440 Zoological Society. 



Elasmatina Cumingiana. Elasm, testd ovato-conicd,pyramidatd, 

 pellucidd, dilute corneo-fuscescente ; anfractihus 10-11, suhplanU' 

 latis, ultimo subangulato ; aperturd semilunari, angustatd ; colu- 

 mella biplicatd; plied superiori obsolete lamelliformi ; inferiori 

 arcuatd, lamellosd; labro tenui, acuto. Long*. 6 mill.; larg. 34 

 mill. 



Hab. Island of Juan Fernandez. 



Found by Mr. Cuming on dried herbage. 



Elasmatina Reclusiana. Elasm. testd oblong o-conicd, pellucidd, 

 corneo-fuscescente ; anfractibus 9-\0, planius cutis ; aperturd semi- 

 lunari ; columelld basi contorto-plicatd, plied lamellosd; labro 

 tenui, acuto. Long. 5 mill. ; larg. 2 mill. 



Hab. Island of Mas afuera, coast of Chili. 



Found by Mr. Cuming under moss in damp situations. 



Elasmatina globosa. Elasm. testd ventricoso-conicd, pellucidd, 

 luteo-virescente ; anfractibus 6-7, planiusculis, ultimo maximo, 

 ventricoso, pallidiore -, spird conico-acutd ; aperturd semilunari, 

 ringente ; columelld suprd medium dente lamelliformi instructd, 

 dente subtHs marginato, interdum duplicato, ad basim plicato, plied 

 antice emarginatd robuste bilobato, lobo superiori ascendente, infe- 

 riori subhorizontali ; labro acuto. Long. 4 mill. ; larg. 3 mill. 



Hab. Island of Opara. 



Found by Mr. Cuming under stones. 



M. Petit also describes a new shell belonging to the genus Sca- 

 rabus : — 



ScARABTJS CuMiNGiANUs. Scar. tcstd ovato-acutd, utroque latere 

 compressiusculd, sordide fuscescente, longitudinaliter rugoso- 

 striatd, umbilicatd ; anfractibus novenis,planis ; spird conicd, late- 

 raliter interdum castaneo-maculatd ; aperturd longitudinali, mar- 

 garitaced, nitente ; columelld tridentatd, dente superiori longitudi- 

 nali, antice truncate, dente mediano crasso, basi obsolete trilobato, 

 inferiori transverse, lamelliformi ; labro crasso, superne intils valde . 

 sinuate, quinis dentibus instruct o ; umbilico intils clauso. Long. 

 29 mill. ; larg. 20 mill. 



Found by Mr. Cuming at Boljoon (island of Zebu), and at Tanhay, 

 island of Negros. 



Mr. Eraser laid before the Meeting some new species of Birds 

 from Fernando Po, which he characterized as follows : — 



Sylvicola superciliaris. Sylv. $ corpore superiore, et lateribus 

 nitide olivaceis ; mento, guld, et abdomine medio sordid^ albis ; lined 

 a naribus super oculos, lined suboculari, plumis auricularibus, 

 humerorum margine, femoribus, crissoque splendide flavis ; spatio 

 inter oculos rictumque fusco ; rostro nigro, pedihus carneis. 

 Long. tot. 4 poll. ; rostri, ^ ; alae, 2 ; caudae, 1 J ; tarsi, j. 

 Hab. Clarence, Fernando Po. 



The whole of the upper surface and sides of the body, in this bird, 

 are of a bright olive colour ; the chin, throat and centre of abdomen 

 are dirty white ; a yellow line runs from the nostril over the eye, and 



