in the British Museum. 139 



8. Scalaria ballmensis, sp. n. 



Tesf:a elongata, pyramidalis, imperforata, laevigata, hand coshilata, 

 albida vol pallide fuscescens, paulo nitida ; aufractus normales 9, 

 mediocriter convexi, regulariter sublente accrescentes, lineis iucre- 

 meiiti conspicuis obliquis, hie illic subvariciformibus, striisque 

 spiralibus tenuibus subobsoletis sculpti, superne ad suturam 

 leviter obliqiiam irregnlariter creiiiilati, ultimus circa medium 

 porea obtusa angxilatus ; apertura parva, ovato-cireularis, longit. 

 totiiis I adasqiians ; columella obliqua, iuferne iucrassata, sub- 

 effusa ; labrum vix incrassatum. 



Longit. 17 millim., diam, 6^ ; apertura 4| longa, 3 lata. 



ffab. Ballina, near mouth of the Richmond River, New 

 Sonth Wales. 



This species is remarkable on account of the smoothness 

 of the whorls and the absence of ribs so characteristic of 

 Scalaria. Of the four specimens presented to the British 

 Museum by Mr. Brazier, one only presents any colouring*. 

 The total whiteness of the remaining three may be due to 

 bleaching, as they appear to be dead sliells. The coloured 

 example is pale brown, crossed here and there by a few 

 oblique whitish lines or pseudo-varices, which evidently 

 mark periods of growth. Behind the outer lip and parallel 

 with it is an orange stripe, particularly noticeable within the 

 aperture. The apex of all the specimens being broken away, 

 1 am unable to describe the nuclear whorls. The form and 

 proportion of the whorls of this species are fairly well illus- 

 trated by Sc. {Aci7'sa) borealis, Beck. 



List of Land- Shells of Woodlark Island. 



1. Helix {Geotrochus) icoodlarkiana, Souverbie. 



Helix (Geotrochus) woodlarkiana, Souverbie, Journ. de Conch. 1863, 

 pp. 76, 172, pi. V. f. 2. 



Hob. Woodlark Island {Souverbie) . 



2. Helix [Geotrochus) Boyerij Fischer & Bernardi. 



Helix {Geotrochus) Boyeri, Fischer & Bernardi, Journ. de Conch. 1866, 

 ToL V. p. 297, pl.a'ff. 8, 9. 



Hab. Woodlark Island [Brazier), 



3. Helix [Pa^mina) albocarinata^ Smith. 



^'apuinci) alhocarinata, Smith, I 

 ^. p. 422, pi. XV. f. 12. 



Uab. Woodlark Island {Brazier). 



Helix (I'apuina) alhocarinata, Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 18S7, 

 vol. xix. p. 422, pi. XV. 1". 12. 



