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Description of a new species of Conovulus. By C. A. Récuvz. 
Conovuntus Cumineranus. Con. testd oblongo-acutd, levigatd, 
nitidd, castaned; anfractibus 10-12, planis, angustis, ultimo 
supra medium obtusissim? carinato, carind zond lutescente cinctd ; 
spird conico-acutd ; aperturd angustatd ; columelld obliqud, tri- 
plicatd, plicd superiori parvuld, secundd majori, ab inferiori por- 
rectd sulco profundo disjunctd ; labro acuto, fulvo, intus albo, 
subcalloso et sulcato ; umbilico nullo. 
Long. 16 mill, larg. 7 mill. 
Hab. Isle of Negros: in a rivulet. 
Collected by Mr. Cuming.—Zool. Proc. Oct. 28. 
THE LATE MR. LOUDON. 
We are happy to learn that a pension for life, of 100/. per annum, 
has been granted by Her Majesty to Mrs. Loudon. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1846. 
Chiswick.—February 1. Very fine: rain. 2 Fine, 8,4, Overcast: rain. 
5, 6. Very fine. 7. Overcast: windy, with showers. 8. Clear: cloudy: very 
clear at night. 9 Frosty: fine, but cold. 10, Frosty: cloudy and cold. 11. 
Frosty: fine: pattially overcast. 12. Foggy: cloudy and fine. 13. Densely 
clouded. 14,15. Cloudy and fine. 16. Densely overcast. 17, 18. Overcast 
and fine. 19. Hazy. 20. Overcast. 21. Exceedingly fine. 22. Cloudy: 
boisterous, with rain at night. 23, 24. Rain. 25. Heavy clouds and mild. 
26. Cloudy in the morning: afterward cloudless and exceedingly fine. 27. 
Slight haze: showery. 28. Very fine. 
~ Mean temperature of the MOnth .issicsecsvessesssseasesseeserees 45°32 
Mean temperature of February 1845 ........ssessessecsseceeess 33 °07 
Average mean temperature for the last twenty years ......... 39 °36 
Average amount Of rain......ccecsceeeceeeeeueeseeees Tree ane «» 1 61 inch. 
Boston.—Feb. 1. Fine. 2. Fine: rain early a.m. 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5, 
Cloudy: rain early a.m. 6. Fine. 7 Stormy: rain early a.m. 8. Fine: rain 
early A.M. 9 Fine: snow early a.m.: snow.a.m. and pM. 10, Fine: snow on 
the ground. 11. Cloudy: snow onthe ground. 12. Fine: snow on the ground. 
13, Cloudy: snow all gone: melted snow. 14—22. Cloudy. 23, Cloudy: rain 
early a.m. 24, Cloudy, 25. Fine: rain early am. 26. Cloudy. 27. Fine: 
rain a.M. 28, Fine. ‘This month has been usually fine. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Feb. 1, Sleet-showers. 2 Cloudy, 3. Cloudy: 
sleet-showers. 4, 5. Hail-showers. 6. Showers: rain, 7. Showers: snow- 
showers. 8. Snow-showers, 9. Snow-showers : frost. 10. Snow: showers. 11, 
Clear: cloudy. 12. Cloudy: damp. 13. Showers. 14,15, Cloudy: showers, 
16. Rain: cloudy. 17. Showers: cloudy: drizzle. 18, Showers: drizzle: cloudy : 
drizzle, 19. Bright: cloudy. 20, Clear: cloudy. 21. Rain: cloudy. 22. Rain, 
~ Clear. 24. Damp: showers. 25—27, Clear: cloudy. 28. Cloudy: showers; 
ciear. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire Feb. 1. Occasional showers. 2. Fair and 
fine. 3 Heavy rain. 4. Sleetandrainr.m. 5, Showers. 6,7. Heavy showers, 
8. Slight fall of snow. 9. Frost: fine: clear. 10. Frost: fine. 11. Thaw: 
fair: mild. 12. Slight frost. 13. Very slight frost. 14,15, Fine. 16. Very 
fine, 17. Fine, 18. Frost am. 19, Fine, but cloudy: shower. 20. Slight 
showers: mild. 21. Wet and stormy. 22, 23. Damp and drizzling. 24, 25, 
Heavy rain. 26. Wet. 27. Remarkably fine. 28. Damp and drizzling. 
Mean temperature of the month .............00eee00 43°°4 
Mean temperature of February 1845 ......s60.008. 34 °5 
Mean temperature of Feb. for twenty-three years. 37 °0 
Mean rain in February for eighteen years......... 2 °O inches, 
