﻿On 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Helix 
  from 
  Tenasserim. 
  107 
  

  

  XL 
  — 
  The 
  Occurrence 
  e>/" 
  Lichia 
  vadigo 
  on 
  the 
  British 
  

   Coast. 
  By 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Gunther, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  The 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Lichia 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  ; 
  they 
  lead 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pelagic 
  life, 
  wan- 
  

   dering 
  in 
  pursuit 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  Clupeoids, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  feed. 
  

   Hitherto 
  only 
  one 
  species, 
  Lichia 
  glauca, 
  has 
  been 
  met 
  with 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  as 
  a 
  wanderer 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  of 
  England 
  ; 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  sufficient 
  interest 
  to 
  place 
  on 
  

   record 
  a 
  well-authenticated 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  in 
  British 
  

   seas 
  of 
  Lichia 
  vadigo, 
  a 
  much 
  scarcer 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  has 
  previously 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  one 
  

   specimen 
  only, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  exertions 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  T. 
  

   Lowe, 
  who 
  acquired 
  it 
  at 
  Madeira. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  a 
  well-preserved 
  skin, 
  20 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   was 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Lieut.-Colonel 
  W. 
  Gostwyck-Gard, 
  of 
  

   Inverness, 
  for 
  identification. 
  He 
  writes 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  

   in 
  a 
  drift 
  of 
  herring-nets 
  on 
  September 
  17th, 
  1888, 
  off 
  

   Waternish 
  Point, 
  Isle 
  of 
  Skye. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  so 
  

   valuable 
  a 
  specimen, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  evidence 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  admis- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  into 
  the 
  British 
  fauna 
  depends, 
  will 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  in 
  some 
  public 
  museum. 
  

  

  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  

   December 
  30, 
  1888. 
  

  

  XII. 
  — 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  supposed 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Helix 
  from 
  

   near 
  Moulmain, 
  Tenasserim. 
  By 
  Lieut.-Col. 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Godwin-Austen, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.Z.S., 
  &c. 
  

  

  This 
  shell 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ossian 
  

   Limborg 
  during 
  an 
  expedition 
  from 
  Moulmain 
  to 
  the 
  Moo-le-it 
  

   range 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1877. 
  His 
  collection 
  included 
  some 
  

   interesting 
  species 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  sent 
  up 
  alive 
  to 
  Calcutta, 
  

   and 
  I 
  was 
  thus 
  enabled 
  to 
  examine 
  them 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  and 
  

   afterwards 
  more 
  closely 
  in 
  spirit. 
  The 
  shell 
  now 
  described 
  

   is 
  included 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Nevill's 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Museum, 
  Calcutta, 
  and 
  was 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  by 
  me 
  

   under 
  the 
  title 
  by 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  distinguish 
  it, 
  and 
  I 
  leave 
  it 
  

   in 
  the 
  genus 
  in 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Nevill 
  placed 
  it 
  (p. 
  73 
  of 
  his 
  cata- 
  

   logue) 
  . 
  

  

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