244 ^Ir. 11. (\ Fnlton <ni new 



to identify witli certainty some of liis species, more especlsilly 

 the smaller ones. Some of the figures on tlie plates of liis 

 work ' A Monograph of Australian Land-Shells ' were 

 ovideiitlv drawn by an incompetent amateur artist, and are 

 of very little use for purposes of identification ; this applies 

 particularly to the figures of yineticla, pi. xvi. figs. 8, 8 a, 

 8 B ; none of these tigures are like specimens of pineticola 

 from the collection of Dr. Hungerford, given to him by 

 Dr. Cox hin)self, and which are now figured (PI. IX.). 

 1 may say that these shells agree well with Dr. Cox's 

 description. 



In the following descriptions, by anterior canal I mean the 

 opening on the columellar lip, the j)osterior being the one at 

 point of insertion of the upper right margin of outer lip, and 

 which would be posterior when the animal was crawling. 



Pupina pineticola, var. modesta, nov. (Pi. IX. fig. 1.) 



Compared with pineticola this variety is slightly more 

 globose, the spire is shorter, and the opening of the posterior 

 canal is nariower. The peristome is inclined more to the 

 spire and the basal portion is also more produced in front 

 than in pineticola. 



Further, as seen from the front the auricle, which partly 

 covers the anterior canal, forms an acute triangle, whereas in 

 pineticola it is truncate. 



^laj. diam. 3, alt. 4^ mm. 



Jlab. Queensland (Voyage of ' Challenger'). 



Pvpina clara, sp. n. (PI. IX. fig. 2.) 



Shell imperforate, oblong-conic, rather thin, subtransparent, 

 polished, orange-yellow colour, apex lighter, suture margined; 

 whorls 6^, earlier ones decidedly convex, later only slightly so; 

 aperture subcircular, orange-yellow within ; peristome white, 

 its margins thickened, opening of anterior canal at rear, 

 narrow in front, opening of posterior canal as seen from front 

 of shell narrow, its direction a little towards the right-hand 

 side. 



Maj. diam. 6, alt. 12^ mm. 



Hah. Port Denison, ^Australia (e.v Coll. Dr. Cox). 



This shell has been distributed as meridionalis, Pfr., from 

 which it can be readily sejjarated by its larger aperture, more 

 rapidly increasing whorls, its brighter, smoother, and iiighly 

 polished surface, and its different shaped auricle above the 

 anterior canal. 



r. meridionalis, Pfr., is a duller shell, with fine, close-set, 



