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general aspect most resembles), H. parsoni, and H. rainbirdi, 

 having the flat base and large umbilicus of the last, and the large 

 globosely conical form of the first, but with an absence of the 

 characteristic margin of it and of H. parsoni. 



BULIMUS (EUMECOSTYLUS) SCOTTII, Sp. nOV. 



Shell rimate, solid, oblong, conical, longitudinally coarsely streaked, 

 and transversely striated with irregular, coarse, undulating striae, 

 which become finer towards the apex ; dark yellow-brown, lighter at 

 the apex ; spire conical ; whorls 6, the last exceeding the spire in 

 length ; suture margined with white below ; aperture auriform, 

 oblong ; peristome thickened, white, moderately expanded ; colu- 

 mella dilated, with a strong flat tortuous plait entering the aperture, 

 between which and the insertion of the upper margin of the aperture 

 is a strong blunt callous tooth ; margins of the aperture joined by a 

 thick white callus. 



Length 2-10, breadth 1*00; length of aperture P18 inch. 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



In the collection of Mr. W. W. Hargraves, Sydney. 



This species has the general aspect of B. macgillivrayi, but may 

 be easily distinguished by its white mouth and coarse transversely 

 undulating striae. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVI. 



Fig. 1. Helix (Discus) cerealis, p. 147. 

 2. (Camana) bameyi, p. 148. 



3 a, 3 b. Helix yatalaensis, p. 149. 



4 a, 4 b. fatigata, p. 149. 



5 a, 5 b. (Geotrochus) gelata, p. 149. 



6. Helix (Geotrochus) zelina, p. 150. 



la, lb. Helicarion hilli, p. 151. 



February 4, 1873. 



Professor Huxley, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The following letter, addressed to the Secretary by the Rev. S. J. 

 Whitmee, C.M.Z.S., was read : — 



"Samoa, South Pacific, Nov. 8th, 1872. 



" Mv. dear Sir, — Your letter of April 9th reached me a week or 

 two since. I have no Didunculi by me at the present time. There 

 are two living birds in the possession of natives ; but they ask very 

 high prices, £ 10 each! I think I shall be able to purchase some 

 before long at a reasonable rate, when the natives find prices formerly 

 given are not now to be obtained. 



" I have a Porphyrio indicus, two specimens of a fruit-eating Pigeon 

 of the Pacific, three of the Ptilonopus fasciatus (Peale), and another 



