18/2.] MR. J. BRAZIER ON AUSTRALIAN LAND-SHELLS. 805 



2. Synonymy of and Remarks upon Australian and Western 

 Polynesian Land-Shells. By J. Brazier, C.M.Z.S.. 

 M.R.S.N.S.W. 



[Received June 21, 1872.] 



1. Helix (Geotrochus) hermione. 



1869. Helix (Geotrochus) hermione, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 p. 625, pi. 48. fig. 5. 



1870. Helix biocheana, Crosse, Journ. de Conchyl. p. 249. 

 Hab. Bougainville Island, Solomon group. 



A very pretty species, distinguishable from the black variety of 

 H. meta, Pfr., by its invariably smaller size, by the presence of the 

 straw-coloured band below the keel instead of next the suture, and 

 by the last whorl being more distinctly keeled and less convex. 



2. Helix (Geotrochus) adonis. 



1869. Helix (Geotrochus) adonis, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 624, 

 pi. 48. fig. 4. 



1870. Helix metula, Crosse, Journ. de Conchyl. p. 248. 

 Hab. Bougainville Island, Solomon group. 



A delicately orange-coloured species, intermediate in form between 

 H. meta, Pfr., and H. gaertneriana, Pfr. 



3. Helix (Rhytida) villandrei. 



1865. Helix villandrei, Gassies, Journ. de Conchyl. p. 210. 



1869. Helix (Rhytida) boydi, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 626, 

 pi. 48. fig. 8. 



Hab. Recherche Bay, San Christoval, Solomon Group (coll. 

 Brazier). 



Of this species I obtained two inferior specimens at the above 

 locality when at the Solomons in 1865 ; siuce then they have been 

 brought to Sydney by the island traders in countless numbers. 

 When first described by Gassies this species was put down as being 

 from New Caledonia ; it was, however, carried there by the French 

 missionaries, and thence taken to France. 



4. Helix (Videna) bellengenensis. 



1871. Helix bellengerensis, Cox, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 54. 

 1871. Helix bellengenensis, Brazier, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 321. 

 Hab. Manarm Creek, Bellengen River, New South Wales (coll. 



Brazier). 



This is a simple lenticular species, allied to H. leucocheilus, Cox, 

 from which it differs in being more conical and more sharply keeled. 

 It belongs to the subgenus Videna of H. and A. Adams. 



5. Helix (Merope) novj; Hollands. 



1834. Carocolla nova hollandia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 67. 

 1852. Helix dupnyana, Pfr. Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 159. 



