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The elongated, slender, elevated caudal caniil, as well as the more 

 distinct spines of the smaller shell, must be considered as a variation 

 resulting partly from difference of age, partly from locality, and other 

 circumstances. Sandy mud, 7 fathoms. — Loay. 



MuREx BREVicuLus, Concli. Illustr. f. 37. Mur. testd rhomboided, 

 brevi, ventricosd, albd, fidvo-fasci(ttd: varicibus quatuor, crassis, 

 nodulosis, inter nodulos utriiuiue foveolatis : spird brevi; anfrac- 

 tibus rotundatis : aperturd rotundatd, ad marginem crenatd: caudd 

 brevi, subito recurvd ; canali fere clauso. 



Long. "90; lat. ex. var. "oS. 



Hab. ? Mus. G. B. S. Sen., H. Cuming, Stainforth. 



Dittering from M. tetragonus, Brod., in the shortness of the shell, 

 and in the caudal canal, which is turned abruptly over the back of 

 the last whorl. 



MuREX Peruvianus, Conch. Illustr. f. 116. Mur. testd fusiformi, 

 subventricosd, pallide fulvd, transverse costis fuscis, numerosis 

 cingulatd .- varicibus novem ; spinis numerosis ad angnlum posti- 

 cum crispatis, ad caudam duabus subelongatis, falcatis : spird 

 elongatd; anfractibus septcm, ?-otundatis,postice subplanatis : cau- 

 dd subelongatd, exfoliatd: aperturd 7nagtid, post ice subangulatd. 



Long. 1-20; lat. -60. 



Hab. ad Peruviam. Mus. H. Cuming. 



MuREX NODULiFERiTs, Couch. lUustr. f. 101. Mtir. testd suhrhom- 

 boided, crassd, Icevi, albo-lutescente: spird elongatd ; anfractibus 

 se.r, subangulatis ; suturis inconspiciiis, undatis : caudd brevi, subex- 

 foliatd: varicibus sex, crassis, striatis,postice obsoletis, lavibus ; 

 tuberculis nigrescentibus , ad unguium posticum uno subfrondoso, 

 crasso, recurvo, crispato, minors antice annexo, in medium an- 

 fractus uno angusto, angulato, minore antice annexo, ad caudam 

 uno parvo : aperturd luted subquadratd ; labio interno vix ex- 

 tante, Icevi, antice subcrenulato ; labio externa angulato, intiis denti- 

 cnlato ; canali late aperto. 



Long. riO; lat. ex. var, 55 poll. 



Hab. ad insulam Masbate. H. Cuming legit. 



Found in coral reefs. 



Mr. Gould commenced the exhibition of fifty new species of Birds 

 from his Australian collection, and proposed to bring forward the 

 remainder of them at the succeeding meetings of the Society ; those 

 now exhibited were three new species of small Grass Parrakeets 

 {Euphema of Wagler) ; for these he proposed respectively the names 

 Eu. splendida, aurantia, axid pet7-ophila. 



EuPHEMA SPLENDIDA. Eupk.facie et plumis auricularibus intense 

 cceruleis : pectore rufescenti-aurantiaco : humeris et alarum tec- 

 tricibus lazulino-cceruleis . 



Face and ear-coverts deep indigo-blue, becoming lighter on the 

 latter ; all the upper surface grass-green ; shoulders above, and wing- 

 coverts beautiful lazuline blue ; shoulders beneath deep indigo-blue ; 

 primaries and secondaries black, the former margined externally 



