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iibus rotundatis: aperturd rotundatd, ad marginem crenatd: caudd 

 breviySubitb recurvd; canalifere clauso. 

 Long. "90; lat. ex. var. '55. 



Hab. ? Mus. G. B. S. Sen., H. Cuming, Stainfortli. 



Differing from M. tetragonus, Brod., in the shortness of the shell, 

 and in the caudal canal, which is turned ahruptly over the back of 

 the last whorl. 



MuREX Peruvianus, Conch. lUustr. f . 116. Mur.testdfusiformi, 

 subventricosd, pallide fulvd, transverse costis ficscis, mtmerosis 

 cingulatd : varicibus novem ; spinis numerosis ad unguium posti- 

 cum crispatis, ad caudam duabus subelongatis, falcatis : spird 

 elongatd; anfractibus sejjtem, rotundatis , postice subplanatis : cau- 

 dd subelongatd, exfoliatd: aperturd magnd, postice subangulatd. 



Long. 1-20; lat. -60. 



Hab. ad Peruviam. Mus. H. Cuming. 



MuREX NODULiFERUS, Couch. Illustr. f. 101. Mur. testd subrhoni- 

 boided, crassd, Iccvi, albo-lutescente: spird elongatd ; anfractibus 

 sex, subangulatis ; suturis inconspicuis, undatis: caudd brevi,subex- 

 foliatd: varicibus sex, crassis, striatis, postice obsoletis, Icevibus ; 

 tuberculis nigrescentibus, ad angulum posticum una subfrondoso, 

 crasso, recurvo, crispaio, minore anticc annexo, in medium an- 

 fractus uno angusto, angulato, minore anticc annexo, ad caudam 

 una parvo : aperturd luted subquadrutd ; labio interna vix ex- 

 tante, Itevi, antice subcrenulato ; labio externa angulato, intHs denti- 

 culato ; canali late aperto. 



Long. riO; lat. ex. var. 55 poll. 



Hab. ad insulam Masbate. H. Cuming legit. 



Found in coral reefs. 



Mr. Gould commenced the exhibition of fifty new species of Birds 

 from his Australian collection, and proposed to bring forward the 

 remainder of them at the succeeding meetings of the Society ; those 

 now exhibited were three new species of small Grass Parrakeets 

 {Euphema of Wagler) ; for these he proposed respectively the names 

 Eu. splendida, aurantia, and petrophila. 



Euphema splendida. Euph. facie et plumis auricularibus intense 

 cceruleis : pectore rufescenti-aurantiaco : humeris et alarum tec- 

 tricibus lazulino-cmruleis. 



Face and ear-coverts deep indigo-blue, becoming lighter on the 

 latter ; all the upper surface grass-green ; shoulders above, and wing- 

 coverts beautiful lazuline blue ; shoulders beneath deep indigo-blue ; 

 primaries and secondaries black, the former margined externally 

 with blue, the latter with green ; two centre tail-feathers dark 

 brown ; the remaining feathers black on the base of the internal 

 webs, green on the base of external webs, and largely tipped with 

 bright yellow ; chest rich reddish orange ; under surface yellow, be- 

 coming green on the flanks. 



Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4| ; tail, 4^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



