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Scutella iridescens. Scut, testd oblongo- ovatd ', complanatd, mi- 

 nutissime substriatd, albo et roseo guttatim tessellatd; intits iri- 

 descente, margine interno albo, roseo maculato : long, -r 3 ^, lat. iV> 

 alt. t «t poll. 

 Hab. in Oceano Pacifico. (Grimwood's Island.) 

 This species was gathered by Mr. Cuming on the sands when the 

 tide was out. There was no fresh water near, and though he obtained 

 several individuals in the finest condition, the soft parts were gone, 

 having evidently but lately fallen a prey to some carnivorous crea- 

 ture. 



The shape of Seut. iridescens is very elegant, and the silvery iri- 

 descent nacre which lines the inside of the shell, contrasted as it is 

 with the less brilliant but lively coloured margin, is almost dazzling. 

 The back of the shell, which is very brittle, is mottled with white and 

 rose colour. This disposition of its markings almost conveys the im- 

 pression that the surface of the back is uneven ; but with the excep- 

 tion of the very minute stria, which are almost imperceptible, it is 

 smooth. 



Scutella rosea. Scut, testd subconicd, striatd, albd, lineisjlani- 

 mulisque roseis ornatd; intus nitente, interdum subiridescente : 

 long. -£-, lot. n V, alt. tV poll. 

 Obs. Varietas forsan praecedentis. 

 Hab. cum prsecedente. 



The shape and many other points in this shell differ from those of 

 Scut, iridescens. Externally it is much more conical and the strice. 

 which run from the apex to the interior margin are direct and minute, 

 while those which are lateral are much coarser and cross the some- 

 what elevated white parts obliquely : in Scut, iridescens, the exceed- 

 ingly minute strice radiate evenly from the apex. In Scut, rosea we 

 lose the brilliancy of the internal nacre which distinguishes Scut, 

 iridescensy and, in some individuals, it is entirely absent. Stlil the 

 former may only be a variety of the latter: both were found to- 

 gether.— W. J. B. 



The Shells described in this communication were exhibited. 

 A note by Mr. G. Bennett, Corr. Memb. Z.S., was read. It gave 

 an account of a Pelican now living in the grounds of Mr. Rawson at 

 Dulwich, which wounded itself just above the breast to such an ex- 

 tent as to expose a spacious cavity. The bandages applied to the 

 part were repeatedly torn off by the bird for the space of ten days, at 

 the expiration of which the wound was healed. During the whole of 

 the time the bird was in perfect health; eating fish and drinking as 

 usual. The scar of the wound is still readily observable. 



June 24. — A letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by Keith 

 E.Abbott, Esq., and dated Trebizond, Dec. 10, 1833. It referred 

 principally to a collection of objects of Zoology formed by the writer 

 in his neighbourhood and presented by him to the Society; and con- 

 tained notices of other objects which he expects to be able to procure 

 and transmit. 



It also gave some account of" the famous honey of Trebizond, which 

 is spoken of by Xenophon in his history of the retreat of the ten thou- 

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