1867.] MR. J. C. cox ON NKW AUSTRALIAN LAND-SHEI-LS. Ii9 



The genus Bodona is very closely allied to Taxila, the chief di- 

 stinctions being as follows : — 



Genus Dodona. 

 Alee posticce angulo anali mayis producto, cauda obsolefa. 



1 . D. ADONiRA, Hewitson. 



2. D. DiPQiA, Hewitson. 



3. D. ONiDA, Hewitson. (Fig. 2, p. 38.) 



7. Characters of Four New Species of Australian Land-shells. 

 By James C. Cox, C.M.Z.S. 



Helix retipora. 



H. testa perforata, lenticidari, midique valde et confei'thn costu- 

 lato-stviata, lineis concentricis minutissimis decussatis, quasi 

 reticulata, solidula, nitidiuscula, rubrocornea, subtus palli- 

 diore; spira late depresso-conoidea, obtusa, sutura mediocriter 

 hnpressa ; anfractibus 4, regulariter accrescentibus, planato- 

 convexiusculis, ultimo mediocri, non descendente, infra con- 

 vexo ; apertura obliqua, fere rotundato-lunata ; peristomate 

 simplici, regulari, margine columellari supra dilatato, rejiexo, 

 umbilicum semitegente. 



Diam. maj. 021, niin. 017, alt. 0*11 unc. 



Hab. Flinders Range, South Australia (Masters). 



Allied, bul not very closely, to H. sericatula, and not resembling 

 any South Australian Helix yet described. 



Pupa lincolnensis. 



P. testa senistrorsa, rimata, elliptico-oblonga, tenuissime oblique 

 striata, alhida sen rufo-corneu ; spira obtusa; anfractibus ('),_ 

 convexiusculis, ultimo cceteros nequaquam ceqtiante ; apertura. 

 fere verticali, lunato-circulari ; peristomate incrassato, ex- 

 panso, alba, marginibus distantibus, columellari recto, sinistra 

 supra obtuse angulato ; pariete aperturali dente sid)centr(ili, 

 prominente, obtuso, albo munito. 



Long. 0*13, diam. 0"08 unc. 



Hab. Port Lincoln, South Australia {Masters). 



This belongs to the section or subgenus Pupilla. 



BULIMUS MASTERSI. 



B. testa imperfurata, ovato-conica, solidiuscula, rugoso-plicata, 

 ad suturam prcesertirn sulcis spiralibus interruptis sculpta, 

 flavicante seu rufo-brunnea, fasciis (e lineis coalescentibus for- 

 matis) longitudinalibus jjluriniis albis quasi murreis ornata ; 

 spira puna, convexo-conica, obtusa, sutura impressa ; anfrac- 

 tibus 4, modice convexis, ultimo spirant quuter superante, basi 



