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usco tincto, margine acuto, arcuato. Long. 6 lines, lat. 3 lines. Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.) A pale horn-coloured, somewhat solid species, with a moderately elevated spire, acute (not eroded) at the apex, and with the terminal whorls sometimes papillary. 11. Physa (Ameria) reevii, Adams & Angas. P. testa ovali, postice abrupte truncata, imperforata, cornea; spira plana, tenui; anfractibus quatuor, planis, ultimo permagno, postice acute angulato, transversim obsolete striato; apertura oblongo-truncata; labio antice valde tortuoso; labro postice angulato. Long. 6 lines, lat. 4 lines. Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.) We have much pleasure in dedicating this singular species to Mr. Lovell Reeve, who has evinced much interest in the shells of this group. The last whorl is acutely angulate posteriorly, and the spire is tabulated, giving to the shell a peculiar truncate appearance. 12. Physa (Ameria) bonus-henricus, Adams & Angas. P. testa ovata, rimata, tenui, cornea; spira vix elata, plana; anfractibus tribus, planis, postice angulatis, ultimo magno, inflato, ventricoso, postice subangulato, longitudinaliter plus minusve plicato; apertura ovata; labio tenui, subtortuoso; labro simplici, margine arcuato. Long. 4 lines, lat. 2 1/2 lines. Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.) This is a small inflated species, with a short truncate spire. We have dedicated it to the founder of the section Ameria, a gentleman well known for his deep researches in conchology. 13. Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti, Adams & Angas. U. testa transversim elongato-ovata, tenui, compressa, epidermide olivaceo-fusca induta, postice corrugato-plicata, latere antico breviore rotundato, postico longiore oblique subtruncato, margine ventrali regulariter arcuato; umbonibus parvis, erosis, dentibus cardinalibus elongatis valde divergentibus, postico bifido, antico prominulo; intus iridescente. Alt. 1 1/2 inch, lat. 3 inches 2 lines. Habitat. Lagoon, Mount Margaret, Central Australia (Coll. Angas.) This species, which we have named after Mr. J. McD. Stuart, the leader of the expedition, is the only Naiad, besides Alasmodon angasana of Lea, yet discovered in the regions traversed by the explorers. ... Description of a new Helix from the interior of Australia, by Dr. L. Pfeiffer. Helix perinflata, Pfr. T. umbilicata, globosa, solida, striis incrementi rugosis et lineis impressis antrorsum descendentibus d
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