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March 10, 1846. 

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



The following extract was read from a letter dated Madeira, Feb. 7, 

 1846, from the Society's Corresponding Member, the Rev. R. T. 

 Lowe : — 



" I bave the pleasure of sending the Society a fine example of the 

 rare fish Lichia Vadigo, Cuv. and Vai., being the first that has occurred 

 here, and also considered unfreąuent in the Mediterranean." 



A paper was then read entitled " Descriptions of two new species 

 of CyprfEū," by Loveli Reeve : — 



Cypr^a Gaskoinii. Cypr. testd subabbreviato- ovatd, soUdiusculd, 

 lateribus incrassatis, marginatis, dentibus fortiusculis ; dorso 

 fulvo-stramineo, ocellis albidis,fusco-annulatis,parviuscuUs, spar- 

 sim ornato, lateribus castaneo-punctatis, basi albd. 



Hab. ? 



This interesting species, of which I have seen t»'o specimens, one 

 in the British Muaeum and one in the collection of J. S. Gaskoin, 

 Esq., partakes of the characters of the CypraEa Cumingii and esontro- 

 pia ; the back being covered with the šame kind of small clear ringed 

 eyes as the C. Cumingii. I dedicate it with a great deal of pleasure 

 to the gentleman above named, to whom I am much indebted for the 

 zeal with which he has worked out the small and less attractive 

 species of the genus. 



Cypr«a pulicaria. Cypr. testd subcylindraceo-oblongd, antice 

 subdeclivi, latere dextro marginato, leviter contracto, aperturd 

 angustd, dentibus minutis ; pellucido-albd, vel luted, lateribus dor- 

 soque punctis rubido-fuscis subconspicuis aspersis. 



Hab. ? 



Allied to C. piperata, but perfectly distinct, though it has been 

 hltherto mingled with that species in collections ; it is of a smaller 

 and more cylindrically oblong form, and is not banded, whilst the 

 dots are more conspicuous. 



The following paper was also read : — 



" Descriptions of three new species of Cypreea," by J. S. Gaskoin, 

 Esq. 



' Cypr^a pellucidula. Cyp. testd ovatd, nitidd, albicante subhya- 

 lind ; costellis continuis ad utrumęue latus aperturte terminutis ; 

 dentibus (BquaUbus, minimis, numerosisque ; sulco columellari pro- 

 fundo, lato ; lined dorsali nalld ; ejctremitatibus valde productis et 

 oblusis ; aperturd rectd, poslicc subsinuatd. 

 No. CLVII. — Proceedings of the Zoological Society 



