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April 22, 1834. 

 Joseph Sabine, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Some Notes by J. B. Harvey, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S., were 

 read : they accompanied a collection of Shells and Crustacea made 

 by the writer on the coast of Devonshire, near Teignmouth. The se- 

 veral specimens were exhibited. 



Among them were numerous individuals of Cyprcea Pediculus, Ci/p. 

 hullata, and Cyp. Arctica. Of the former there are two varieties, 

 one spotted and the other without spots. The spotted variety, Mr. 

 Harvey states, is generally smaller than the plain one, and is less pro- 

 duced on one side near the apex. 



Cyp. bidlala is found in the same localities as Cyp. Pediculus, but 

 it may be doubted whether it is the young of that species : it is so 

 comparatively rare, that Mr. Harvey has dredged up only six speci- 

 mens of it, while he has collected more than a hundred of Cyp. Pedi- 

 culus : he possesses, moreover, young individuals of Cyp. Pediculus 

 of smaller size than specimens of Cyp. bullata. In the latter the 

 whorls are more produced at tiie apex, and the shell is so delicate as 

 to be broken by even a slight fall. 



On Cyp. Arctica Mr. Harvey remarks, that although its size and 

 appearance are in favour of its being a young shell, he hesitates iu 

 referring it to the immature condition of the unspotted Cyp. Pedicu- 

 lus : his principal ground for doubt is the extreme rarity of Cyp. 

 Arctica. He inquires, however, whether the young animal may not, 

 perhaps, live deeply imbedded in the sand for a certain period before 

 it comes to the surface, and thus generally elude the search of the 

 conchologist until its shell becomes matured ? 



With the Shells Mr. Harvey had transmitted to the Society living 

 specimens of Caryophyllia Sinithii, Brod., the Torbay Madrepore, 

 whose habits were described by Mr. De la Beche in the ' Zoological 

 Journal' a few years since : these individuals died on the journey. 

 They are attainable only at the lowest spring tides. They may be 

 kept alive in sea water, clianged every second or third day, by feed- 

 ing them with a very small piece of fresh fish scraped, and deposited 

 with a quill upon the animal, by which it is sucked in in a manner 

 exactly similar to that of Polypi. The colours of some individuals 

 are very vivid ; and among these green, blue, and blueish grey are 

 the most predominant. Adhering to the Caryophyllia is occasionally 

 found the Pyrgoma Anglicum, Leach, which appears to occur in no 

 other situation. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Thompson of Belfast exhi- 

 bited an immature specimen of the long-tailed Manis, Manis tetra- 

 dactyla, Linn., for the purpose of showing that when very young, 



