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scending in front, base convex, transversely striated ; peristome 

 simple, thin, roundly luuate ; aperture oblique, columellar margin 

 dilated, partly covering the umbilicus with a white callus. 



Diam. maj. If, min. 1J, alt. 1| lin. 



Hab. Fitzroy Island, north-east coast of Australia ; under leaves 

 on damp ground. Found also at No. 8 Island, Claremont Group, 

 off Cape Sidmouth, North-east Australia, amongst the drift coral 

 above high-water mark (coll. Brazier). 



Named after Mr. Russell, Government Astronomer, of Sydney, 

 New South Wales. 



*3. Pupa (Vertigo) macdonnelli. (Plate LXXXIII. figs. 

 22 & 23.) 



Shell small, dextral, umbilicately fissured, oblong, thin, shining, 

 smooth, white ; whorls 5, rounded, the last small, suture impressed, 

 narrow ; apex obtuse ; aperture somewhat squarely ovate, longer 

 than broad, denticulated with 5 teeth, 4 prominent, the upper one 

 large, placed in the centre of the aperture, and extending upwards 

 in a thick rounded callus, the second placed to the left, minute and 

 rounded, the third on the columella, thick and pointed, the fourth 

 facing the upper, moderately pointed, the fifth about equal in size to 

 the fourth ; the aperture divided into four parts, peristome thickened 

 and expanded, smooth and white, margins joined by a thick callus 

 continuous with the peristome and extending over the body-whorl. 



Length 1, breadth i lin. 



Hab. Fitzroy Island, North-east Australia ; also No. 8 Island, 

 Claremont Group (coll. Brazier). 



I have named this shell after Mr. W. J. MacDonuell, Astronomer, 

 of Sydney. 



4. Pupa (Vertigo) scotti. (Plate LXXXIII. figs. 24-26.) 



Shell dextral, fissured, cylindrical, thin, transparent, pale brown ; 

 whorls 5^, roundly couvex, last small, obliquely and transversely 

 faintly striated ; apex roundly obtuse ; aperture small, ovate, denti- 

 culated within with 4 prominent white teeth, one placed on the bodj- 

 whorl, elongated and rounded, a second on the columella large and 

 acute, two placed inside the outer lip, the lower one long and pro- 

 minent, the upper moderate and rounded ; peristome whitish, thick- 

 ened and expanded ; margins continuous, with a thin coating of 

 callus over the perforation. 



Length |, breadth \ lin. 



Hab. Fitzroy Island, north-east coast of Australia ; only one 

 specimen obtained, at the watering-place, under a bit of wood (coll. 

 Brazier) . 



I have named this after the Rev. W. Scott, Astronomer, Sydney. 



*5. Cyclophorus (Ditropis) vvhitei. (Plate LXXXIII. figs. *r\'ftt 

 5-7.) 



Shell suborbicular, somewhat depressed, rather thin, obliquely 

 rugosely striated ; spire scarcely elevated, apex obtuse, smooth ; 



