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To the preceding communication by Mr. Gray, the following de- 
tails were added by Mr. Lovell Reeve :— 
Buuimus Denicxer. Bul. testd pyramidali-conicd, subampliter 
umbilicatd, apice papillari, anfractibus superne convexo-decli- 
vibus, medio acutangulis, carinatis, undique peculiariter cor- 
rugatis et malleatis, opaco-albis, immaculatis, apertura sub- 
oblongo-ovatd, labro tenui, simplici, effuso, aperture fauce in- 
tense purpureo-rosed. 
Hab. Found imbedded in sand at the top of a lofty hill near the 
Port of Chala, Peru, by Mr. Erneste Denicke. 
This interesting species of Bulimus is of about the same size and 
form, and belongs to the same type, as B. lemniscatus, inhabiting 
Ilo, Peru. Specifically it is very distinct, the entire surface of the 
shell being peculiarly indented and shrivelled, and of an opake un- 
spotted white. The interior of the aperture is of a deep purple-rose 
colour. 
4. ON A NEW SPECIES OF MusoPpHAGA. 
By Joun Govu pn, F.R.S. 
Mr. Gould exhibited to the meeting a drawing by Lieut. J. R. Stack, 
of a new and beautiful species of Musophaga, of which a living ex- 
ample had been for the last ten years in the possession of Lady Ross, 
at St. Helena. Mr. Gould also exhibited some feathers shed from 
the wings and tail of the bird, an examination of which, and of the 
drawing, satisfied him that the bird was quite distinct from all pre- 
viously described members of the genus. 
Lady Ross, who is at present in England, had informed Mr. Gould 
that the bird was about the size of a hen-pheasant, and that it had 
been brought to St. Helena from the western coast of Africa, but the 
precise locality in which it had been procured was unknown to her. 
For this interesting addition to the Musophage Mr. Gould pro- 
posed the specific appellation of Rosse, in honour of its amiable 
owner, who has promised that in the event of her not returning to 
St. Helena, she will have the bird brought to England, where its 
arrival will be hailed with pleasure by every lover of ornithological 
science. 
Musoruaca Ross. 
Body, wings and tail rich deep blue; primaries and secondaries 
arterial blood-red, narrowly margined and more broadly tipped with 
purplish brown, as in the other species of the genus; crown sur- 
mounted with a high rounded crest of hair-like blood-red feathers ; 
bill and denuded orbits yellow ; irides brown. 
