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pression of the mantle elongated towards the anterior side. In Mr. 

 Sowerby's possession. 



Should the foregoing notices be deemed of sufficient interest to deserve 

 a place in the Zoological Journal, I shall feel honoured by their inser- 

 tion, and remain. 



Gentlemen, 



With great respect, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Samuel Stutchbury. 

 33, Theobald's Road. 



Art. XXI. Notice of the Habits of Bulinus hcemastomus. 

 By Mr. W. B. Booth, communicated by W. J. Broderip, 

 Esq., F.R.S., &;c.,Sec. G.S. 



I AM indebted to the kindness of Mr. Sabine, Secretary of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, for the following interesting Note on the habits of a 

 specimen of Bulinus haemastomus,* which lived for more than a year 

 in a hot-house in the Society's garden at Chiswick. The soft parts had 

 suffered materially from the cause which occasioned the death of the ani- 

 mal ; but the general condition of those parts, and of the shell, indi- 

 cated the best health at the time when an unfortunate accident deprived 

 it of life. The specimen, which was of the usual full-grown size, has 

 been presented to the Zoological Society by the hands of Mr. Sabine. 

 The Note was written at Chiswick, by Mr. W. B. Booth. 



W. J. Broderip, 

 London, Dec. 1829. 



Note. — It was brought from Rio, in October, 1828, by Mr. William 

 McCtilloch, then gardener to the Right Honourable Robert Gordon, and 



* Bulimus haemastomus, Scopoli. Bulimus oblongus, Brug. Bulla oblonga, 

 Chemn. Helix oblonga, Mull., Gmel-, and Daudeb. Turbo haemastomus, GmeU 



