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character of coast at any part of the British Islands suggests to us its 
productions, Yet are there some species so far influenced by latitude, 
as not to be found further south than our more northern shores, and 
others again not further north than our more southern coasts : in such 
cases our shores are the extreme limits of the species in the respective 
directions. Further we need not here enter into this subject, but 
instead, call upon our author to give us all the information in his 
ower. 
4 The ‘History of British Sea-weeds’ we can most faithfully re- 
commend for its scientific, its pictorial, and its popular value. The 
professed botanist will find it a work of the highest character. Per- 
sons who have not commenced the study, or who desire merely to 
know the names and history of the lovely plants which they gather 
on the margin of the sea, will find in it when complete the faithful 
portraiture of every one of them. Those who have not that happy 
privilege, but in “ close cities pent,” or confined to the inland coun- 
try, will have before them pictorial representations only less fresh 
and glowing than the beautiful originals; and those who merely 
desire what the French call a work of luxury for the drawing-room 
table, will, owing to the extreme variety and delicacy of form of the 
objects, combined with the most glowing colours, find that no work 
at the same cost is more attractive, or should be preferred before it. 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
November 25, 1845.—William Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 
A paper was read containing “ Descriptions of fourteen new spe- 
cies of Helix, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq.,” by 
Dr. L. Pfeiffer :— 
1. Hexrx ausocrineta, Pfr. Hel. testd umbilicatd, orbiculato-con- 
verd, tenuiusculd, superne regulariter et confertim striatd, sericind, 
Sulvo-corned, carinatd ; spird depresso-conicd, apice obtuso; an- 
Sractibus 53 convevis, carind alba cinctis, ultimo basi sublevigato, 
lineis subtilibus, concentricis notato ; umbilico mediocri, pervio ; 
apertura obliqud, angulato-lunari ; peristomate simplice, acuto. 
Diam. 11, alt. 5 mill. 
Collected by Mr. Cuming at Himamaylan, island of Negros. 
2. Huiix ponoxensis, Pfr, Hel. testd imperforatd, depressd, len- 
ticulari, acute carinatd, tenut, corneo-albidd ; spird convewiusculd ; 
anfractibus 7 planulatis, regulariter confertim striatis, juxta ca- 
rinam lineis 2 acute elevatis approximatis cinctis, ultimo basi con- 
vexiusculo, striatulo, medio vie impresso, antice non descendente ; 
aperturd vertical, depressissimd, late angulato-lunari ; peristo- 
mate simplice, acuto, margine supero brevissimo. 
Diam. 14, alt. 6 mill. 
Var. minor, anfractibus 64. Diam. 10, alt. 4 mill. 
Collected by Mr, Cuming at Loboc, island of Bohol. 
