PULMONATA 263 



Helicostyla daphnis, Broderip 

 Found at Picton by Mr Kinsey. 



Helicostyla fulgetrum, Broderip 



Mr Suter states that "the specimen which was collected by Dr 

 Dieffenbach, and was in the British Museum, is lost." 



Vallonia excentrica, Sterki 



Mr Suter gives this species as from Auckland, Mr W. W. Smith 

 reports it from Taranaki. In Mr Musson's list of introduced Mollusca 

 (1890) this species was referred to as Helix pulchella, Miiller. His 

 specimens were collected by Mr Cheeseman in Albert Park, Auckland. 



Family ARIONID.S 

 Arion empiricorum, Ferussac 



Mr Suter reports this as found near Auckland, and at Dunedin. 

 In the former locality Mr Musson states that they were found 

 crawling over the roads after rain. 



Arion subfuscus, Draparnaud 



Found at Dunedin by Captain Hutton, who described it as a 

 new species, which he named A. incommodus, but a specimen in the 

 British Museum (also) from Dunedin, showed it to be the cinereo- 

 fuscus form of A. subfuscus. 



Arion hortensis, Ferussac 



Reported as plentiful about Auckland (1890) by Mr Musson, who 

 found it crawling about the roads after rain, along with A. empiri- 

 corum. Mr W. W. Smith informs me that it also occurs in Taranaki. 



Arion minimus, Simroth 



Mr Suter records this snail from Rangitoto Island. It was also 

 found by Mrs Longstaff at Matihiwi, near Masterton. 



Family STENOGYRID^ 

 Cionella lubrica, Miiller 

 Mr Suter reports this species from Auckland. 



Ccecilianella acicula, Miiller 

 This is also recorded from Auckland by Mr Suter. 



