Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict., 15, 1947 



ADDITIONS TO AND ALTERATIONS IN THE CATA- 

 LOGUE OF THE LAND SHELLS OF VICTORIA 

 (INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES) 



By G. J. Gabriel, (Honorary Gonchologist, National Museum 



of Victoria). 



(Plates 9-10). 

 (Received for publication June 25, 1947) 



In the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Vol. 

 XLIII, pp. 62-88, 1930, the writer published a catalogue of the 

 Land Shells of Victoria, recording forty-five species and two 

 varieties including eight new forms. In the interim, the list has 

 been considerably augmented, bringing the total to 62 species 

 and two varieties including eight new to science, the descriptions 

 of which are now offered. Many of the additions have been 

 located in the Gippsland area, and it is my earnest conviction that 

 diligent search in this region will prove the existence of further 

 species, and that they merely await the collecting. Several 



apparently new forms are in the cabinet of the writer but as 

 noted in the above catalogue, with single specimens it is considered 

 advisable to postpone descriptions until further examples appear. 

 The present novelties, types of which have been presented to the 

 National Museum of Victoria, are as follow: Gharopa jemmy- 

 sensis, G. illu.stra, G. okeana, G. coUiveri, G. inexpectata, G. prob- 

 Jematica, G. lalicscntranciencia, Allodiscus marysvillensis, and 

 special attention is drawn to the first named species, a small but 

 most exquisite form, located with several species near Jemmy's 

 Point, Lakes Entrance. In his Basic List of the Land Mollusca of 

 Australia, Iredale (loc. cit.) has erected many New Genera, sev- 

 eral of which appear in the present communication. The List of 

 Introduced Forms is increased by the presence of VaUonia pul- 

 chella Miiller, discovered at Stanhope by Mr. P. R. Johnson. 



The type specimens mentioned in the 1930 Catalogue as being 

 in the collections of the writer have now been deposited with the 

 National Museum of Victoria. 



Opportunity is here taken of expressing my best thanks to Mr. 

 C. W. Brazenor of the National Museum for his splendid illus- 

 trations accompanying this paper. 



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