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June 13, 1843. 
Prof. Rymer Jones in the Chair. 
A white variety of the Irish Hare (Lepus Hibernicus, Yarrell), pre- 
sented by Robert Leslie Ogilby, Esq., was exhibited. 
The following Notes by Prof. E. Forbes, on the species of Neera 
(Gray) inhabiting the Egean Sea, were read :— 
«« Among the Mollusca inhabiting the seas of the Grecian Archi- 
pelago are four species of the genus Neera, two of which have been 
previously described, and two are apparently new. 
«The described species are the Neera cuspidata, a well-known 
shell, and the type of the genus, extensively distributed throughout 
the European seas. In the Egean it is scarce, but by no means 
local ; and of all the Greek species, is that found in the shallowest 
water. The second described species is the Ne@ra costellata, a beau- 
tiful bivalve hitherto recorded only in the fossil state. It was de- 
scribed and figured by M. Deshayes in the great French work on the 
Morea, from specimens found in the tertiary strata of that country. 
I have taken it not unfrequently in the Egean, sometimes alive and 
at considerable depths, even below 100 fathoms. 
“* Of the new species, one is nearly allied to Neera cuspidata, and 
appears to replace it in the deeper parts of the Egean. I have called it 
Neara arrenvata. N. testd oblonga, obsoleté striatd, anticé ro- 
tundatd, superiore subangulatd, posticé longi-rostratd ; rostro an- 
gusto, ared lineari transverse striatd; umbonibus obtusis ; dente 
laterali in valvuld superiori lineari. Long. 075; lat. 03%. 
“The second is an anormal and aberrant form, differing in its 
hinge characters from the other Egean species. It inhabits very 
deep water, even to 200 fathoms, and I have never taken it in less 
than 100. I have never met with it alive.” 
Ne#ra apsreviata. ON. testd suborbiculari, transverse leviter 
sulcatd, antic? rotundatd, postice brevi-rostratd ; rostro lato, ared 
obsoleta ; umbonibus acutissimis ; dente laterali obsoleto. 
The following paper was then read :— 
« Descriptions of new species of Neera, from the collection of Sir 
Edward Belcher, C.B., made during a voyage round the world, and 
from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the 
_ Philippines ; with notices of the synonomy.” By Mr. Hinds. 
The number of species of Neera, Gray, now on record permits us 
to generalize on their geographic distribution. They are all found in 
Nos. CXXV. CXXVI. & CXXVII.—Proc. or rz Zoot, Soc. 
