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the almost beak -like narrower posterior extremity, and the -nearly double 

 size of the cardinal tooth. Erancofoute. 



Cardita abyssicola, Hinds (Sulphur), white, with many radiating lamellar 

 costas, lunula broad, cordate ; internally milk-white. Malacca. 



Area turgid ula, Deshayes (Guerin, Mag. pi. 84), differs from A. barbata in 

 the strongly arched form of the shells, by which it is rendered almost 

 cylindrical. AVheuce ? Thirty-nine new species are instituted by Lovell 

 Reeve (Proc. 14, March 1844 ; Annals, xiv, p. 486), and figured in his 

 Couchol. iconica. Also, by the same, twenty-three species. (Proc. p. 123.) 



Eighteen species of Niicula which were instituted in the Proc. 18-43, 

 p. 97, are figured in Hinds (Sulphur). 



Eight species of Ctirdium by Lovell Reeve (Proc. p. 167). C. vertebratum, 

 Jonas, in Meiike's Zeitsch. (p. 33), from New Holland. C. scabrum, Philippi 

 (Enmn. p. 38), allied to C.papillosum, Poli. C. parvum, Phil. (Enum.), small, 

 inequilateral, with twenty-three costse. Toronto. 



Venericardia zelandica, Potiez et Michaud (Gal. p. 166) : testa suborbi- 

 culata, ingequilatera, tumida, subtus albido-grisea, iutns purpureo-uigricante 

 nitidoque maculata ; costis lougltudiualibus uumerosis striisque trausversis 

 sublamellosis cancellata ; umbouibus obliquis, recurvis ; cardine bidentato ; 

 ano oblongo ; marginibus subtilissime pLicatis. New Zealand. 



Seven new species of Venus, by Sylvanus Hanley (Proc. p. 160.) 

 V.lilliioda, Jonas (Menke, Zeitsch. p. 33), from Chili. V. bellu, id. (ib. p. 34), 

 from the Moluccas. V. nitens, Scacchi et Philippi (Enum. p. 35), nearly 

 allied to V. yeoyrapliica. Naples. V. sulcata, Potiez et Michaud (Gal.), 

 from Karotschatka, is figured, but is without any description. In Philippi's 

 Abbildungen, the fifth Part, pi. 2, contains Venus Dombeyi, Lam., placida, 

 Phil., from Van Diemen's Land, notata. Say, and amatJiusia, Philippi. More- 

 over (Part vii, pi. 3.), V. calcarea, Phil., from Cuba, discrepans, Sow., ignobilis, 

 and expallescens, Phil., from Chili, subrugosa, Sow., hmularis, Lam., variabilis, 

 Mus. Viudob., from Bombay. V. Kcllcttii, Hinds (Sulphur), chesuut brown, 

 furnished at the extremities with lamellre. Island of Quibo, west of 

 Veragua. 



Sylvanus Hanley has instituted seven new species of the genus Cytherea 

 (Proceed. Zool. Soc. p. 109.) To this genus also three plates are devoted 

 in Philippi's Abbildungen. VI. pi. 1 contains C. ponderosa, Koch, ligula, 

 Anton, elcgans, Koch, from New Holland, rostrata, Koch, from Brazil. VII. 

 pi. 2, species allied to Art he mis. VIII. pi. 3, C. fusca, Koch, ntbiyiin,s<i, 

 Phil., modest a, Phil, from the Philippines, fulminata, Valenc., lutea, Koch, 

 planatella, Lam., trigonella, Lam., minuta, Koch. 



Recluz (Gueriii, Magas. p. 110) figures Arthemis reticulata (Liicina 

 reticulata, Lam.) In the Revue Zool. p. 299, he refers two species placed 

 by Lamarck under Luciiia (reticulata and widata~) to the genus Arthemis. 



