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Mr. Horace Gray, Jr. was nominated for election as a 

 member of the Society, by Mr. Dillaway. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Plates to Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, Nos. 91 

 to 95. Subscribers. 



American Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and Science, VoL 

 IV. No. 2. 8vo. New York. Editors, 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Vol. III. 

 Nos. 4, 5. 8vo. pamph. Philadelphia. The Academy. 



Caricis Species Novae vel minus cognitse. Auctore Francisco 

 Boott. 4to. pamph. London, 1846. Author. 



January 6, 1847. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson, Vice Presidejit, in the Chair. 



Dr. Gould gave descriptions of the following species of 

 Partula, Pupa, and Balea, collected by the Exploring Ex- 

 pedition. 



Partula conica. Testa elongato-conica, interdum sinistrorsa, 

 flavida vel castanea, leviter striata et lineis crebris volventibus 

 decussata, late perforata : spira elevata, acuta, anfr. 6 ventricosis, 

 ultimo permagno; sutura impressa, albida : apertura obliqua, 

 ovalis ; peristomate albo vel rosaceo, late reflexo, sub-planulato. 

 Long, ly'g-, lat. li poll. Hob. Samoa Islands, Raraka Island. 



Larger than any species hitherto described, and resembling 

 Bulimus Icevus in form. It may possibly be P. bulitnoides, 

 Lesson. 



Partula zebrina. Testa variabilis, ovata, tenuis, alba, flava 

 vel fulva, plerumque strigis longitudinalibus flexuosis albis varie- 

 gata, spiraliter tenuistriata, umbilico rimato perforata : spira anfr. 

 ad 5 rotundatis, ultimo ventricoso : apertura elliptica, peristomate 

 albo, late reflexo, planulato ; plica columellari magna. Long, 

 "i^j, lat. ^ poll. Hab. Tutuilla, Samoa Islands. 



A rather large and very fine species, more ventricose than 



