Meteorological Observations. fi) 
2. SrrepTaxis UBERIFORMIS, Pfr. Str. testd profundé rimato- 
perforatd, subsemiglobosd, basi fere circulari, superne oblique et 
confertim costulato-striatd, striis subtilissimis subdecussatd, tenut, 
diaphand, pallid virenti-corned ; spird subconoided, obtusd ; an- 
Sractibus 64 convexiusculis, ultimo deviante, basi subplanulato, 
levigato; aperturd pariim obliqud, lunato-ovali, edentuld ; peri- 
stomate simplice, breviter expanso-reflexo, marginibus remotis, 
superné subconvergentibus. 
Diam. 18, altit. 12 mill. 
From the Brazils.—From the Proc. Zool. Soc. June 27, 1848. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY 1849. 
Chiswick.—May 1. Cloudy. 2. Foggy: overcast. 3, Foggy: fine. 4. Very 
fine. 5. Clear and fine: thunder, lightning, rain and hail in afternoon: cloudy 
at night. 6. Overcast. 7, 8. Overcast and cold: fine: cloudy. 9. Fine: showery. 
10. Overcast: slight rain. 11, Cloudy and cold. 12. Fine: overcast. 13. Very 
fine. 14. Rain: fine. 15. Cloudy: fine. 16, Rain: cloudy. 17. Cloudy: 
slight rain, 18. Overcast. 19. Cloudy and fine. 20. Rain throughout. 1. 
Hazy. 22. Rain: fine. 23. Fine. 24. Very fine: densely overcast at night. 
25. Cloudy: very fine. 26. Overcast: very fine. 27. Very fine: cloudy: rain. 
28. Overcast: very heavy rain. 29, 30. Very fine. 31. Dry haze: overcast : 
clear at night. 
Mean temperature of the month  ..... ......scceseescecseesseees 55°19 
Mesanytemperature of May 1848; s.-...jerepssesascner ame osseesens 58 +12 
Mean temperature of May for the last twenty-three years... 54 °22 
Averazeamount Of rain in May; | 5..... 2. .jc0mt-ssesrasececseceses 1°82 inch. 
Boston. —May 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy: rain early a.m. and late p.m. 3—5. 
Fine. 6—9. Cloudy. 10. Rain: rain a.m.and p.m. 11,12. Cloudy. 13, 14. 
Cloudy: raine.m. 15. Cloudy. 16. Rain: rain a.M.and p.m. 17. Fine: 
rain a.M.and p.m. 18. Rain: raina.m.and p.m. 19. Cloudy. 20. Rain: 
rain A.M. and p.m. 21. Cloudy: raine.m. 22, Cloudy: rain, with thunder 
and lightning p.m. 23. Cloudy: raine.m. 24. Fine. 25. Rain: rain, with 
thunder and lightning early a.m. 26. Fine. 27. Rain: rain early a.m. : rain p.m- 
28. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 29. Fine: rain early a.m. 30, 31. Fine. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire—May 1. Remarkably fine day. 2. Dull, 
but fair. 3. Fiery heat: dry and parching. 4. Fiery heat. 5, 6. Fiery heat: 
heat less. 7. Fiery heat: a few slight drops of rain. 8. Fiery heat. 9. Mild 
day : wind variable. 10, Mild day: shower on the hills. 11. Chill and piercing : 
ungenial. 12. Mild and genial: rain at night. 13. Dropping day: most wel- 
come rain. 14, Wet morning: bright afternoon. 15. Mild and damp: showers, 
16. Heavy showers. 17. Wet morning: very fineand hot. 18. Slight showers: 
fine cool evening. 19. Hot forenoon: blowing evening. 20. Heavy showers: 
dull. 21, 22. Very fine day: damp evening. 23. Showers in forenoon: very 
fine. 24. Fair, but dull. 25. Fair and ciear: cloudy p.m. 26, Fair and very 
fine. 27. Beautiful day. 28. Beautiful day: still warmer. 29. Fine, though 
cloudy: showers p.m. 30. Finé: clear bracing weather. 31. Slight rain: wind 
high p.m. 
Mean temperature of the month  ..........c.sceeseeeeesees 50°°5 
Mean temperature of May 1848  ..........s..sseceseseencee 52 °9 
Mean temperature of May for twenty-five years ......... 51 :09 
Rain in May for twenty years ........... .0- Aa SacoSa Ach) 1°69 inch. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—May 1. Fine: clear. 2. Cloudy. 3. Clear: fine. 
4, Fine. 5. Cloudy: fine. 6. Cloudy: clear. 7. Cloudy: fine. 8. Cloudy. 
9. Bright: cloudy. 10. Fine. 11, 12. Cloudy. 13. Rain: fine. 14. Fine: 
drizzle. 15, 16. Cloudy: drizzle. 17. Cloudy: rain. 18. Drizzle: cloudy. 
19. Clear. 20,21. Cloudy. 22. Cloudy: hazy. 23. Bright: clear. 24. Bright: 
rain. 25,26. Bright: clear. 27. Cloudy: clear. 28. Bright: cloudy. 29. 
Cloudy. 30. Bright: clear. 31. Bright: cloudy. 
