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The whole flesh would be imbued with the intolerable garlic-like 
scent.” 
2. DEscRIPTIONS OF TWENTY-THREE NEW SPECIES OF VITRINA, FROM 
THE CoxuEcTion or H. Cumine, Esa. By Dr. L. Preirrer. 
1. Virrina Cumineir, Beck MSS. Vitr. testd depresso-globosd, 
tenuissimd, subtiliter striatd, nitidd, albido-corned ; spird brevis- 
simd, obtusd ; suturd levi, lined impressd marginatd ; anfractibus 
4 vie convexiusculis, ultimo inflato, subdepresso, medio lined rufd 
cingulato ; aperturd pariim obliqud, lunato-rotundatd ; peristomate 
simplice, marginibus remotis, columellari subverticali, leviter ar- 
cuato, superne reflexiusculo, perforationem punctiformem simu- 
lante, supero antrorsum viz arcuato. 
Diam. 20, altit. 12 mill. 
Hab. The island of Bohol; collected by Mr. Cuming. 
2. Virrina marcarita, Beck MSS. Vitr. testd depresso-glo- 
bosd, tenuissimd, striatuld, nitidd, pellucida, carneo-hyalind ; 
spird parvuld, planiusculd ; suturd lineari; anfractibus 34 sub- 
planis, rapide accrescentibus, ultimo magno, inflato; aperturd 
obliqud, lunato-subcirculari ; peristomate tenuissimo, margine su- 
pero antrorsum dilatato, columellari leviter arcuato. 
Diam. 14, altit. 8 mill. 
Hab. The island of Guimaras; collected by Mr. Cuming. 
3. Virrina smaraGpuLus, Beck MSS. Vitr. testd depressiusculd, 
tenui, via striatuld, non nitente, diaphand, aureo-virente; spird 
parvuld, planiusculd ; suturd leviter impressd, angustissimé mar- 
ginatd ; anfractibus 3% planiusculis, rapide accrescentibus, ultimo 
utringue planiusculo, basi lato; aperturd pariim obliqud, rotun- 
dato-lunari, latiore quam altd; peristomate tenui, subinflexo, 
margine supero antrorsum dilatato, columellari vix recedente, 
leviter arcuato. 
Diam. 12, altit. 7 mill. 
Hab. The island of Negros; collected by Mr. Cuming. 
4. Virrina Bicotor, Beck MSS. Vitr. testd subglobosd, tenui, 
sublevigatd, nitidissimd, carneo-albidd ; spird brevi, converd, ob- 
tusd ; suturd impressd ; anfractibus 34 rapide accrescentibus, 
ultimo inflato, anticé hyalino, basi angustiusculo, membranaceo- 
marginato ; aperturd vie obliqud, lunato-rotundatd ; peristomate 
tenuissimo, margine dextro regulariter rotundato, columellari re- 
cedente, perarcuato. 
Diam. 18, altit. 10 mill. 
(Body of the animal white, apex black.) 
Hab. Isle of Guimaras; collected by Mr. Cuming. 
5. Virrina GurimarAsEnsis, Pfr. Vitr. testd depresso-semiglobosd, 
tenui, striatuld, subdiaphand, virenti-carned ; spird parvuld, pa- 
rim elevatd; suturd marginatd; anfractibus vix 4 subplanis, 
