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appearance of some of the flattened platted chains executed in gold 
and silver, and the shell altogether is a choice piece of workmanship. 
The species to which Conus Victor bears most resemblance are 
Coni nobilis and Ammiralis ; but it comes much nearer to the last in 
shape and general character, differing, however, from it in the deeper 
excavation and sculpture of the spire, to say nothing of the discre- 
pancy in the arrangement of the colouring, which in the only two 
specimens that I have seen is identical. Of these, the richest in 
colour is in the fine collection of Mr. Cuming, and the younger, but 
very perfect specimen, in the choice cabinet of the Rev. A. Harford. 
A paper by Mr. Lovell Reeve, entitled ‘‘ Descriptions of four new 
species of Achatina, a genus of Pulmobranchiate mollusks of the 
family Colimacea,” was then read. 
Acuatina tactEa. Ach. testd oblongo-ovatd, solidd, intis ex- 
tiisque quasi fossili, lacted, epidermide levidensi sparsim indutd ; 
spird regulari, anfractibus longitudinaliter striatis, lineisque mi- 
nutis circumdatis ; aperturd suboblongd, labro solidiusculo. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. 11. pl. 177. fig. 6. 
Long. 4,1, ; lat. 251; poll. Mus. Cuming, Stainforth. 
Hab. Zanzibar. 
This beautiful shell, which is in a perfectly live state, and covered 
with a slight scattered epidermis, is of a rich uniform cream-colour, 
without the least indication of any pattern; the whorls are very 
fully striated longitudinally, the strie rather irregularly following 
the growth of the shell; and they are again characterized by having 
a number of fine lines running around the upper half of them in an 
opposite direction. The columella, the aperture, indeed the entire 
shell, both inside and out, is of rich cream-colour, and by this alone 
it cannot fail to be recognised. 
AcuaTina Tincta. Ach. testd oblongo-ovatd, tenuiculd, albicante, 
maculis grandibus longitudinalibus vivide tinctd, epidermide flavidd 
indutd ; spird parim elatd, apice obtuso, rosaceo ; aperturd ob- 
longd, albd. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pl. 179. fig. 18. 
Long. 3,3,; lat. 14 poll. Mus. Cuming, Stainforth. 
Hab. ? probably some part of Africa. : 
The Achatina tincta has a white shell covered with a yellowish 
epidermis, and it is singularly stained in a longitudinal direction 
with a deep morone colour. The stains take almost the form of 
bands in some places, but exhibit no degree of regularity. 
ACHATINA KRAwNSsII. Ach. testd ovatd, vir ventricosd, rufo- 
castaned, epidermide durd, nitente, indutd ; anfractibus, ultimo 
excipiente, longitudinaliter strigatis, strigis albis, nunc rectis, 
nune sinuosis, distantibus, de suturis, longitudine variabili, por- 
rectis ; spird breviusculd, apice obtuso ; aperturd ovatd, albd, 
Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pl. 179. fig. 19. 
Long. 2%; lat. 14 poll. Mus. Cuming. 
