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December 10, 1844. 



William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair, 



A letter was read from Joseph James Forrester, Esq., of Oporto, 

 announcing to the Society that he, in conjunction with his friends, 

 the Viscount Santa Martha and Colonel Owen, was engaged in form- 

 ing a collection of the Skins of Mammals and Birds, from the Oporto 

 and Alto Douro districts. The Seoretary observed that among those 

 already obtained was a Genet, a fact of much importance to natu- 

 ralists, as from the days of BuiFon no information had been obtained 

 of its existence in the Peninsula. 



— Cadell, Esq., presented to the Society a young Three-toed 

 Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, preserved in spirits, and the skin of the 

 mother, which had died on the voyage home, within a few days' sail 

 of England. 



Mr. Gould exhibited specimens of Echini from Western Australia, 

 for the purpose of comparison with those sent from Oporto by Joseph 

 James Forrester, Esq., and laid upon the table on the lašt evening 

 of meeting. 



Descriptions of new species of Mitra and Cardium, by Loveli 

 Reeve, Esq. : — 



Cardittm, 



Cardium incarnatum. Card. testd gibboso-ghbosd, longitudina- 

 liter costatd, costis ąuatuor et viginti, rotundis, complanatis, mar- 

 gines versus medio obsolete brevispinosis, interstitiis angustis, sub- 

 profundis, transversim striatis ; pallide incarnatd, radiis roseis 

 transversis hic illic ornatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Cardium, pi. 1. f, 2. 



Hab. Bay of Manila (found in sandy mud at the depth of six fa- 

 thoms) ; Cuming. 



A warm flesh-tinted shell, of which Mr. Cuming collected a few 

 odd valves in the above-mentioned locality, and has lately received 

 Severai perfect pairs. 



Cardium Mindanense. Card. testd subobliąue cordiformi, longi- 

 tudinaliter costatd, costis novem et viginti, squamiferis, sąuamis 

 numerosis, confertis, postici fornicatis, costarum interstitiis sub- 

 profundis ; albidd, fusco hic illic nebulosd ; intus postici vividi 

 purpurascente. 



Conch. Icon., Cardium, pi. 4. f. 19. 



Hab. Cagayan, island of Mindanao, Philippines (found among 

 sand at low vrater) ; Cuming. 



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