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slightly elevated ; suture impressed ; whorls 5, rather convex, regularly 
increasing, the last depressly-rotund ; umbilicus narrow, pervious, scarcely 
exceeding one-sixth of the diameter ; aperture a little oblique, rotundly- 
lunar; peristome simple, straight, margins remote, columellar margin 
arcuately bent downwards, slightly dilated above. 
Diam., greatest, 9f ; least, : height, 4J mill. 
Hab., Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Hoc'hstetter). 
HELIX (PARYPHANTA) CREBRIFLAMMIS, Pfeiffer. 
Helix crebri/lammis, Pfr., P.Z.S. 1851 ; M.II.V., vol. 3, p. 91 ; vol. 5, 
p. 119, No. 717. Kanina crebri/lammis, G ray. 
Shell umbilioated, depressed, thin, finely striated, sinning, pellucid, 
luteous, adorned with thickly-set flame-like markings ; spire slightly 
elevated, rather convex ; whorls 3J, somewhat convex, the last not 
descending, sub-dopressed, more convex at the base ; umbilicus rather 
broad, pervious; aperture slightly oblique, lunately-oval ; peristome 
simple, straight, right margin arcuated in front, columellar margin 
slightly reflexed. 
Diam., greatest, 7 ; least, 5J ; height, nearly 3 mill. 
Hab., New Zealand (Strange). 
HELIX (PARYPILANTA) CORESIA, Gray. 
Kanina coresia, Gray, P.Z.S., 1849, p. 100. Helix coresia, Pfr., M.II.V. 
vol. 3, p. 02 ; vol. 5, p. 149, No. 718. 
Shell broadly umbilicated, depressed, olive-horny, fuscous streaked, 
covered with a thick, shining, sub-striated epidermis; spire slightly 
elevated, rather convex ; whorls 3, rather convex, rapidly increasing the 
last sub-depressed, not descending anteriorly, dilated; aperture diagonal, 
sub-Innately rotund; peristome simple, thin, margins approaching, 
epidermis indexed. 
Diam., greatest 4; least, 3j ; height, If mill. 
Hab., Auckland, New Zealand. 
HELIX (PARYPHANTA) CHIRON, Gray. 
Kanina cJdron, Gray, P.Z.S., 1849, p. 100. Helix chiron, Pfr., M.II.V., 
vol., 3, p. 94; vol 5, p. 152, No. 742. 
Shell umbilicated, depressed, arcuately and rather distantly plaited, 
covered with a shining, fuscous-olive epidermis; spire rather convex; 
whorls 3f, rather convex, the last sub-depressed, rounded at the margin, 
convex at the base; umbilicus narrow, pervious; aperture a little 
oblique, sub-hmately-rotund; peristome thin, the right margin some¬ 
what bent backwards, separated from the last whorl by a slight incision, 
columellar margin above rather widely-opened out. 
Diam., greatest, 6; least 5 ; height, 3 mill. 
Hab., Auckland, New Zealand (Greenwood). 
