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sharp ridges, traversed by distant spiral threads j and by the 

 flesh-tinted orange colour. 



Mangelia cerea, 



M. testa M. hamatcB simili, sed textura cerea, aurantiaca, graciliore, 

 anfractibus tumidioribus, baud angulatis ; anfr. nucl. Isevibus; 

 normalibus v., costis radiantibus baud acutis, interstitia sequan- 

 tibus ; liris spiralibus validioribus, baud filosis, supra costas nodu- 

 losis, in interstitiis subobsoletis ; apertura, testa adulta, ? . , . . 

 Long. '25, long. spir. '14, lat. '1, div. 28^. 



Variat testa rufo-fusca. 



Hah, Panama (teste Jewett), 



Col. Jewett's unique specimen is not mature. It is distin- 

 guished from M. hamata by the smooth nucleus, waxen texture, 

 rounder whorls, more equal distribution of the contour between 

 ribs and interstices, and especially by the spiral sculpture, which 

 is faint in the hollows, but nodulose on the ribs. Mr. Cuming 

 has a specimen with the same texture, but of a rich brown 

 colour. 



Chemnitzia ccdata, 



C. testa satis magna, cinerea, elongata ; anfr. nucl. ?. . . ; norm, xiii., 

 planatis, suturis vix impressis; costis radiantibus xx.-xxviii., 

 rectis, baud semper convenientibus, subacutis, ad peripheriam 

 subito truncatis ; sulcis spiralibus in spira iv.-v., valde impressis, 

 interstitia et costarum latera transeuntibus, juga baud superanti- 

 bus ; basi subito angustata, angulata, lirulis spiralibus circ. vi, 

 ornata; apertura sub quadrata ; columella satis torta. Long. '35, 

 long. spir. -3, lat. '09, div. 13°. 



Hab, West coast of North America {Jewett) . 



This beautiful and unique shell was probably from Panama ; 

 but there was no locality-mark. It is remarkable for its deep 

 furrows and the suddenly shortened and spirally sculptured 

 base. It is much larger and broader than the northern C. Virgo, 

 and differs in details of sculpture. 



XLII. — Notices of British Fungi, By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq. 



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1038. Ptychogaster alhuSj Cd. fasc. 2. fig. 90. 



On the ground, at the roots of firs. Aboyne, Aberdeenshire ; 

 Staunton, Notts. It has also been found near London by 

 Mrs. Lloyd Wynne. 



The affinities of this curious plant are very doubtful ; for it 

 does not appear to be of the creamy consistence of jEthalium in 

 any stage of growth. We have no better opinion, however, to 



