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were circulated in 1820, and cited by Turton in synonymy in 1831, from 
which last year the generic name will therefore date, the type species 
being the Bulimus montanus of Drap. The generic name in this case 
carries with it the family name, and I propose, therefore, to substitute 
Enide for Buliminidee. ‘These alterations are proposed, I am glad to say, 
with the full concurrence of Dr. Pilsbry. B. B. Woopwarp. 
Nore oN AN ABNORMAL SPECIMEN OF ARrGoNnAUTA ARGO. (Read 3rd 
April, 1903.)—A very interesting specimen of this shell has recently been 
presented to the British Museum by Mr. W. T. Manger. It is remarkable 
on account of an abnormality in the thickened columella on the left side. 
The peculiarity consists in the formation at this part of the shell of 
a double sinuation, instead of a single curve as usual. 
It is somewhat. hazardous to suggest the exact cause of this irregularity, 
but we may, I think, safely conclude, that it must be the result of some 
deformity in the palmate arm of the animal, which, in life, clasped that 
side of the shell. K. A. SMirH. 
Note on Virrina Barrneoensis, Smith. (Read 8rd April, 1903.)— 
This species was described in the first volume of these ‘* Proceedings ” 
from specimens collected by Dr. J. W. Gregory at Baringo, and in the 
lower forest zone of Kenia. Other specimens recently sent to the British 
Museum were obtained by Sir Charles Eliot in bamboo forests in the 
Kenia province at an elevation of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. He sends the 
following interesting observation respecting them :—‘ Their appearance 
is decidedly eryptic, and when crawling on the stems of the bamboos 
on which they live, they are hardly distinguishable among the scraps of 
moss, lichen, and old scars.” E. A. SmitTH. 
