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Description of a new species o/* Conovulus. By C. A. Recluz. 



CoNovuLus CuMiNGiANUs. Con. testd ohlongo-acutd, Icevigatd, 

 nitidd, castaned; anfractibus 10-12, planis, angustis, ultimo 

 supra medium obtusissime carinato, carind zond lutescente cinctd ; 

 spird conico-acutd ; aperturd angustatd ; columelld obliqud, tri- 

 plicatd, piled superiori parvuld, secundd majori, ab inferiori por- 

 rectd sulco profunda disjunctd ; labro acuto, fulvo, intus alba, 

 subcalloso et sulcato ; umbilico nullo. 



Long. 16 mill, larg. 7 mill. 



Hab. Isle of Negros : in a rivulet. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming. — Zool. Proc. Oct. 28. 



THE LATE MR. LOUDON. 



We are happy to learn that a pension for life, of 100/. per annum, 

 has been granted by Her Majesty to Mrs. Loudon. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1846. 

 Chiswick. — February!. Very fine : rain. 2. Fine. 3,4. Overcast: rain. 

 5, 6. Very fine. 7. Overcast : windy, with showers. 8. Clear : cloudy : very 

 clear at night. 9. Frosty: fine, but cold. 10. Frosty: cloudy and cold. 11. 

 Frosty: fine: partially overcast. 12. Foggy: cloudy and fine. 13. Densely 

 clouded. 14, 15. Cloudy and fine. 16. Densely overcast. 17, 18. Overcast 

 and fine. 19. Hazy. 20. Overcast. 21. Exceedingly fine, 22. Cloudy: 

 boisterous, with rain at night. 23, 24. Rain. 25. Heavy clouds and mild. 

 26. Cloudy in the morning : afterward cloudless and exceedingly fine. 27. 

 Slight haze : showery. 28. Very fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 43°*32 



Mean temperature of February 1845 33 '07 



Average mean temperature for the last twenty years 39 '36 



Average amount of rain 1 '61 inch. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Fine. 2. Fine : rain early a.m. 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. 

 Cloudy: rain early a.m. 6. Fine. 7. Stormy : rain early a.m. 8. Fine : rain 

 early a.m. 9. Fine : snow early a.m. : snow a.m. and p.m. 10. Fine: snow on 

 the ground. 1 1. Cloudy : snow on the ground. 12. Fine : snow on the ground. 

 13. Cloudy : snow all gone : melted snow. 14 — 22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy : rain 

 early a.m. 24. Cloudy. 25. Fine : rain early a.m. 26. Cloudy. 27. Fine : 

 rain a.m. 28. Fine. This month has been usually fine. 



Sandioick Manse, Orkney. — Feb. 1. Sleet- showers. 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy: 

 sleet-showers. 4,5. Hail-showers. 6. Showers: rain. 7. Showers: snow- 

 showers. 8. Snow-showers. 9. Snow-showers : frost. 10. Snow: showers. 11. 

 Clear : cloudy. 12. Cloudy: damp. 13. Showers. 14,15. Cloudy: shower?, 

 16. Rain : cloudy. 17. Showers : cloudy : drizzle. 18. Showers : drizzle : cloudy : 

 drizzle. 19. Bright : cloudy. 20. Clear : cloudy. 21. Rain : cloudy. 22. Rain. 

 23. Clear. 24, Damp : showers. 25 — 27. Clear : cloudy. 28. Cloudy : showers : 

 clear. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire.'-^Veh. \. Occasional showers. 2. Fair and 

 fine. 3. Heavy rain. 4. Sleet and rain p.m. 5. Showers. 6, 7. Heavy showers, 

 8. Slight fall of snow. 9. Frost: fine: clear. 10. Frost: fine. 11. Thaw: 

 fair: mild. 12. Slight frost. 13. Very slight fro>t. 14,15. Fine. 16. Very 

 fine. 17. Fine. 18. Frost a.m. 19. Fine, but cloudy : shower. 20. Slight 

 showers: mild. 21. Wet and stormy. 22, 23. Damp and drizzling. 24, 25. 

 Heavy rain. 26. Wet. 27. Remarkably fine. 28. Damp and drizzling. 



Mean temperature of the month 43°*4 



Mean temperature of February 1845 34 '5 



Mean temperature of Feb. for twenty-three years . 37 '0 

 Mean rain in February for eighteen years 2 '0 inches. 



