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ous above, profoundly ribbed; ribs about half an inch long, on an 
ochraceous submargin ; columella with white folds and narrow, dark 
brown interstices ; beak bent, umbilicated. 3 8-10: 25. 
Ouiva. 
O. propatula. Ovate-oblong, slightly gibbous towards the base ; 
colour pale ochraceous, marked with a few longitudinal zigzag brown 
lines, and with darker transverse hair-like lines and a few spots ; 
columella patulous, deeply sulcated inferiorly ; deposit at the base 
carinated in the middle. 2}: 1 1-10.—Proceedings of the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. iv. p. 155. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY 1849. 
‘Chiswick.—July 1. Very fine. 2. Light clouds: very fine. 3. Cloudy: slight 
showers, 4. Cloudy: clear at night. 5. Clear: very fine. 6,7. Very fine. 
8. Very hot: clear at night. 9. Very fine: cloudless. 10. Dusky haze: clear. 
11,12. Very fine. 13. Cloudy. 14. Very fine. 15. Overcast. 16. Very fine. 
17, Cloudy: showery. 18. Very fine: cloudy: heavy shower 5 p.m. : showery. 
19. Showery. 20. Fine: dense masses of low white clouds : showery. 21. Cloudy : 
showery. 22. Very fine: overcast. 23. Rain: cloudy. 24. Cloudy: heavy 
showers in forenoon : excessively heavy rain at night. 25. Fine: cloudy : showers 
occasionally : heavy showers, with thunder in afternoon. 26. Fine: thunder 
showers. 27. Overcast: very fine. 28. Very fine: cloudy. 29. Densely over- 
cast. 30. Fine. 31. Very fine: cloudy. 
WMeanteraperature ofthe) month | /Jsc.co-ssdesececsctsncsestccsseves 62°29 
WMeanttemperature) of; July, 1848 /5.-...ccccorstecieccessoorcacesses 62 :09 
Mean temperature of July for the last twenty-three years ... 63 °23 
AV eraceramountOn rane S UlYicv.s.secsesdcceesescteresessccsasee 2°38 inches, 
Boston.—July 1—6. Fine. 7. Fine: thermometer §1° from 2 p.M. to 6 P.m- 
8—1Z. Fine. 13—16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy: raina.m. 18. Cloudy: rain p.m. 
19. Rain: rain a.m. and p.m. 20. Fine: raina.m. 21. Fine: rainp.m. 22. 
Fine. 23. Rain: rain a.m. and p.M., with thunder and lightning. 24, 25. Cloudy : 
raina.M. 26—28, Fine. 29. Rain; raina.m.andp.m. 30, Fine. 31. Cloudy. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire—July 1. Fine rain: high wind p.m. 2. 
Rain during night: cleared and fine. 3. Heavy rain and strong wind. ° 4. Fine : 
slight shower. 5. Fine: occasional showers. 6. Complete day of rain, 7, Very 
heavy rain: high flood. 8. Fine and fair: pleasant air, 9, 10. Fine and fair. 
11. Very fine summer day. 12. Very warm. 13. Warm, but cooler from east 
wind, 14,15. Warm, 16. Warin, but getting cloudy. 17. Heavy rain at 
night: clear day. 18. Rain. 19. Showers: occasionally fair and warm. 20. 
Showers: heavy p.m. 21. Fineand fair. 22. Drizzly: showery. 23. Fine a.m.: 
showery p.m. 24. Showery. 25. Heavy showers: thunder. 26. Warm: slight 
shower: thunder. 27. Fair: cloudy: cleared p.m. 28. Fair a.m.: rain p.m. 
29. Heavy showers. 30. Heavy showers: thunder. 31. Heavy showers, less 
frequent : thunder. 
Mean temperature of the month ..........sssseeesseeeesees 57°0 
Mean temperature of July 1848  ..........0008- Seusodeonéds 56 °5 
Mean temperature of July for twenty-five years ......... 58) <1 
Rain in July for twenty years ........... Uacewanleapisteioetings 3°91 inches, 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—July 1. Rain: drizzle. 2. Showers. 3. Rain. 4, 
Bright: fine. 5. Clear: fine. 6. Cloudy: fine: cloudy. 7. Rain: cloudy: 
showers: bright. 8, 9. Clear: cloudy. 10. Damp: cloudy. 11. Cloudy : fine. 
12—14, Fine: fog. 15. Cloudy: clear. 16. Bright: rain. 17, 18. Bright: 
cloudy. 19. Clear: damp. 20. Drizzle: cloudy. 21. Drizzle: damp. 22. 
Fine: drops. 23, 24. Cloudy: drizzle. 25. Rain: clear. 26. Bright: damp. 
27. Bright: showers. 28. Bright: rain. 29. Clear: showers: fine. 30. Clear : 
fine. 31. Showers. 
