75 



gente, oblicue truncatd, lined purpured ornatd; aperturd ovali, 



intus margaritaced. 

 Long. 66, diam. 30 mill. 

 Locality, bauks of the river Nun in Africa. (Coli. Cuming.) 



19. AcHATiNA FosiFORMis, Pfr. Achūt. testd ovūto-fusiformi, tenui, 

 longitudinaliter confertim costulatd, lineis transversis minute reti- 

 culatd,fulvidd, saturatius strigatd ; spird conicd, acutiusculd, apice 

 rubescente ; suturd marginaid; anfractibus 7-8 convexiusculis, 

 ultimo spiram paulu superante, basi attenuato ; columelld leviter 

 arcuatd, abrupte truncatd, rubelld; aperturd angustd, oblongd; 

 peristomate simplice, repando, margine rubicundo. 



Long. 87, diam. 35 mill. 



Locality, mountain of Coban, Vera Cruz, Central America. (Coli. 

 Cuming.) 



This species, as well as the next following, may perhaps belong to 

 the genus Glandina. 



20. AcHATiNA cosTULATA, Pfr. Acliūt. testd ovato-fusiformi, tenui, 

 longitudinaliter confertim et regulariter costulatd, diaphand, fulvo- 

 rubelld, strigis parvis saturatioribus ornatd; spird pyramidali, 

 acutd ; suturd sulco parallelo crenulato-marginatd ; anfractibus 8 

 vix convexiusculis, ultimo spiram vix eecuante ; columelld subrectd, 

 abrupti truncatd; aperturd oblongd, utrinque attenuatd, intus 

 margaritaced. 



Long. 72, diam. 31 mill. 



Locality, mountains of Q,uendeu, New Granada. (Coli. Cuming.) 



21. Glandina nigricans, Pfr. Glan. testd ovato-oblongd, solidi- 

 usculd, minutissimi striatuld,nitidissimd, nigricante, strigis remotis 

 angustis fulvis ornatd, basi corneo-luted ; spird conicd ; suturd 

 virenti-marginatd ; anfractibus 7 planulatis, ultimo |- longitudinis 

 aąuante ; columelld arcuatd, callosd, oblique truncatd, basin aper- 

 turce non attingente ; aperturd angustd, semiovali, intus concolore. 



Long. 35, diam. 16 mill. 



Locality, Vera Cruz, in Central America. (CoU. Cuming.) 



22. Glandina monilifera, Pfr. Glan. testd fusifonni-ovatd, tenui, 

 pellucidd, regulariter costulato-striatd, costulis in medio anfractds 

 ultimi evanescentibus, fulvo-rosed, lineis remotis rufis pallide mar- 

 ginatis ornatd; spird brevi, conicd; suturd eleganter et confer- 

 tim granulosd ; anfractibus 7 planiusculis, ultimo f longitudinis 

 subteguante, ventroso ; columelld via; arcuatd, basi abrupte trun- 

 catd; aperturd angustd, semiovali. 



Long. 29, diam. 14i miU. 



Locality, mountains of Coban, Vera Cruz, Central America. (Coli. 

 Cuming.) 



A number of Birds'-skins from Australia were presented to the 

 Society by Jeremiah Olive, Esq. 



The Secretary exhibited to the Meeting a specimen of Sand Grouse, 



