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to Pedicellina by Van Beneden. Again, much as we regret to deprive 

 a lady of herwell-eamed honours, we are necessitated to point out that 

 the animal of which he gives an excellent figure and description, and 

 on which, supposing it to be new, he confers the name of Johnstonella 

 Catharina, was first described by Eschscholtz in 1825, under the 

 name of Tomopteris, afterwards by Quoy and Gaimard as Briarea ; 

 then by Busch in 1 847 and by Grube in 1848, as Tomopteris. It is 

 in fact'the Toinopteris onisciformis, aiid has a very extensive distri- 

 bution, having been taken by the present writer in the tropical regions 

 of the South Pacific. It is assuredly an Annelid, but a most remark- 

 able form ; and a very excellent description of its structure, by Grube , 

 will be found in Midler's * Archiv' for 1848. 



Lapses of this kind will doubtless be corrected by our author in 

 his second edition, and we take leave of him with our best wishes 

 that he may soon have the opportunity of so doing. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



May 27, 1851.— W. Yarrell, Esq., V.P.L.S., in the Chair. 



Descriptions of new Species of Trochid.e {continued from 

 p. 148). By Arthur Adams, R.N., F.L.S. etc. 



Genus 9. Ziziphinus, Leach. 

 Calliostoma, Swains. — Labia, sp. Oken. — Trochilus, sp. Humph. 



1. Ziziphinus zonamestus, A. Adams. Z. testd oblique pyra- 

 midali, umbilicatd, earned, cingulis transversis granosis pemiultis 

 ornatd ; interstitiis purpurascentibus, striis obliquis longitudinali- 

 bus ; anfractibus planis, supra svturas angulatis, ultimo acute 

 angulato, basi planu-concavd, cingulis granulatis insculptd umbi- 

 lico magno, infundibuliformi, intus albo ; aperturd rhomhoided, 

 intus alba ; columelld redd, basi truncatd. 



Hah. Honduras (Dyson). 



2. Ziziphinus ticaonicus, A. Adams. Z. testd elevato-conicd, 

 perforata, luted vel earned, liris transversis rufo articulatis prope 

 suturas ornatd; anfractibus paulutn rotundatis, longitudinaliter 

 striatis, apice atro-purpureo ; anfractu ultimo snbangulato, basi 

 convexiusculd, cingulis rufo- articulatis insculptd; aperturd sub- 

 quadratd ; columelld recta, antice subtruncatd ; aperturd intus 

 alba. 



Hah. Island of Ticao, sandy mud, 6 fathoms {H. C). 



3. Ziziphinus japonicus, A. Adams. Z. testd turrito-conicd, 

 Icevi, nitidd, imperforatd ; anfractibus planis, basi lineis duabus 

 impressis, ultimo angulato, rubra flammulis fuscis et albidis ornatd, 

 basi convexd, cingulis articulatis insculptd ; aperturd subquadratd, 

 intus viride iridescenti. 



Hab. Japan. 



