426 Miscellaneons, 



An alteration in the size of the tear-pit is observnble in the 

 old and young of Oervulus Schderi from China, in which the adult has 

 the tear-pit very like that of Cerindus Reevesii, but larger, more cir- 

 cular, and deeper ; but in the young of this species the pit is di- 

 stinct, but more oblong, and comparatively shallow, especially in the 

 upper part. It may at the same time be remarked that the bones of 

 the face greatly develop themselves during growth both in length 

 and breadth. In the skull of the fawn the nose is slender, conical, 

 and two thirds the length from the front of the orbit to the occiput, 

 whereas in the adult the nose is much broader and, as in Cervulus 

 Reevesii, the same length from the front of the orbit to the end of 

 the nose and the occiput. 



Neiv Species of Shells. By F. P. Marrat, 

 Marginella quadrifasciata, Marrat. (Mus. Keen.) 

 M. testa minima, obtuse ovata, pellucida, nitente, fasciis quatuor 

 rufis distantibus cingulata, spira obtuse conica ; apertura angusta ; 

 columella callosa, quadriplicata, labro incrassato, intus denticulato. 

 Long. 3 miU. 



Hah. Kabeuda, 30 miles north of the Congo, Africa, in 10 

 fathoms. 



This small, pellucid, distinctly bauded shell cannot be mistaken 

 for any other allied species, 



Nassa nodulosa, Marrat. 



N. testa ovato-globosa, lutea ; anfractibus regulariter nodoso-plicatis, 

 superne concavo-iiidentatis ; costis subdistantibus, tenuiter trans- 

 versim punctato-sulcata ; apertura suborbiculari, labio cum callo 

 mediocri ; columella loevi ; labro extus marginato, intus plicato. 

 Size § inch long. 



Eab. ? 



Nassa cethiopica, Marrat. 



N. testa parvula, ovato-conica, rufo-aurantiaca, valde longitudinaliter 

 plicata, striis elevatis transversis ; apertura ovata ; columella 

 plicata, labro extus marginato, intus lirato. Long. 7 miU. 



Hah. Kabenda, 30 miles north of the Congo, Africa, in 10 

 fathoms. 

 100 Edge Lane, Liverpool. 



On the Wood-Deer of Brazil (Blastocerus sylvestris). 

 By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.E.S. 



The Rev, G. T. Hudson presented to the Museum last year the 

 imperfect skull, consisting only of the brain-case and horns, of what 

 he called a " wood-deer " from Brazil. This skull and horns show 



