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AbstractTwo new species of Pseudaneiteaare described, P. levafrom Mid-Canterbury, P. nodosafrom the Outer Chetwode Is. An account of the anatomy of each is given, and their affinities are discussed.Land slugs belonging to the Family Athoracophoridae are found in the Admiralty Is., New Britain, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, and the subantarctic islands. The most distinctive character of the family is the presence of a dorsal tracheate lung, consisting of a pulmonary cavity from whose floor thin-walled pulmonary diverticula radiate out to form the roof of a blood sinus.The first species described in this paper was found in a beech forest near Staveley by Mr P. M. Johns, of the University of Canterbury. The other species was found on the Outer Chetwode Is. by Mr G. S. Hardy, of Victoria University of Wellington. Both very kindly supplied the writer with all the material they collected. |
