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anfractibus IJ; infimo supra medium subanguloso ; aperturd 

 albido-ccerulescente pallida ; columelld plano-compressd, superii^ 

 callosd, margine denticulatd, medio breviter ac recte emarginatd, 



Hab. ? 



Alt. 17, lat. 20 J, convex. 14 mill. 



7. Nerita Doingii. Ner. testd parvd, globoso-ovatd vel subglo- 

 bosd, parilm obliqud, tenuiusculd ; anfractibus 1^-2 oblique rugu- 

 losis, transversim et sub lente creberrime ac obsolete striolatis ; 

 aperturd viriduld; columelld fer^ pland, margine denticulatd et in 

 medio subarcuatd ; labro tenui, semicirculari, 



Var. a. Testd lineolis longitudinalibus undulatis nigris et luteis ere* 



berrime pictd. 

 Var. /3. Testd ut in var. a, et zonis lutescentibus plus minusve nume^ 



rosis cinctd, 

 Hab. Hanover Bay, North Australia. Collected by Mr. T. E. 

 Doing, R.N. 



Alt. 9^, lat. 10, convex. 7 mill. 



8. Nerita Colombaria. Ner. testd ovato-globosd, Icevissirne stri- 

 atd ; anfractu unico, rufescente, viridescente pallida obsolete fas- 

 ciatdy maculis minimis luteis nigra sen rosea marginatis pictd ; 

 columelld callosd, subconvexd, denticulatd, medio vix emarginatd ; 

 labro antice subtruncato, bast et intus incrassato. 



Operculo crasso, extern^ viridulo, lutescente pallida undato, medio 



perlongum strid bipartito. 

 Var. /3. Testd viridi-olivaced, striis luteis distantibus ornatd, medio 



et in/erne lutescente late fasciatd ; fasciis nebulis rubris pictis. 

 Hab. Colombo, Ceylon. Collected by Capt. Templeton. 

 Alt. 9-lOi, lat. lOJ-11, convex. 7-8 mill. 



IV. Subauriculat^. 



9. Nerita jordani, Butler, Sowerby, Conch. Illustr. 



Var. a. Major, Testd ovatd vel oblongd, albidd, lineis undulatis ni' 

 gris, rubris, violaceisve pictd ; aperturd obliqul semi-ovatd ,• labro 

 inter dum superne dilatato. 



Var. /3. Strangulata. Testd minor, rotundatd, ovatd sen subconicd, 

 media horizontaliter campressd,fere strangulatd, albidd lineis ro- 

 seis rubrisve pictd ; spird scepius obtusd, interdum acutd ; labro 

 supern^ interdum dilatato. 



Var. y. Nitida. Testd major, nigerrimd, nitidissimd. 



Var. ^. Limosa. Testd parvd, scepissime argilld crasse obductd, sub- 

 tus albidd aut lutea -viridescente lineis nigris, violaceis, rubrisve 

 undulatis pictd, interdum omnino nigerrimd sive lutescente. — JVie- 

 rita lutescens, Megerle ? 



Hab. La var. a. Le Jourdain ; la var. /3. Smyme ; la var. y. La Syrie ; 

 la var. d. C^phalonie. 



A paper was read containing "Descriptions of new species of 

 Shells," by Lovell Reeve : — 

 Pleurotoma rosacea. Pleur. testd ovato-turritd, anfractibus ro- 

 tundatis, superne depresso-concavis, transvei'sim subtiliter striatis, 



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