it must have been taken there by human agency. 



Papuina Hedleyi (Smith). 



Helix {Geotrochus) Hedleyi, Smith, Journ. of Conch, vol. vii. p. 73 



(1892). 

 Helix {Geotrochus) Cnnefriana (Dohrn, MSS.), Kobelt, Conch.-Cab 



ed. 2, p. 708, pi. ccii. figs. 1, 2 (1894). 



Hah. Kapaur, S.W. New Guinea {Doherty'). 



This species appears to be rather variable in colour. The 

 type has the base uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the rest of 

 the shell being yellowish buff, excepting a fine opaque luteous 

 line upon the keel wliich revolves up the spire and a narrow 

 dark brown zone beneath the suture. The aperture is 

 whitish within and the peristome tinged with dark brown at 

 the edge. 



A specimen collected by Mr. Doherty has a similar style 

 of coloration, but the colours are all intensified, tlie base being 

 darker, the keel orange, the peristome broadly margined with 



