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MiTRA ENCAUSTA. T. parvula, solida, curta, ovato-rhomboidea, 

 cinerea, longitrorsum 8-9 plicata et sulcis fuscentibus cincta : 

 spiraconica, anfr. 8 ventricosis, supernis granulosis, ultimo | long. 

 testae adequante ; sutura canaliculata : apertura parva, linearis ; 

 labro acuto, vix sulcato ; columella plicata, postice callo copioso 

 induta. Long. -^-^ ; lat. \ poll. Hah. Feejee Islands. 



A small, very decidedly marked species, most remarkable for 

 the deeply incised, somewhat punctate, dark revolving lines on 

 an ash-colored ground, its wave-like folds and its short rhom- 

 boidal form. 



CoNUS DiLECTUs. T. parva, gracilis, conica, albida ferrugi- 

 neo concinne reticulata et seriebus binis macularum candidarum 

 et rufarum alternantium cincta : spira elevata, concavo-conica, 

 anfr. 8-9, angulatis, coronatis, postice striatis, ultimo inermi, 

 antice 6-8 sulcato : apertura linearis ; columella recta ; fauce 

 incarnate. Long. 4 ; lat. \ poll. Hah. Fejee Islands. 



Dr. Gould presented, in the name of Dr. George A. Per- 

 kins of Cape Palmas, Africa, a cranium of an adult specimen 

 of Troglodytes gorilla, the new species described by Prof. 

 Jeffries Wyman. Also two monkeys' skins, a number of 

 jars of Echinoderms, Fishes, &c. Among them was an 

 Achatina, which proves to be viviparous, its oviduct being 

 filled with young. 



Dr. Shurtleff presented, in the name of Mr. Theodore 

 Simmons, of Boston, a white deer skin from Maine. 



Mr. T. G. Gary, Jr., was elected a member of the So- 

 ciety. 



September 5, 1849. 

 Dr. D. H. Storer, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Present, fifteen members. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary, James W. 

 Stone was appointed Secretary 'pro tera. 



Dr. Storer presented a monograph sent for publication in 

 the Journal of the Society, by Dr. John Le Conte, on the 



