eo 
& 
April 27, 1841. 
William Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 
The exhibition was resumed of the new species of Shells collected 
by H. Cuming, Esq. in the Philippine Islands, and the following de- 
scription of new species, by W. J. Broderip, Esq., were read. 
Hexix (Carocotza) Recina. Car. testa hyalind, prasind, lineis 
incrementi oblique striata, lineolis transversis creberrimé decussata 
suberectd, antice compressa ; anfractibus 3, ultimo latissimo, acuto, 
suturam versus concinne celato ; apertura infra angulata ; labit 
margine subexpanso, acuto. 
Long. #; lat. 12 poll. 
Hab. ad Sibongam Insule Zebu foliis arborum heerens, rarissima. 
Legit H. Cuming in sylvis. 
This rare Carocolla excels in beauty and delicacy all the land- 
shells that I have yet seen. Green is by no means a common colour 
in the testaceous mollusca generally; but in the pulmoniferous tes- 
taceans it is comparatively rare, and, in the cases where it occurs, 
generally resides in the epidermis, or forms a part of the pattern. 
But this elegant species, of a delicate transparent green, somewhat 
between the colour of an emerald and a chrysoprase, is more like a 
gem than a shell. It does not lie flat like most of the Carocolle, 
but when placed with its aperture downwards, stands at a high 
angle. A light-coloured line marks the suture and the edge of the 
body-whorl, while the expansion of the lip (which expansion termi- 
nates at the angle of the aperture) is of a glassy clearness. On the 
under part of the shell, especially, the striz formed by the lines of 
growth are crossed by other delicate and very frequent transverse 
lineations. 
Var. a. Anfractus basalis angulo brunneo lineatus. 
The animal of both varieties is grayish white. 
Hab. ad Puerto Galero insuiz Mindoro foliis arborum herens. 
Legit H. Cuming in sylvis. 
Hexix (Carocotza) papyracea. Car. testa albo-flavescente, dia- 
phand, lineis incrementi oblique creberrimé striata; columella 
crassd, excavatd, lata et elongata ; labii limbo vix expanso. 
Long. $3; lat. 1 poll. 
Though this Carocolla may at first sight be taken for a variety of 
Car. Regine—and such was my original impression—a nearer inspec- — 
tion will detect the distinction between the shells. The spire in 
Car. papyracea is more elevated, and the shell stands at a higher 
angle; the expansion of the lip is not so wide, and it is not termi- 
nated at about half the distance from the outer edge to the columella 
