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December 27, 1842. 
Richard Owen, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Various specimens preserved in spirit, presented by H. Pointer, 
Esq., were exhibited. 
Numerous specimens, preserved in spirit, presented by E. D. Dick- 
son, Esq. and H. J. Ross, Esq., were also exhibited. They were 
collected by these gentlemen, Corresponding Members of the Society, 
at Trebezond, Erzeroom, and Samsoon. 
Descriptions by Mr. Lovell Reeve of new species of. shells figured 
in the ‘Conchologia Systematica,’ were read. 
Genus DentaLium. 
DenTALIUM LonciITRoRSUM. Dent. testd carneold, tenui, glaberrimd, 
subpellucidd, longissimd, arcuatd, margine acuto. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pl. 130. f. 6. 
Long. 43; diam. ;%; poll. 
Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 
This beautiful pink horny-looking shell far exceeds any hitherto 
described species in length. - 
VERMETUS. 
VERMETUS EBURNEUS. Verm. testd eburned, subobesd, laxé volutd, 
longitudinaliter costatd, costis distantibus, subobsoletis. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pl. 152. f. 2. 
Long. 3,1,; diam. 5% poll. 
Hab. Mus. Cuming. 
PARTULA. 
ParTuLa inruata. Part. testd obeso-conicd, transversim tenuissime 
striatd, albidd, epidermide luteo-fuscd indutd ; anfractu ultimo an- 
gulato-inflato, umbilicato ; aperturd subquadratd, labro planissime 
expanso. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pl. 175. f. 11 & 12. 
Long. §; diam. 3 poll. 
Hab. ? 
Chiefly remarkable on account of the ventricose inflation of the last 
whorl. 
TRUNCATELLA. 
TRUNCATELLA SCALARIFORMIS. Trunc. testd elongato-cylindraced, 
luteold, anfractibus rotundatis, costellis minutis ubique cingulatis ; 
aperturd rotundd, labro simplici, acuto. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii, pl. 182. f. 6. 
