Hutton. — On New Zealand Land Mollusca. 207 



North Island. — Tarauaki (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 urnbilicated or imperforate ; depressed, of few whorls, the 

 last rapidly increasing ; covered with a thick shining epidermis involving 

 the peristome. 



P. busbyi, Gray (1841). 



Blackish green ; whorls 4^ ; umbilicus broad, perspective. Diameter 

 3 inches. Dentition, 50-0-50. 



North hland. — Hokianga and Bay of Islands. 



Allied to H. atramentaria from Victoria. . 



P. hochstetteri, Pfeiffer (1861). 



Greenish fulvous with undulating chestnut lines ; whorls 5-J ; umbilicus 

 moderate, not pervious. Diameter 2-75 inches. 



North Island. — Manawatu (Travers, Gillies). 



South Island.- — Collingwood (Hochstetter) ; Picton (Seymour). 



P. gilliesii, Smith (1880). 



Dark chestnut with yellowish spiral lines ; shell pliable ; whorls 5-6, 

 the last separated from the previous one for some distance from the aper- 

 ture : urnbilicated. Diameter 1'4 inch. 



South Island. — Collingwood (Travers); Nelson (Gillies). 



The animal and dentition are unknown. 



P. milligani, Pfeiffer (1852). 



Dark olive brown ; imperforate ; whorls 3, polished, uneven with growth 

 lines. Diameter -86 inch. 



North Island.— "Wellington (T. W. Kirk). 



I have 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 Elaea, Hutton. 



Shell small ; epidermis thin, not involving the peristome ; umbilicus 

 wide ; whorls few, rapidly increasing. 



E. coeesia, 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 (Greenwoo^l, Cheeseman) ; Wellington (T. W. 

 Kirk). 



