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II.—Molluscan Fauna of the Hooker and Tasman Valley, South Island.

Class Gasteropoda. Ord. Pulmonata.

Group Stylommatophora.

Sec. Gnathophora. (a.) Holognatha.

Fam. Limacidæ.

1. Pitys cryptobidens, Sut. Amongst mould in the subalpine bush, hiding under dead leaves. Very scarce. White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley.

Fam. Phenacohelicidæ.

2. Phacussa hypopolia, Pf. Found in all the lower parts of the subalpine bush, under dead leaves and rotten wood. Crawling after warm rain on shrubs with smooth bark, frequently on dead Panax.

3. Psyra tullia, Gray. Under stones amongst small roots. Sealey Range.

Psyra tullia, Gray. forma albina. In the same places. Scarce.

4. Psyra godeti, Sut. Together with P. tullia. Sealey Range and Black Birch Creek valley.

5. Therasia decidua, Pf. In the same places as Ph. hypopolia.

6. Amphidoxa feredayi, Sut., var. glacialis, Sut. Under rotten wood. White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley. Rare.

Fam. Patulidæ.

7. Patula buccinella, Reeve. In the bush, amongst mould, rotten wood, &c. The most common of the land-shells.

8. Patula corniculum, Reeve, var. montana, Sut. Very scarce. Amongst decaying leaves in the subalpine bush, Sealey Range.

9. Patula bianca, Hutt. Scarce. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

10. Patula bianca, Hutt., var. montana, Sut. Not common. In the subalpine bush. Hooker Valley.

11. Patula anguicula, Reeve. Scarce. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

12. Patula infecta, Reeve, var. alpestris, Sut. Rare. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

13. Patula mutabilis, Sut. Very scarce. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

14. Patula sterkiana, Sut. Not common. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

15. Patula brouni, Sut. Not common. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

16. Patula serpentimula, Sut. Not common. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

17. Patula eremita, Sut. Very scarce. In the subalpine bush, Hooker Valley.

Fam. Helicidæ.

18. Phrixgnathus acanthinulopsis, Sut. Scarce. Amongst mould in the bush. Hooker Valley.

19. Maoriana aorangi, Sut. Not common. Amongst mould in the bush, Hooker Valley.

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