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group, or New Caledonia; its western limit is New Guinea, and 

 they are not found in New Zealand or Australia. North of the 

 equator, they are found at the Pelew islands, and as far north as 

 Tuam in the Ladrone islands. The New Hebrides and Solomon's 

 island have afforded a few species," while the metropolis is situated 



the genus a section under Bulimus, gives its distribution as 

 "Asiatic, Australian, and Pacific islands, South America."—/?. 

 Ellsworth Call. 



r rom the secretary of the department. 



6. Providence, 1882. From 



