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Nrawra tata. N. testd ovali, albidd, planulatd, iridescente, levi- 
gatd, politd ; valvis equalibus ; rostro lato, gradatim attenuato, 
planulato, obtuso ; margine ventrali postice subemarginato. Long. 
12; lat. 4; alt. 7 lin. 
Hab. Catbalonga, island of Samar, Philippines ; from ten fathoms, 
soft mud. 
Cab. Cuming. 
These three latter species are aberrant, and hold the same relations 
to Neera as Nucula arctica, Brod. et Sow., and its congeners do to 
that genus. 
Various species of Mammalia from Coban, in Central America, were 
exhibited. These specimens were from Mr. J. Gray, who in a letter 
addressed to the Curator, which accompanied them, observes that 
the collection contains the following species: viz. Mustela frenata, 
Licht., Didelphys Quica, Heteromys Desmarestiana, Corsira tropicalis, 
Corsira Temlyas, Saccophorus Quachil, Mus Tazamaca, and Mus Te- 
guina ; all of which species, with the exception of the first two, are 
new to science. 
«Descriptions of new species of Shells about to be figured in the 
‘ Conchologia Iconica,’” by Mr. Lovell Reeve, were read. 
Genus Conus. 
Conus vipua. Con. testd turbinatd, albd, fusco subtilissime reti- 
culatd, reticulis ruptis, subsparsis ; fasciis binis nigerrimo-fuscis, 
maculis albis sparsis, irregulariter punctatis, cinctd ; spird concavo- 
depressd, coronatd, apice subobtuso. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 8. f. 45 a and 6. 
Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines (on the reefs); Cuming. 
This curiously mottled Cone presents a somewhat different style 
of painting from the proximate species C. Nicobaricus and nocturnus. 
Conus Furvus. Con. testd elongato-turbinatd, angustd, levi, spird 
elatd ; luteold, fasciis duabus, latis, furvo-fuscis, cingulatd ; aper- 
turd lineart. 
Conch. Icon., Conus, pl. 13. f. 69. 
Hab. Islands of Ticao and Masbate, Philippines (found in sandy 
mud at low water); Cuming. 
I have to thank Mr. Adamson of Newcastle for sending me this 
new and interesting Cone, a few specimens of which have been col- 
lected by Mr. Cuming in the localities above noted. 
Genus PecruncuLuvs. 
Pecruncutus Bicotor. ect. testd suborbiculari, umbones versus 
attenuatd, longitudinaliter sulcatd, sulcis numerosis, angustis ; al- 
bidd, violaceo-nebulosd, maculis trigonis ferrugineo-rubidis irregu- 
lariter pictd. 
Conch. Icon., Pectunculus, pl. 5. f. 20. 
Hab. Gulf of California. 
_ Mr. Gray appears to have mistaken this shell (Zoology of Beechey’s 
Voyage in the Blossom) for the Pectunculus inequalis. ’ 
