Zoological Societij. 297 



Council in the room of others going out : viz. Francis Boott, M.D. ; 

 Edward Forbes, Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, Lon- 

 don ; the Rev. William Hincks ; Daniel Sharpe, Esq. ; and William 

 Spence, Esq. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Dec. 12, 1843 (continued).— Wm. Yarrell, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 " Descriptions of new species of Shells figured in the ' Conchologia 

 Iconica,'" by Mr. Lovell Reeve {continued). 



Pleurotoma pica. Pleur. testa crassd, obtnso-pt/raniidali, alhd, 

 maculis fuscis, paucis, grandibus, subquadratis , irregulariter va- 

 riegatd; anfractibits eleganter semicostatis , cost is angustis, nume- 

 rosis ; superne Icevibus, concavis ; sifiu lata. 

 Conch. Icon., Pleurotoma, pi. 8. f. 61. 

 Hah. Island of Capul, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A very solid white shell, pied here and there with dark brown 

 blotches. 



Pleurotoma alabaster. Pleur. testa iurritd, intus exttisque ni- 

 ved, rosso interdum leviter tinctd, transvers^m subtilissinCe sulcatd 

 et striata; anfractihus longitudinaliter costaiis, supei-nc subde- 

 pressis ; sinu lato. 

 Conch. Icon., Pleurotoma, pi. 8. f. G5. 



Hab. Island of Siquijor, Philippines (found in loose coral sand on 

 the reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 



The sculpture of this shell is exceedingly delicate, the cross grooves 

 looking as if they had been graved with an etching-point. 



Pleurotoma venusta. Pleur. testd obeso-fiisiformi, flavicante, 

 fusco-maculatd ; anfractihus rotundatis, Iransversim multicostatis, 

 oblique maculatis, superne depressis, maculis majoribus vivide j}ic- 

 tis ; canali elongato. 

 Conch. Icon., Pleurotoma, pi. 9. f. 79. 



Hab. Island of Siquijor, Philippines (found in coral sand on the 

 reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 



This highly interesting shell, which is at present unique in Mr. 

 Cuming's collection, differs materially, both in form and in the colour 

 and character of the marking, from any of its congeners. 



Pleurotoma eximia. Pleur. testd gracilefusiformi, ulbd, anfrac- 

 tibus convexis, costis angustis longitudinalibus , striisque transversis 

 elevatis, eximie cancellatd ; sinu subindistincto ; canali mediocri, 

 leviter tortuoso. 

 Conch. Icon., Pleurotoma, pi. 10. f. 82. 



Hab. Island of INIasbate, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The canal of this Muriciform species, though somewhat indistinct, 

 fully entitles it to a place amongst the Pleurotomce. 



Pleurotoma albibalteata. Pleur. testd ovato-oblongd, luted, 

 albibalteatd, anfractibus convexis, transverse lineatis, longitudi- 

 naliter noduloso-costatis ; labro incrassato, sinuparvo; canali brevi, 

 recurvo. 



Conch. Icon., Pleurotoma, pi. 10. f. 84. 

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