446 Zoological Society. 



numerosis, tenuibus, curvilineatis ; aperturd ovali, margine tenui, 

 Idblo interno tortuoso ; colore pallide fulvo, fasciis duabus, und 

 prope suturam pallidd, und in medio anfractuum latd, distinct d. 



Elongated, keeled, with numerous whorls, and very numerous 

 close-set curvilinear varices. 



Found by Mr. Cuming in sandy mud at seven fathoms at Malacca. 



Mr. Gould laid before the Meeting specimens of three new spe- 

 cies of Mammalia, which he described as 



Halmaturus Houtmannii. Hal. Mas facie canescenti-cinered, 

 fronte rufescente, spatio inter aures auribusque externe nigrescenti- 

 cinereis ; lined nuchali nigrescenti-fuscd ; dorso saturate fusco 

 griseo irrorato, colli corporisque lateribus, artubus anticis et pos- 

 ticis rufis, gutture et pectore fulvescenti-albis, abdomine cinereo; 

 caudd canescente, superne et ad apicem nigrescente. 

 Fcemina mart assimilis, coloribus pallidioribus. Junior es nigrescenti- 



cinerei, colore apud dorsum saturatiore. 

 Adult Male. — Face dark grizled grey, stained with rufous on the 

 forehead ; external surface of the ear and the space between the ears 

 dark blackish grey ; sides of the neck, shoulders, fore-arms, flanks 

 and hind-legs rufous, which colour is palest on the flanks ; a line 

 of obscure blackish brown passes down the back of the neck, and 

 spreads into the dark grizled brown of the back ; throat and chest 

 buffy white ; under surface of body grey ; tail grizled grey, deepen- 

 ing into black on the upper side and the extremity ; the fur is some- 

 what short, coarse and adpressed ; the base bluish grey, succeeded 

 by rufous, then white, and the extreme tip black. Weight 12 \ lbs. 

 Adult Female. — Is similar in colour to the male, but of a more 

 uniform tint, in consequence of the rufous colouring of the shoulders 

 and flanks being paler, and the grizled appearance of the back not 

 so bright. Weight 8 lbs. 



The young is dark grizled grey, approaching to black, particu- 

 larly along the back. Weight 5 lbs. 



Adult Male. Female. 

 Ft. In. Ft. In. 

 Length from the nose to the tip of the tail ..36 34 



of tail ...I 21 1 2 



of tarsus and toes, including the nail . . 5| 5| 



_ of arm and hand, including the nails ..06 04 



of face from the tip of the nose to the "I q . x q a 



base of the ear / 4 



of ear 2 j 2$ 



Halmaturus Dama. Hal. vellere fusco, canescente, rubescente ad 



nucham, ad dorsum imum, et per artus anticos ; facie cinered rufo 



lavatd ; fronte spatio inter aures, auribusque externe nigrescenti- 



c mere is ; artubus posticis pallide fuscis ; caudd canescente, corpore 



inferior e pallide cinereo. 



General colour of the fur grizled brown, becoming of a reddish 



tint on the back of the neck, arms and rump ; face grey, washed with 



rufous on the forehead ; outside of the ears and the space between 



