832 MR. A. NEWTON ON ANIMALS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Dec. 12, 
3. Butimus suarezi, Pfr. TT. perforata, conico-ovata, tenui- 
uscula, striata vel plicatula, cerea, strigis linearibus olivaceis 
sparse notata; spira conica, acutiuscula; sutura subirregu- 
laris; anfr. 54, convexiusculi, ultimus spiram superans, inflatus ; 
apertura parum obliqua, angulato-subovalis, intus albido-mar- 
garitucea ; perist. simplex, marginibus callo tenui vitreo junctis, 
dextro recto, columellari perdilatato, patente. 
Long. 31, diam. 18 mill. Apert. 19 mill. longa, 10-11 lata. 
Hab. in provincia pacifica reipublicee Mexicane. 
4. PsEUDACHATINA ELONGATA, Pfr. 7. imperforata, oblongo- 
turrita, solida, irregulariter oblique plicata et supra suturam 
cingulo granulato munita, rubello-fulvida ; spira turrita, apice 
obtusula ; sutura albo marginata, crenata; anfr. 74, superi 
conveai, sequentes subplanati, ultimus medio obtuse carinatus, 
+ longitudinis superans ; columella callosa, subtruncato-torta ; 
apertura parum obliqua, oblongo-ovalis ; perist. simplex, mar- 
ginibus callo crasso albo junctis, dextro anguste expanso. 
Long. 84, diam. 33 mill. Apert. 37 mill. longa, 20 lata. 
8. Minor, nigro-castanea, pallide marmorata. 
Long. 70, diam. 28 mill. 
Hab. ad fluvium Gaboon Africe. 
5. ACHATINA CALABARICA, Pfr. T. oblongo-turrita, tenuius- 
cula, conferte striata, nitida, fusco-nigricans, interdum pal- 
lidius strigata; spira subconcavo-producta, vertice minuto ; 
anfr. 9, modice convexi, summi costulati, ultimus + longitudinis 
subequans, medio filocarinatus ; columella arcuata, ad basin 
aperture subverticalis rhombeo-elliptice oblique truncata; 
perist. simplex, rectum, marginibus callo tenui junctis. 
Long. 28, diam. 11 mill. Apert. 11] mill. longa, 6 lata. 
Hab. Old Calabar Africz. 
17. List or ANIMALS COLLECTED AT Monampo, MapaGascar, 
By Mr. W. T. Gerrarp. By Aurrep Newron, M.A., 
F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
Specimens of animals from Madagascar are so very scarce in the 
museums of this country, that I make no apology for presenting to 
the Society alist of a small collection made in that remarkable island 
by Mr. W. T. Gerrard, a travelling naturalist, and lately received by 
me from Mr. Edward Newton. The collection does not, it is true, 
contain any species previously undescribed, and in this respect differs 
from all others from Madagascar that I have had an opportunity of 
examining; but several of the species are of undoubted rarity, and 
have perhaps never before been seen in England. 
I am indebted to Mr. P. L. Sclater for being so good as to furnish 
me with the names of the Mammals; and as the Mammals of Ma- 
