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has long been misapprehended, it generally being considered 
to be a pupa. It was reserved to Dr. Von Moellendorff in 
Manila, to point out its true nature, and I am glad to say 
that Mr. Pilsbry agrees with the opinion of Dr. Von Moellen- 
dorff, and the writer. Having sent a small collection of New 
Zealand shells to Manila, Dr. Von Moellendorff wrote +o me 
under date 20th February, 1892: “‘ What do you think of Pupa 
novoseelandica? Boettger has elevated it to the type of the 
sub-genus Tesseraria. I take it to be a Patulide, standing 
nearest to Thera. Is the animal already known?” TI never 
fell in with a view more readily than with this. I had just 
then published the description and figures of the dentition of 
this species (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxiv., p. 300, pl. xxiii., 
figs. 53, 54), and pointed out that the radula of this Pupa 
differs considerably from all the others of the genus I have 
seen. I wrote to Dr. Von Moellendorff that I fully agreed 
with him, and, sending him a reprint of my paper, which con- 
tains also the dentition of the two species of Thera, was able 
to show him that his view was also borne out by the dentition. 
With his next letter he kindly sent me a modified diagnosis of 
Boettger’s Tesserarva, of which I give here a copy :— 
‘* Tesseraria, Boettger, sec. Charope. 
“T.. pupeformis, fere exacte cylindrata, apice obtuso, sub- 
rotundato, costulata, rufo-fusca, maculis stramineis preecipue 
ad suturam tesselata. 
‘‘Radula et maxilla persimilis illis There stipulate et 
barbatula, Reeve. 
a “Type: Hndodonta (Charopa) novoseelandica, Ptieitfer, 
64,” 
Animal (fig. 17).—When living in the Forty-mile Bush 
I made a sketch and short description of the animal, which 1 
think may be of interest now. 
The animal is nearly white, the eye-bearers greyish-black, 
clavate, long (about 8mm.), the tentacles white, short 
(about 4mm.), rounded in front. Mantle central; neck 
with two blackish stripes running backwards from the eye- 
bearers; tail sharp above, slightly tapering, no caudal pore. 
There is a distinct pedal line, to which run down the whole 
length of the foot shallow diagonal grooves. Sole white, with 
a slightly darker median disc, smooth all over. Length of 
body 9mm., breadth of sole 14mm. 
15. Laoma leimonias, Gray, 1850. Plates XVI., fig. 18, and 
XVIL., fig. 19. | 
No figure of the dentition of this molluse has ever been 
published, as it seems rather difficult to get a shell with the 
animal. As it is the type of Laoma, Gray, it is most import- 
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