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New Zealand, at Wanganui, Wellington, Horokiwi and near Maur- 

 iceville, Forty-mile Bush, North Island ; and Dunedin and Mulford 

 Sound, Greymouth and Temuka, South Island. 



Phrixgnathus celia HUTTON, Trans. N. Z. lust, xvi, p. 176, 197, 

 SUTER, I.e., xxiv, p. 274. Helix fatua HUTTON, I. c., xiv, p. 153, 

 t. 3, f. N (jaw). Not H. fatua of Pfr. 



The beautiful beading of the surface is a notable character, but 

 is seen only under a strong lens. 



L. PHRYNIA Hutton. PI. 23, figs. 88, 89, 90. 



Shell minute, conoidal, umbilicated, the epidermis plicated. 

 Color pale horny, radiately streaked with rufous. Spire conoidal, 

 acute; periphery obtusely angled; suture impressed; whorls 5, 

 rounded, smooth, the epidermis rather distinctly wrinkled ; umbili- 

 cus narrow, open ; aperture slightly oblique, rotundly lunar ; peri- 

 stome thin, the margins approximating ; the columellar margin 

 scarcely reflected. Greatest diameter !, least '09, height '09 inch t 



Very near P. celia, but differs in the plaited epidermis. (Hutt.) 



Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. 



Phrixgnathus phrynia HUTTON, Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi, p. 197. 



L. ACANTHINULOPSIS Suter. PI. 23, figs. 100, 1, 2. 



Shell small, conoidal, umbilicated ; color pale horny with regular 

 broad streaks of rufous, faintly shining, transparent, fragile. Epi- 

 dermis with slightly sinuated membranaceous plaits, about 12 in the 

 tenth of an inch (5 per mill.). Spire conoidal, rather depressed. 

 Whorls 5, slowly but regularly increasing, rounded ; periphery cari- 

 nated. Suture impressed. Aperture oblique, rotundly lunar. 

 Peristome thin, straight; the margins slightly approximating. The 

 columellar margin scarcely reflected, somewhat callous inside. 

 Umbilicus moderate, deep, open, one-fourth of the diameter. 



Diameter 0'12 in. (3 mm.), height 0'08 in. (2 mm.). (Suter. ) 



South Island N. Z., White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley. Amongst 

 dead leaves and mould in the subalpine bush. Rather scarce. 



This species is very near Ph. phrynia, Hutt., but the sjrire is more 

 depressed and the umbilicus larger. Animal: jaw arcuate, not 

 tapering, lamellate, the lamella flat, densely covered with hair-like 

 papillae; about five of the central lamellae much broader than the 

 others. Dentition: 21-1-21. Central tooth rectangular, much 

 longer than broad, reflexed portion nearly half the length of the 



