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Tom Ieedalb. 
loin do 1 ('an douct*. ’ ^Yltliougli Cox rc'cordod this noto in the ('ai'li( 3 st cata- 
logue of our Laud Slndls l)y himself in 1864, Smith in 1894 wrote “No species 
of Vitnna, Tlelictirion .... are yet known from this region.” This was 
corrected by Medley, who pointed out Ancey’s description of 1889, but also 
o\ erlooked tifuoy & Gaimard’s notice. A)iparently everyone has omitted 
notice of Pfcili.er’s CKstanea^ which, published in 18,53, is undoubtedly the 
present species. 
FAMILY CHLORITIDAE. 
This family comprises many shells covered with a periostraeum bearing 
hairs but, through lumping, species without such n covering are commonly 
included. TTu' typical Chloritis is a large llattened umbilicate shell with a 
recurved outer lip, and the apex granulose. It is essentially of northern 
origin, and species oc(air throughout East Australia, as far south as Victoria 
and along' the north coast. TIorvcvf'r many speems ha,v(' Ijeen referred to 
this group, whose claims are very doubtful and a redistribution is sorely 
needed. Gude reviewed the series, and went so far as to group all the 
Australian s])ecies, whatever their form, under AustrocUloritis, a somewhat 
peculiar conclusion. 
Oeiuis DAMOCHLOEA hedale 1938. 
li)3S^I)amncJtIora Iredale, Austr. Zool. Yol. IX., p. 97, Nov. 30. Orthotype 
Helix millepunctata Smith. 
This generic name was iniroduced for some North-Western species, which 
Smith placed under Hclir, using as a suhgenns Chloriiis, the type species 
being described as minutely punctate and with the form of delensertiana, 
while revtUiiJiniiii was subgrauulos(', clothed with a thin scabroirs epidermis 
and the form unlike. It is pi'obable that these are not at all closely related, 
and in order to stress this point the snbgeneric name Perochlora is intro- 
duced, the apertural characters of the tyiic, rectilabnim, reading quite dif- 
ferently. 
Damochlora millepunctata Smith 1894. 
1894 — Helix {Chloritw) miJJe punctata Smith, Proc. Tlalac. Soe. (Loud.), 
I'ol. I., j>. 88, pi. VII., tig. 11, June, llaudin Island, North-West 
Australia. 
Smith's description reads: “Shell orbicular, widely umbilicate, thin, 
horny, snlqx'llncid ; whorls five, slowly increasing, everywhere minutely 
juuictate, coin'ex, sutures jirofoundly impressed, .sculptured with thin ()bli((ue]y 
arcuate growth-striae, la.st whorl rounded at the iieripherj', scarcely descend- 
ing in IT'onl : ai»erlure obli(ine and broadly Innate, si)ire very .short, ralher ob- 
tuse to the apex: peristome thin, very little thickened, narrowly expanded and 
r('flected; coluniellar edge very obli(|ne, a litlle arcuate, dilated a little above 
where it joins the whorl. Diam, maj. 16, min. 13 mm.; alt. 8.5 mm. Aper- 
ture 6 high, 7 broad. Hah. — Baudin Island, N.W. Australia. This species 
has much the general aspect of H. deleasertiana. It is, however, flatter, and, 
of course, quite different in .sculpture. ” 
Damochlora cassiniensis Smith 1894. 
1894 — Heli.r (GJiloidtis) millepunctata var. raiisiniensis Smith. Proc. Malac. 
Soe. (Lond.), Vol. L, p. 88, pi. VII., fig. 12, June. Cassini Island, 
North-West Australia. 
Smith briefly described this; “Shell smaller than the typical form, nm- 
bilicns a little narrower, aperture more contracted, peristome a little more 
