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Poole, Esq., and presented by him to the Society, was exhibited. 

 Mr. Gould, in bringing it, at the reąuest of the Chairman, under 

 the notice of the Society, remarked upon it as distinguished from all 

 the collections which he had hitherto seen from India, by its pos- 

 sessing not even one European species, and only three or four 

 which occur in Africa; a peculiarity probably attributable to its 

 having been obtained in so southem a locality. He subseąuently 

 called the attention of the Meeting to each species contained in the 

 collection, and pointed out among them several which he regarded 

 as being hitherto undescribed. 



A large drawing made in Madeira by Miss Young of the Fish de- 

 scribed by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, in the Second Part of the ' Transac- 

 tions' (page 123), under the name oiAlepisaurusferox, was exhibited. 

 It was talcen from a perfect specimen, and consequently showed the 

 correct form of the caudal fin, a part ■vvhich was mutilated in the in- 

 dividual originally described : its form is very remarkable, the upper 

 lobe being greatly prolonged and falciform. The drawing also 

 showed correctly the form of the outline of the high dorsal fin, which 

 differs from that originally represented. 



The exhibition •was in illustration of a Paper entitled " Additional 

 Observations on Alepisaurus : by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, Corr. 

 Memb. Z.S." 



The exhibition was resumed of the undescribed Shells contained 

 in ]VIr. Cuming's collection. Those brought on the present occasion 

 under the notice of the Society were accompanied by characters by 

 Mr. G. B. Sowerby and by Mr. W. Lytellton Powys. They com- 

 prised the following species. 



Genus Pandora. 



Pandora brevifrons, Sow., Species Conchyliorum, Part II. 

 Tab. Pand. secund. figg. 25, 26. Pand. testd elongatd, tenuis- 

 simd, hyalind, albd; latere antico breviore, rotundato, superne 

 suhangulato ; latere postico longiore, rostrato, subtruncato ; mar- 

 gine dorsali recto, ventrali rotundato ; dente in valvd planulatd 

 unico, minimo: long. 0*9, lai. O' 15, alt. 0'35 poli. 



Hab. apud Panamam. 



Obtained from a sandy bottom, at the depth of ten fathoms. — 

 G. B. S. 



Pandora arcūata, Sow., Ibid., figg. 27, 28. Pand. testd ovatd, 

 crassiusculd, opacd, margaritaced ; latere antico breviore, rotun- 

 dato, postico rostrato ; margine dorsali arcuato, ventrali rotun- 

 dato ; lined impressd obsoletd ex umbone ad marginėm ventralem 

 decurrente : long. V , alt. 0-6 poli. 



Hab. apud Sanctam Elenam. 



Found on the sands. — G. B. S. 



Pandora discors, Sow., Ibid., figg. 29, 30. Pand. testd ellip- 

 ticd, depressd, albicante, opacd; latere antico breviore, postico 

 altiore } margine dorsali postico subarcuaio, antico rotundato, ven- 



