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suhsulcosd, transversim totd striatd; columelld antick obliqub 



plicatd ; labro extus Icevi, incrassato. 

 Hah. Guinea. 

 Buccinum concinnum, Sol. 



7. Cyllene orientalis, a. Adams. C. testd ovato-fusiformiy 

 albidd, maculis luteo-fuscis ornatd^ longitudinaliter plicatdy 

 transversim striatd ; spird prominuld ; columelld antick per- 

 oblique sulcata, labro intus Icevi. 



Hab. Singapore, 6 fathoms, mud ; H. C. Malacca, 6 fathoms, 

 coarse sand ; H. C. 



8. Cyllene striata, A. Adams. C. testd ovatd, albd, maculis 

 rufo-fuscis ad suturas pictd, cingulis duabus maculorum luteo- 



fuscorum ornatd, longitudinaliter subplicatd, transversim totd 

 striatd; columelld antich oblique sulcatd ; labro tenui, intus 

 Icevi, antice vix sinuato. 

 Hah. Albrokkas Islands, under coral, low water ; Mr. Bring. 



9. Cyllene fuscata, A. Adams. C. testd ovatd, rufo-fuscdy 

 fasciis transversis obscuris articulatis ornatd, longitudinaliter 

 plicatd, plicis numerosis, suhconfertis, superne et inferne trans- 

 versim valde striatd; columelld antice valde corrugato-plicatd, 

 labro antice valde sinuato. 



Hab. W. Africa. 



10. Cyllene pallida, A. Adams. C. testd ovatd, alhidd, lon- 

 gitudinaliter subsulcatd, obscure nodoso-plicatd, glahratd, su- 

 perne et inferne transversim striatd ; columelld antice plicis 

 obliquis, labro antice valde sinuato. 



Hah. West Africa. 



11. Cyllene GRANA, Lamarck. 



Buccinum grana, Lamk.; Kiener, Mon. pi. 16. fig. .58. 



12. Cyllene glabrata. A.. Adams. C. testd ovato-fusiformi, 

 glahratd, cinered, fasciis alhis tribus transversis rufo-articu- 

 latis ornatd, longitudinaliter subplicatd, plicis inferne evani- 

 dis, superne et inferne transversim striatd; aperturd angustd ; 

 columella antice oblique plicatd, labro antice subsinuato. 



Hah. Pasicao, 9 fathoms, fine sand ; H. C. 



November 12.— W. Yarrell, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Professor Owen read a paper " on the Cranium of the large species 

 of Dinornis called giganteus and ingens"^."' He commenced by refer- 

 ring to a former memoir, in which four generic types of structure had 

 been determined in fossil crania of birds from New Zealand, viz. Nestor, 

 Notornis, Palapteryx, and Dinornis proper ; and proceeded to de- 

 scribe an additional series of fossil skulls obtained by Governor Sir 

 George Grey from a cave in the district which lies between the river 

 Waikato and Mount Tongariro, in the North Island. The most re- 



* This paper will appear in the Transactions as Dinornis^ Part V., in continua- 

 tion of Prof. Owen's previous memoirs. 



