THE NAUTILUS. 77 
A storm that stirs up the depths makes a grand holiday, but 
nearly every visit, in storm or calm, repays the student by some 
glimpse of the life history of some soft—hard dweller of the sea. 
Sarah P. Monks. 
PRELIMINARY NOTES ON TASMANIAN LAND SHELLS. 
BY HENRY SUTER. 
Since I became acquainted with the New Zealand and Tasmanian 
land and fresh water molluscan fauna, some four to five years ago. 
I came to the conclusion that both are very nearly related, though 
this opinion is not shared by Conchologists generally. On several 
occasions I expressed my views, especially when describing Charopa 
subantialla and Ch. mutabilis. It is well known that no attempt 
has been made to classify the Tasmanian land shells; all the Heli- 
cidze have been simply placed in that “olla potida” genus Heliz, 
Mr. Charles Hedley of Sydney, was first to publish structural details 
of the animals of some Tasmanian land shells (Proc. Linn. Soc., N. 
S. W. (2) VI, p. 19). Descriptions and very good figures of the 
animals and the dentition were there given of Bulimus dufresni, B. 
tasmanicus, Anoglypta launcestonensis, Rhytida lampra, Helicarion 
verreauxt and Cystopelta petterdi. 
I have not been successful in procuring land shells with their 
animals from Tasmania, and I therefore decided to sacrifice part of 
my collection. There were some specimens with the animal dried 
in them and these I used for preparing the jaws and radule. I 
have just finished the microscopic slides and have not yet had time 
to study them carefully. However, I ascertained a few facts, which, 
I feel sure, may prove of great interest to Conchologists, though 
my communication is only provisional. 
Conchologists of course know that the genera Endodonta, Charopa 
and Rhytida are common to New Zealand and Tasmania. .The 
new facts I ascertained of genera or sections of genera found in New 
Zealand as well as in Tasmania, and part of Australia in some cases, 
are the following : 
Genus Gerontia. 
Section Flammulina, thought to be confined to New Zealand 
only. I think that H. Jungermannie Petterd, belongs to this sec- 
tion, though I am not yet quite positive. 
