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Rissoa-multicostata. Garrett. 



Shell, solid, somewhat cylindrically elongated; 

 whitish or pale-fulvous and marked with regu- 

 lar, crowded, equidistant, longitudinal ribs ; 

 whorls about nine, convex ; sutures well im- 

 pressed ; aperture sub-ovate, slightly effuse be- 

 low ; labrum thick ; columellar lip callosed. 



Length, three lines. 



Habitat : Circumlittoral zone under stones, 

 or attached to species of Holothuria ; Hilo, 

 Hawaii. 



Adeokbis-costata. Garrett. 



Shell, ovate- globose, thick and whitish-brown 

 color ; spine consisting of three moderately ele- 

 vated volutions ; body whorl with three or four 

 large spiral carina ; the whole surface marked 

 with coarse, crowded, slightly waved, spiral, 

 impressed stria ; base perforated ; aperture 

 round-oval ; outer lip slightly fringed by the 

 terminal ends of the external keels. 



Length, two lines. 



Habitat : Rocky coast of Hawaii. 



Hipponix- minor. Garrett. 

 Sub-genus. 

 Amalthea. 



Shell, depressed, thick, convex above, spine 

 lateral, mamillated ; surface with minute, con- 

 centric stria ; margin simple, sharp, rarely 

 crenulated ; above grayish, with a suffusion of 

 red towards the summit ; inside rich-brown, 

 which becomes greenish towards the margin. 



Height, half a line. 



Length, one line. 



Habitat : on turbinate shells, Hawaii. 



Bulla-scripta. Garrett. 



Shell, oblong-oval, thin, fragile, semipellucid, 

 shining, whitish, and marked with three distant, 

 transverse black lines ; these crossed by several 

 longitudinal waved similar lineations ; surface 

 furnished with minute, crowded, regular, trans- 

 verse, impressed, punctured strice ; spine retuse, 

 and mamillated. 



Length, nearly three lines. 



Habitat : shallow pools on the rocky coasts of 

 Hilo. Rare. 



St/ccinea-Newcombianum. Garrett. 



Shell, wide- ovate, very thin, fragile, somewhat 

 inflated, pellucid, whitish-horn color ; body- 

 whorl very large and distinctly striated ; spine 

 very small, depressed, with one volution ; aper- 

 ture sub-orbicular and nearly the whole length 

 of the shell ; outer lip much expanded. 



Length, three lines. 



inimal, pale flesh-color, mantle obsoletely 

 caeiated and slightly reflected over the shell. — 

 Foot narrow, elongated and minutely speckled 

 with brown. 



Habitat : District of Waimea, Hawaii. 



Observation. — This singular species is some- 

 what rare, and occur.-, on bushes at an elevation 

 of about four thousand feet above the level of the 

 sea. This species is dedicated to Dr. W. New- 

 oorab, late of Honolulu, 8. I. 



San 1mian< isco, Oct. '3th, LS.")7. 

 President, Col. Ransom, in the chair. Dr. 



Kellogg read the following paper, with appended 

 remarks by Dr. Beardsley. 



Dr. Kellogg exhibited a drawing and speci- 

 mens of a new species of Cypress. 



Cupressus Fragrans, (Kellogg,) or the Fra- 

 grant Cypress. 



Branch lets four-sided, somewhat compressed, 

 densely crowded, sub-divisions numerous, with 

 a frond-like arrangement ; larger branches 

 roundish, slightly compressed laterally, flexu- 

 ose, bark madder brown ; leaves diamond-acute 

 and aculeate, shining, bright, vivid green, cari- 

 nate, an oblong resinous gland along the back, 

 appressed, imbricated in four rows ; older leaves 

 on the intermediate branches long, decurrent ; 

 point awl-shaped, incurved. 



Cones pedicilate on long, scaly footstalks, 

 similar to the branchlets, somewhat elongated ; 

 globose cinnamon color, size of a hazel-nut, com- 

 posed of about nine peltate scales ; centre de- 

 pressed ; margin thickened and rounded ; disk 

 corrugated and rough ; a sharp, transverse ridge 

 divides it somewhat above the centre ; the mu- 

 cro broad, thin or fiat, pointed, fragile, curved 

 outwards and pointed towards the apex ; scales 

 irregularly five-sided. 



Seeds broadly winged all round, waved, ob- 

 lique, scooped ; base of the smooth cylindrical 

 kernel portion prominent ; apex emarginate, 

 mucronate, bright cinnamon color. 



This species bears the nearest resemblance to 

 C. Lanisonianna, but differs from it most strik- 

 ingly in the brighter green of its foliage and 

 tis far denser branchlets ; also in the leaves be- 

 ing narrower, much more angular, sharper point- 

 ed ; the cones are from one-third to twice the 

 size, more rough, also in color, form, and more 

 sparce distribution, &c. ; it is also a tree of 

 larger proportions in all respects. The specific 

 name chosen is intended to express its quality, 

 par excellence. We know of no species so agree- 

 ably fragrant ; the wood abounds in an oil which 

 exhales a peculiar spicy aroma, in which the 

 ginger odor predominates. This notable odor 

 has sometimes given it the common name of 

 '•Ginger Pine" among lumber-men. Some 

 speak of it as "White Cedar ;" in the market 

 it is also known by the more indefinite name of 

 "Oregon Cedar." The grain of the wood is 

 commonly a fine, close texture, strong and elas- 

 tic ; the annual concentric circles are often as 

 large and distinct as the Eastern white pine, 

 (P. Strobns,) showing it to be a tree capable of 

 rapid growth. It has gained a good reputation 

 among carpenters, since it has been brought into 

 market properly seasoned ; it works easy, and 

 burnishes smoother than the white pine. 



We understand suitable machinery is now on 

 the way to this city (S. F.) for the purpose of 

 working this lumber into tubs, pails, and other 

 domestic wares, similar to our Eastern "Cedar 

 Coopers," as that class of mechanics is styled, 

 who work only this species of wood. 



The well-known collector, and enterprising 

 discoverer of this, and several other new species 

 of the Conifers— Mr. A. V. Beardsley— has fur- 

 nished the following observations : 



