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2. Paludesteina caliginosa (Gould). 



Littorina caliginosa, Gould: U.S. Explor. Exped., Moll., p. 198, atlas, 



fig. 240 ; Otia Conch., p. 53. 

 Uydrohia caliginosa, Smith: Phil. Trans. Eoy. Soc, 1879, vol. clxviii, 



p. 173, pi. ix, fig. 8. 



Hab. — Macquarie Island (A. Hamilton). 



Previously recorded from Tierra del Fuego (Gould), Kerguelen 

 (Smith, Studer, and Watson). 



New Shells from New Zealand. 



I, II. Paludestrina Hamiltoni, n.sp. 

 III. Modiolarca bicolor, n.sp. 

 IV. Myrina minuta, n.sp. 

 V. Mitra albopicta, n.sp. 



VI. Macoma Suteri, n.sp. 

 VII. Mactra ordinaria, n.sp. 

 VIII, IX. Cyamium oblonguni, n.sp. 



3. PALTTDESTErN-A Hamiltoni, n.sp. Figs. I, II. 



Testa subglobosa, anguste umbilicata, fuscescens, periostraco tenui 

 olivaceo induta, lineis incrementi striata ; spira brevis, obtusa ; 

 anfractus fere 3, convexi, perrapide accrescentes, sutura profunda 

 subcanaliculata discreti, ultimus maximus, circa umbilicum leviter 

 carinatus ; apertura magna, rotunde ovata, fusca ; peristoma tenue, 

 continuum; operculum anfractibus 2\ instructum. Diam. maj. 3, 

 min. 2 mm. ; alt. 3 mm, 



Sah. — Macquarie Island (A. Hamilton). 



A pretty little shell, recalling in some respects certain forms of the 

 genus Lacima. 



