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Parmophorus breviadus Blainv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. 

 18 1 7, p. 28. Diet. Sci. Nat, xxxvii., p. 558. Lamarck, 

 Anim. s. Vert, ed. 2, vii., p. 579. 



Scutus unguis H. & A. Adams (non L.) Genera, iii., pi. 51, 

 f. loa. 



Habitat — New Zealand (Montfort and Brit. Mus., received 

 from five different persons). 



This species, as stated by him, was described by Chemnitz 

 from a specimen in the collection of Schumacher. His description 

 runs thus — "testa alba, oblonga, scutiformi, planiuscula, margine 

 postico 7-otundato, antico quasi truncato^ vertice submucronato." 

 He was ignorant of the locality whence it was obtained but 

 presumed it came from East Indian Seas. The above description 

 exactly suits the figure (Con. Cab., xi., f. 1918). 



Schumacher in his 'Essai Nouv. Syst. habit vers test' p. 179, 

 says that Chemnitz's figure is not altogether exact, also remarking 

 "j'en puis juger avec certitude, comme je possede le meme 

 exemplaire qu' il a fait dessiner. . . La grande figure a, b, c, 

 est le meme exemplaire dont Mr. Chemnitz a donnd la figure." 



