Hutton. — On New Zealand Land Mollusca. 191 



North Island. — North Cape (Wellington Museum) ; Bream Head and 

 Manawatu (Gillies) ; North Shore, Auckland (T. W. Kirk). 



I am of opinion that this shell is the young of the last, although P. 

 bovhius has never heen found so far south. But, in deference to the opinion 

 of Mr. Justice Gillies, I admit it as a distinct species until an examination 

 of the animal settles the point. 



Genus Tornatellina, Beck. 



Shell minute, pellucid, columella truncated ; a spiral ridge on the inner 

 lip. 



T. neozelanica, Pfeiffer (1851). 



Shell fulvous horny ; variable in shape. Axis -13 inch. 



North Island. — Auckland (Greenwood, Kirk, Gillies). 



The animal and dentition are unknown.' 



Sub-fam. Pwpin®. 



Shell cylindrical or fusiform ; aperture small. 



Genus Pupa, Draparnaud. 



Shell rimate, closely ribbed: whorls 9-12, not increasing; aperture 

 sub-circular. Animal with tentacles as well as peduncles. 



P. neozelanica, Pfeiffer (1851). 



Shell deep fuscous, with yellowish spots ; apex rounded. Length 

 •18 inch. 



North Island. — Napier (Meinertzhagen) ; Waimarama (Gillies) ; Horo- 

 kiwi, Wellington. 



Adams considers that this species is a Vertigo, belonging to the sub- 

 genus Isthmia of Gray. The animal and dentition are unknown. 



Sub-fam. Helicince. 



Shell globular, turbinate, trochiform, or discoidal. 

 Genus Patula, Held. 



Shell depressed or discoidal, widely umbilicated, ribbed ; whorls 4-6, 

 slowly increasing ; periphery rounded ; aperture rotundly lunate ; peristome 

 simple, acute. Mantle included. Jaw striated or smooth. 

 A. Bibs on upper surface straight. 



P. coma, Gray (1843) ; H. tau, Pfeiffer (1861) [not II. coma of Pfeiffer, 

 nor of Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xiv., p. 150] . 



Bibs distant, about 9 in the tenth of an inch. Pale brown, with bands 

 of reddish brown. Diameter -23 inch. Dentition, 13-1-13. 



North Island. — Auckland (Sinclair, Greenwood, Cheeseman) ; Hawke's 

 Bay ; Wellington ; Horokiwi, Wellington. 



South Island. — Lake Guyon (F.W.H.) ; Greymouth (Helms) ; Bealey 

 (Haast). 



Allied to P. consimilis, Pease, from the Society Islands, 



