18G1.] DR. W. BAIRD ON FILARIA SANGUINEA. 207 



Forma et colore hsec species pulchra accedit ad varietates quasdam 

 N. dubicB, Chema., a qua differt testa non Isevi, labio crenato. 



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V,<^(1''- 8. BULIMUS GLAUCOLARYNX. (PI. XXVI. fig. 7.) 



yS^^i T. rimata, ovato-turrita, tenuiuscula, Icevigata, sub epidermide cornea 

 iP^ lutea, ccemlescenti- vel purpureo-fusco late strigata et fasciata ; 



spira conica, obtusiuscula, purpurea, raro livida ; sutura submar- 

 ginata, late albocincta ; anfr. 6-7 convexiusculi, ultimus | longi- 

 tudinis cequans, basi subangulatus et fascia lata straminea cinctus ; 

 apertura obliqua, semiovalis, basi effusa, intus violacea ; peristo- 

 mium expansum, violaceum, marginibus callo tenui junctis. 

 Extant in Museo Cumiugiano varietates major et minor, dextrorsa 

 et sinistrorsa ; item varias anfractu ultimo medio albizonato. 

 a. Long. 45, lat, 17 ; ap. intus long. 171, lat. 9y mill. 

 /3. Long. 31, lat. 14; ap. intus long. 13, lat. 8 mill. 

 Hab. In regno Siam. 

 Accedit forma ad B. contrarium, M.vi\[. et B. adamsi. Reeve. 



9. BULIMUS SEEMANNI. (PI. XXVI. fig. 6.) 



T. subobtecte perforata, oblong o-fusif or mis, solidiuscula, longitudi- 

 naliter ruguloso-striata, carneo-rufescens vel flavescens ; sutura 

 marginata ; spira elongato-conica ; anfr. 5 vix convexi, ultimus 

 ^ longitudinis superans, medio compressus , antice valde descen- 

 dens ; columella torta et valide plicata ; apertura parum obliqua, 

 aurifoi-mis, basi effusa ; peristomium album late et crasse labia- 

 tum, ad columellam refleaum, marginibus callo crasso junctis. 

 Long. 70, lat. 21 ; ap. c. perist. long. 40, lat. 18 mill. 

 Hab. In Insulis Fidji {Dr. Seemann). 



Species pulcherrima proximo accedit ad B. cleryi, Petit ; differt 

 sculptura, numero anfractuum, labro albo, calloso, expanso. Specimi- 

 nibus allatis epidermis deesse videtur decidua, sicut illi ; exstant item 

 juniora, quorum labrum imperfectum, callus minus crassus. 



7. Note on the occurrence of Filaria sanguinea in the 



BODY OF the GaLAXIAS SCRIBA, A FrESHWATER FlSH FROM 



Australia. By W. Baird, M.D., F.L.S. 



In the beginning of this year, some time in February, several 

 freshwater fishes belonging to the genus G ataxias were brought over 

 to this country, alive, from the Murray River, Australia. Though 

 several survived the passage across the Atlantic, only one reached 

 the hands of the importer, Mr. Lloyd, alive. 



This httle fish was then placed in the freshwater Vivarium in the 

 Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, but it only lived about a week 

 there, dying in the beginning of March. Upon an inspection of the 

 body after death, an intestinal Worm was discovered making its ap- 

 pearance through the skin near the left pectoral fin. A more minute 

 examination discovered the existence of an abscess in that part of 



