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crenulato, antice excurvato ; sinu parvo. Axis 7 ; diam. 3 millim. 

 Inhabits Cliiiia Seas. W. S. 



Mangelia albicincta. T. minuta, elongata, ovato-turrita, 

 dilute rosacea, ad 11-imdulata et filis ubique cincta (4 ad anfr. 

 ultimum quorum tertio albo) ; anfr. 7 rotundatis, apicalibus inorna- 

 tis : apertura angusta, sigmoidea ; labro varicoso intus 4-denticu- 

 lato ; sinu angusto, minime profundo ; rostro brevi. Axis 4; 

 diam. 2 millim. Inhabits Loo Choo Seas. W. S. 



Mangelia glareosa. T. minuta, rhomboidea, turrita, crassa, 

 calcarea, plicis elevatis ad 12 et liris transversis ordinatis quicquid 

 minoribus ornata, inde granulata ; anfr. 5-\- tabulatis : apertura 

 angusta, postice acuminata, ^ totius longitudinis vix brevior ; labro 

 crasso, crenulato ; sinu minime profundo. Axis 5 ; diam. 2 millim. 

 Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor, in 10 fathoms, shelly bottom. W. S. 



Mangelia lutea. T. minuta, acicularis, aurantiaca, plicis 8 

 conspicuis postice suturam haud attigentibus, et striis minime 

 impressis ad interspatia ornata ; anfr. 7 planulatis postice tabula- 

 tis, apicalibus inornatis, ultimo rhomboideo ^ totius longitudinis 

 adaequante : apertura anguste ovalis ; labro simplici, incrassato, 

 quadrato ; sinu lato, brevissimo. Axis 5 ; diam. 2 — millim. In- 

 habits Loo Choo Seas. W. S. 



Mangelia dempsta. T. minuta, brevis, rhomboideo-fusifor- 

 mis, lactea, plicis conspicuis ad 8, et filis volventibus crassis ornata ; 

 anfr. 6 castellatis postice angulatis, ultimo ^ totius longitudinis 

 gequante : apertura linearis ; labro acuto postice incrassato ; sinu 

 brevi, lato. Axis 3 ; diam. 1 millim. Inhabits China Seas. W. S. 



Remarkable for its elongated rhomboidal form and coarse 

 sculpture. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following list 

 of letters recently received, viz. : — 



From the K. K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, February 

 24, 1859 ; Verein fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden, December 23, 

 1859, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications ; 

 Societe de Physique, &c., de Geneve, November 5, 1859 ; Lin- 



