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2. Hexicina intuspiicata, Pfr. H. testd depresso-globosd, 
tenuiusculd, levigatd, nitidd, carned; spird breviter conoided, 
viz acuminatd ; anfractibus fere 5 convexiusculis, celeriter ac- 
erescentibus, ultimo rotundato, basi planiusculo; columelld rece- 
dente, pland, retrorsum in callum tenuem dilatatd; apertura 
parum obliqud, semiovali-subtriangulari, altiore quam latd, ad 
columellam angulatd et plicd intus fere ad marginem decurrente 
munitd ; peristomate simplice, breviter expanso, margine basali 
ad columellam subangulato. 
Diam. 10, alt. 74 millim. 
Locality unkown. 
3. Hexicina piapHANA, Pfr. H. testd subconoideo-depressd, 
tenui, oblique striatuld, diaphand, nitiduld, fulvo-lutescente ; 
spird subelevatd, apice obtusd ; anfractibus 4 planiusculis, ul- 
timo obsolete subangulato ; columelld brevissimd, basi sub- 
nodosd, in callum circumscriptum, sub lente granulatum retror- 
sum dilatatd; aperturd subobliqud, semilunari; peristomate 
simplice, breviter expanso, margine basali leviter arcuato, in 
nodulum columellarem sensim transiente. 
Diam. 5, altit. 33 mill. 
Tab. Honduras ; Mr. Dyson. 
May 28, 1850. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Secretary reported, that on the morning of the 25th of May 
he had the gratification of finding, on the arrival of the Peninsular 
and Oriental Company’s steamer “Ripon” at Southampton, that the 
preparations which had been made in that vessel, and the precautions 
which had been taken by the Hon. C. A. Murray, for the safe trans- 
port of the Hippopotamus, had been eminently successful. 
The animal had been assiduously attended during the voyage by 
Hamet Saafi Canana, to whom he had been entrusted since his arrival 
in Cairo on the 14th of November 1849, and towards whom he ex- 
hibits a very marked attachment. Mr. Murray, having returned to 
England in the “ Ripon,” had continued to direct this interesting 
undertaking to its final success. Captain Moresby and the officers of 
the “Ripon” had given every facility and assistance in their power 
throughout the voyage; and, owing to the liberal provision which 
had been made both in Egypt and at Malta, the supply of fresh water 
required for the animal’s bath had been constant and abundant. 
The Hippopotamus was shut into his house with Hamet about 
10 o'clock a.m. The house was then hoisted by a tackle from the 
main deck, and safely lowered to a railway truck on the quay at the 
New Dock. As soon as the other animals were landed, and arranged 
for the journey to London, they were conveyed by special train to 
Nine Elms, and ultimately reached the Garden at 10 p.m. 
