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February 23, 1841. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
A letter from Capt. Belcher, R.N., dated Sincapore, October 22, 
1840, was read. It announces that Capt. Belcher had forwarded 
for the Society’s Menagerie a specimen of the Babyroussa Hog, from 
the Moluccas. 
Mr. G. B. Sowerby’s descriptions of the shells collected by H. 
Cuming, Esq. were continued. 
Hewix cotumsBariaA. Hel. testd suborbiculari, rotundato depressa, 
leviusculd, fulvescente, brunneo-varie-zonatd, sepius prope suturam 
albido tessellatd ; spird brevi, obtusa ; anfractibus quinis plis mi- 
nisve rotundatis ; peripherid rotundata; aperturd transversa 
subauriformi ; peritremate incrassato, continuo, reflexo, subsi- 
nuoso, intis antice nonnunquam unidentato ; dente obtuso ; umbilico 
parvo, partim obtecto. 
Long. 0°73; lat. 1:4 poll. 
Obs. Testa pone aperturam sepius coarctata. 
Hab. Sub lapidibus et ligno putrescente apud Calauan, provincize 
Laguna, insule Lucon, Philippinarum. 
The following varieties of this interesting and elegant species have 
occurred to Mr. Cuming :— 
a. Shell somewhat striated, strize forming the lines of growth, 
many of those on the under side white, pale brown with brown bands 
(one at the periphery, one close to the suture, and one beneath). 
Distant, squarish, striated patches of white epidermis ornament the 
broad band in front of the suture: aperture white: found at Ca- 
lauan. 
6. Shell slightly striated, striz as in the last, forming the lines of 
growth; ground colour pale yellowish brown, with a rather darker 
brown band close in front of the suture, a narrow brown band at the 
periphery, and a broad one beneath, where this variety is also orna- 
mented with brownish white mottlings: peritreme white, with a sin- 
gle white tooth within at the lower part. From Calauan. 
c. Pale brown, darker, and articulated with brownish white patches 
in front of the suture ; a narrow brown band at the periphery, where 
it is mottled with brownish white; peritreme flesh-colour, with a 
single white tooth within at the lower part. From Albay. 
d. Light brown, having a brown antesutural band, articulated with 
brownish white, a brown band at the circumference and a broad 
brown band beneath ; and brownish white mottlings spread over both 
these last-mentioned bands; peritreme as in the last. Found at Al- 
bay. 
