Herroy.— On New Zealand Land Mollusca. — 207 
North Island,—Taranaki (Dr. Dieffenbach ?) ; Possession Island, Torres 
Straits (Ince). 
I have not seen this species ; it is closely allied to H. delessertiana, from 
N. Australia. 
Genus Paryphanta, Albers. 
Shell large umbilicated or imperforate ; depressed, of few whorls, the 
last rapidly increasing ; covered with a thick shining epidermis involving 
the peristome. 
P. sussyi, Gray (1841). 
Blackish green; whorls 43; umbilicus broad, perspective. Diameter 
8 inches. Dentition, 50-0-50. 
North Island.—Hokianga and Bay of Islands. 
Allied to H. atramentaria from Victoria. 
P. nocusrETTERI, Pfeiffer (1861). 
Greenish falvous with undulating chestnut lines ; whorls 5} ; umbilicus 
moderate, not pervious. Diameter 2°75 inches. 
North Island.—Manawatu (Travers, Gillies). 
South Island.—Collingwood (Hochstetter) ; Picton (Seymour). 
P. eizuresn, Smith (1880). 
Dark ehestnut with yellowish spiral lines; shell pliable ; whorls 5—6, 
the last separated frem the previous one for some distance from the aper- 
ture: umbilieated. Diameter 1:4 inch. 
South Island.—Collingwood (Travers); Nelson (Gillies). 
The animal and dentition are unknown. 
P. mitxicant, Pfeiffer (1852). 
Dark olive brown ; imperforate ; whorls 3, polished, uneven with growth 
lines. Diameter ‘86 inch. 
North. Island.—Wellington (T. W. Kirk). 
Ihave not been able to compare this shell with Tasmanian specimens 
so I retain the name given to it by Mr. Kirk. The animal and dentition 
are unknown. 
Genus Elea, Hutton. 
Shell small; epidermis thin, not involving the peristome ; umbilicus 
wide; whorls few, rapidly increasing. 
E. coresta, Gray (1849). 
Yellow horny without markings or with fuscous streaks ; spire nearly 
flat; whorls 3, striated; umbilicus very broad, showing all the whorls. 
Diameter ‘27 inch. Dentition, 9-0-9. 
North Island. —Auckland (Greenwood, Cheeseman); Wellington (T. W. 
Kirk). 
