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vexo-depressd, Itevi, olivaced, apud dorsum gibbd; spird brevi, 

 labia cum callo expanse crasso tecto, marginibus usque ad spiram 

 decurrentibus, columelld Icevi, labro extus calloso incrassato. 

 Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



4. Nassa callospira, A. Adams. IS. testd ovatd, pallidd, fascid 

 transversd cinered ornatd ; spird acutd, transversim liratd, plicis 

 nodosis longitudinalibus instructd ; labia cum callo magna albo ex- 

 tenso tecto, marginibus usque ad spiram decurrentibus ; columelld 

 antice biplicatd; labro crasso calloso, marginato, intus valde lirato. 



Hab. Island of Burias, 6 fathoms, coral sand (H. C). Mus. 

 Cuming. 



5. Nassa nana, A. Adams. N. testd ovatd, spird acutd; an- 

 fractibus rotundatis, rufescente, fascid pallidd luted ornatd, lon- 

 gitudinaliter plicatd, transversim semistriatd ; labia cum callo 

 expanse tenui tecto ; columelld rugosuld ; labro marginato, intus 

 sulcata. 



Hab. Dumaguete, island of Negros, coarse black sand, 11 fathoms 

 {H. C). Mus. Cuming. 



6. Nassa bellula, A. Adams. N. testd ovatd, spird acumi- 

 natd, acutd; anfractibus angulatis, palliduld, fascid luteold or- 

 natd, longitudinaliter plicatd, transversim liratd ; interstitiis con- 

 cinne longitudinaliter striatis, labia callo magna tecto ; columelld 

 rugosd; labri margine rugoso calloso, intus crenulato. 



Hab. Catbalonga, island of Samaar, under stones, low water. 

 Mus. Cuming. 



7. Nassa bimaculosa, A. Adams. N. testd suborbiculari, apud 

 dorsum valde convexd, nodosd; spird acutd, longitudinaliter sub- 

 plicatd, antice transversim sulcatd, olivaced, fascid pallidd trans- 

 versd cinctd, labia cum callo crasso albo magna suborbiculari 

 cincto ; columelld lavi, antice uniplicatd ; labro valde incrassato 

 marginato, antice sinuata, intus lirato, extus maculis duabus rufo- 

 fuscis ornato. 



Hab. Island of Siquijor, on mud-banks {H. C). Mus. Cuming. 



8. Nassa Leptospira, A. Adams. N. testd ovatd, apud dorsum 

 convexd, nodosd; spird productd, acutd, lutescente longitudinaliter 

 plicatd, antice transversim striatd, labia cum callo luteo crasso 

 tecto ; columelld corrugatd, labro intus lirato. 



Hab. Ilo Ilo, island of Panay, on mud-banks, low water (H. C). 

 Mus. Cuming. 



[To be continued.] 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OP EDINBURGH. 



January 13, 1853. — Professor Balfour, President, in the Chair, 



The following papers were read : — 



1 . "On the Lichens used in Dyeing," by W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D. 



2. " Remarks on the Flora of the District in the neighbourhood of 

 Peebles," by James Young, Esq. The author gave a brief account 

 of some botanical walks made in the autumn of 1851. 



3. "On the Cultivation of Victoria regia in Jamaica," by Dr. G. 



