167 



C. NODosus, Chitty. Maroon Town, St. James. 



Form more depressed-conic. Colour, white with liVlif hr«v^ 

 epidennis, brown at lip and on opercu W %eSjf bes Tf 

 growth, remarkably knotted corrugation on lašt whorl Sf/pS l5 

 about umbilical keel, and coarse lines of grLth Jthin ^11 "fi 

 pressed, with rather straigbt outlines. ^ZrCSr^eut^itd 

 with deep suture. Jpertnre, rather oblique o thl eft below 

 Pentreme slightly sinuate above. Cf«^ž^7^c«i, wide, greatest bread7h 

 0-3, funnel-shaped. UmbiHaul keel, not wide, bi^t^l produced 

 OperouluM, small, strong, sharp-edged lamina of 5 or 6 Se-apaxi 



Tned ' SSt'^r* ^T^l^/-'^ ?« fl-t plane, end of S tS 

 enea. lleight 06, greatest breadth 0-85, least breadth 0-67. 



Elizi'.'''"'''' ^""^- ^°S''' ^'*"*^' °°^t^-^^«t «o™er of St. 



dermT' '?S°''-'°'^*^- ^''^''"'•' P^^^^^^^^' ^'t^ Hght brown epi- 

 coTition on fb?rF TT ^^°'' "^ Srowth, very slight dista^nt 

 corrugation on the lašt whorl, coarser below: fine lines of eTowtb 



2"es""fe'/''.1- ^^r' r" ^l-ated;with Sst sial^S 

 outlmes. ?7 AorZ*, 51 moderately rounded, with moderate sut^Š-e 

 ^i,.r^«r. oblique and mnch dUated to the right below depresTed 

 aW. Per^trente, slightly sinnate above, sharp^on S^^^ vt 

 hū^us, moderate greatest width 0-25. VrauZl keel, sSgly prt 



eSd ofTas^ti-H^'^ are very slightlyconcave on the entire maris 



C. PERPALLiDTJs. Near Moore Town, Portland. 



This Shell wag originally brought to me by a negro named SheUv 



SCt Ir"^ T""o r^\^^ "^"^"^y ' ^^"t« *« B^cienTenerS £ 

 coUectmore. See Cat. Phan. p. 16. Operculum stiU wantingf 



4. Description of a New Species of Antelope (Oryx Bea 



TRIX) FROM BOMBAY ?. LATELY LIVING IN THE ME^f 

 GERIE OF THE SoCIETY. By Dr To^S V^Z^ n 



F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z. & Ent. Soc eJc ^^"" ^^^^' 



(Mammalia, PI. LV.) 



fn^.%^^"*'*'i- fu°\' ^'■^"'t^' ^^^^^ '"'^^^ t^o seetions, aecordin- 

 1 ;/ wu f **"" ^°"'' ^" «°^' t^« Kookaam, or Gemsboc ro 

 gazella) the horns are straigbt ; in the trne Oryx (O. w4) tley 

 are arched and recurved. The former has a black streak a oS 

 the lower part of the sides, and is fonnd over a large įteS 

 Afnca, from the Cape to Abyssinia ; for O. Biessa of Ruppell ap 



