194 Transactions.— Zoology. 
South Island.—Greymouth (Helms); Temuka (Chilton); Dunedin and 
Queenstown (F.W.H.). 
»Genus Rhagada, Albers. 
Shell imperforate, or sub-perforate, globose, striated ; whorls 41-53, the 
last slightly descending in front; aperture very oblique; peristome lipped 
within, somewhat expanded. 
R. renca, Gray (1843). 
Shell perforated, the perforation covered. Whitish, with a chestnut 
band, and many orange-coloured lines. Diameter :59 inch. 
North Island.—North Cape (Dr. Dieffenbach ?). 
I have not seen this species: it is closely related to H. dringi from N. 
Australia. 
Genus Fruticicola, Held. 
Animal like Patula. Jaw with broad flat ribs. Shell narrowly umbili- 
cated, depreasly globose; periphery rounded; whorls 5-7, rather convex, 
ribbed ; aperture broadly lunate; peristome acute, its columellar margin 
reflected. 
F. rura, Reeve (1852); H. iota, Pfeiffer (1851). 
. Spire convex; closely ribbed, ribs about 17 in the tenth of an inch; 
umbilicus open. Pale horny variegated with reddish-brown. Diameter 
*29. Dentition, 27-1-27. 
North Island.—Auckland (Cheeseman, Gillies); Napier (Meinertzhagen); 
Wanganui and Wellington (T. W. Kirk). 
Var. anaxuu, Pfeiffer (1857). 
Spire conoidal, the ribs finer and closer, and the umbilicus narrower. 
South Island.—Eyreton, N. Canterbury (Chilton). 
The shell is very like that of Phacussa ; but it is greyer, slightly thicker, 
and with stouter ribbing. 
F. cnorpara, Pfeiffer (1861). 
Spire conoidal, closely ribbed ; umbilicus covered. Diameter ‘15 inch. 
New Zealand (Hochstetter). 
I have not seen this species, unless it is the same as F. granum. 
Genus Microphysa, Albers. 
Animal as in Patula. Jaw with numerous broad flat ribs. Shell 
umbilicated, depressed, thin, delicately striate, scarcely shining; whorls 
4-5, gradually increasing ; aperture roundly lunate; peristome thin, 
simple. 
M. caput-spinuLm, Reeve (1852) ; H. epsilon, Pfeiffer (1851). 
Pale horny; umbilicus rather narrow; whorls 84, membranous ribs 
about 30 in the tenth of an inch. Diameter ‘07 inch. 
North Island,—Auckland (Cheeseman) ; Horokiwi, Wellington, 
