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rascente sirigis longitudinalibus angulatis distinctis ornutd; labii 

 limbo castaneo-nigricante . 

 Var. a. Gracilis strigis valde distinctis anfracluum parte superiore su- 

 turam juxta castaneo-nigricante punctata. 



Long. \^\ lat. ^ poll. 



Hab. ad Loon insulse Bohol. 

 Var. b. Gracilior, strigis creberrimis valde angulatis. 



Long. If; lat. f poll. 



Hab. cum prsecedente. 

 Var. c. Ventricosior , strigis valde distinctis, subangulatis. 



Long. 1§; lat. 1 poll. 



Hab. ad Loboc insulse Bohol. 

 Var. d. Strigis rarioribus obscurinribus. 



Long. \^; lat. f poll. 



Hab. ad Baclayon insulse Bohol. 



Legit H. Cuming arborum foliis adhserentes. 



The brown ground-colour appearing through the ochraceous- 

 cinerascent epidermis produces the stripes of this elegant shell. A 

 small portion only of the ground-colour is exposed by the attrition 

 of the animal near the mouth of the shell, which is whitish or bluish- 

 white, bordered with the dark chestnut of the lip. (W. J. B.) 



BuLiNUS BuLLULA. Bul. tcstd ovato-rotundatd, diaphand, albidd, 

 anfractibus 4 ventricosis, lineis incrementi oblique striatis ; aper- 

 turd magnd, subumbilicatd. 



Long 1^; lat. 1 poll. 



Hab. in insula Mindoro. 



Legit H. Cuming. 



A milk-white line runs round the sutures. (W. J. B.) 



Mr. Gould resumed the exhibition of his new species of Austra- 

 lian birds, and characterized the following species : — 



Ephthianura tricolor. Ephth. vertice, pectore, tectricibusque 

 caud(E coccineis ; gutture albo. 



Male. — Crown of the head, upper tail-coverts, breast and abdo- 

 men bright scarlet ; lores, line above and beneath the eye, ear-co- 

 verts, occiput and back dark brown ; wings brown, each feather 

 margined with brownish white ; tail dark brown, each feather having 

 a large spot of white on the inner web at the tip ; chin, throat and 

 under tail-coverts white ; irides straw-white ; bill and feet blackish 

 brown. 



Female similar in colour, but having only a slight wash of the 

 scarlet colouring, except on the upper tail-coverts, where it is as 

 brilliant as in the male. 



Total length, Z\ inches; bill, -j^^; wing, 2|; tail, 1^; tarsi, |. 



Hab. ? 



Myzantha obscura. Myz. fronte flavescente-olivaceo ; gutture, 

 uropygio, et corpore subtiis cinereis, — plumis pectoralibus lunula 

 apicem versus notatis, et ad apicem pallide cinereis. 



