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shell to view; the line of meeting of the two mantles of the mollusc 
on the dorsum is generally perceptible ; internally of a brown colour ; 
outer edge of the margin more or less dotted with rather large dark 
reddish-brown dots, similar dottings, but less in degree, on the colu- 
mellar side of the base ; base rather flat, white (white deposit, on the 
centre of the columellar side, semitransparent); aperture wide, espe- 
cially anteriorly, inner edge of the lip spiral; columella slightly ven- 
tricose ; teeth on the lip prominent, even, extending partly on to the 
base, about fifteen in number, -those on the columella very slightly 
prominent (excepting the first), not extending on the base,—about 
twelve in number ; the first greatly projects, between which and the 
inner anterior extremity is a deep notch,—no columellar groove,—and 
at the posterior half of the aperture the teeth exist along the outer, 
those on the inner edge being mere indications of teeth ; extremities, 
anterior very slightly produced, the outer one converging greatly ; 
posterior extremities obtuse, very slightly produced; channels, ante- 
rior wide and deep, posterior rather wide and in a straight line with 
the aperture; margin, only on the outer side, incrassated; spire 
widely umbilicated. 
Long, 44 of an inch; wide, % of an inch. 
Hab. Mediterranean Sea. 
Cab. Gaskoin, Saul, &c. 
This species differs from Cyprea Cribraria of Linn. in the general 
conformation of the shell, being more cylindrical, in its short, obtuse 
extremities, its wide aperture, particularly anteriorly, the large dot- 
tings on the margin, the character of the teeth, the internal colour of 
the shell, &c. 
CyPpR& PULICIS VARIETAS. Cyp. testd longiore, dentibus nu- 
merosioribus minutioribusque, supra labrum circa viginti-novem, 
supra columellam cirea viginti-tribus ; canali postico denticu- 
lato. 
Shell longer in form, of a light reddish-brown colour, aperture 
narrower and straighter, teeth finer and much more numerous than 
the ordinary form, being about twenty-nine on the lip, while the pro- 
totype has about nineteen, and on the columella side, about twenty- 
three, against from fourteen to seventeen; posterior channel more or 
less denticulated. 
Hab. ? 
Cab. Cuming, Gaskoin. 
2. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF NUTCRACKER. 
By Joun Govuxp, F.R.S. erc. 
NUCIFRAGA MULTIPUNCTATA, Gould. 
Crown of the head and nape of the neck brownish black ; feathers 
of the face, sides of the neck, back, chest and abdomen brownish 
black, with a broad and conspicuous mark of dull white down the 
centre ; wings glossy greenish black, the coverts and secondaries with 
a lengthened triangular mark of white at the tip, a faint trace of a 
similar mark appearing on the tips of the primaries ; tail glossy green- 
ish black, the two centre feathers slightly, the next on each side more 
