JOURNAL OF CONCIIOI.OGY, VOL. 9, NO. 3, JULY, 1898. 



[page 95 

 Note on Terebra eximia Dh. — On looking through a miscellaneous series 

 of beach-collected marine shells from Borneo, received from the late Rev. W.Turner, 

 I was highly gratified to recognize amongst some other TerebrcB a good specimen of 

 T. eximia Dh. It is 36 mm. in length, and although rather smaller than the one 

 recorded by Mr. J. C. Melvill and myself, in our recent paper on " Madras Mol- 

 lusca" {antea p. 35, PI. I., fig. 8), it is equally good as regards condition, sculpture, 

 and marking. The discovery of another example of this rare and beautiful species 

 so soon after our Madras record, is extremely interesting, especially as the type 

 specimen, from an unknown locality, was described so long ago as 1859 {Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1859, p. 314), and has hitherto remained unique. — R. Standen (Read before 

 Ike Society, Feb. 9th, 1898). 



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Note on Cypraea rashleighana. — The above Cowry was described in 1887," 

 and in the following year was re-figured, the original description being repeated in 

 the " Survey of the Genus Cypraa, 1888."" Although the habitat was queried it 

 seems probable that the type came from the neighbourhood of Hongkong. Since 

 this time three or four specimens have occurred amongst the Hadfield Mollusca from 

 Lifu ; these, however, are either too young or in a not very satisfactory state of pre- 

 servation. My object in alluding to this species at the present opportunity is to call 

 attention to a very beautiful and large example which has been for years in the 

 National Collection at South Kensington, having formed part of the Cumingian 

 stores. This was figured by Mr. Lovell Reeve^ as a stunted form of C. tabescens L. , 

 but has been overlooked by Sowerby^ and by Mr. Raymond Roberts in the "Mono- 

 graph of Cyprrm.'"''' Rather blindly following Reeve in 1888,' I signalised this as 

 var. a of C. tabescens under the proposed varietal name of latior. Mr. Edgar Smith 

 being disposed to allow it specific rank, labelled it in the National Collection "■latioi- 

 Melv." Last year, however, it was closely examined by us both, in comparison 

 with the original type of C. rashleighana, and pronounced identical. The pyriform 

 shape, different dentition, narrower aperture, small clearly defined dark-brown 

 lateral punctuation, with other characteristics, differentiate this species from its 

 allies, C. tabescens, C. teres and C. interriipta. — ^James Cosmo Melvill {Read 

 before the Society, April 13th, 1898). 



2/. Conck., vol. 5, p. 288. 3 Manch. Ulcm. (4), \ol. i, p. 218, 2ig. 4 Conch. Icon., pL 



14, no. 66a, 1845. 5 Thes. Conch. 6 Tryon, Man. Conch., vol. 7, 1885. 7 Loc. cit., p. 218. 



