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deeply sinuated in the middle ; the dorsal view is elongated, ovate, 

 quite thrice as long as broad, widest in the middle ; extremities 

 narrowed, the anterior subacuminate, posterior rounded off ; left 

 valve rather larger than the right. Shell smooth, pellucid, cream- 

 coloured, with opaque cloudings. Length ^ of an inch. 

 Taken in company with the preceding species. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate VIII. 

 Fig. 1. Cypris viridula (p. 88), seen from left side. "j 



2. ,, „ seen from above. I v 40 



3. „ stanleyana (p. 89), seen from left side. [ 

 „ seen from above. ) 



tatei (p. 89), seen from left side. \ .^ -, 

 ,, seen from below. j^ x - . 



7. Cypridopsin funebris (p. 91), seen from left side. ] 



8. „ „ seen from above. I X 40. 



9. ,, ,, seen from front. J 



10. Candona liitea, jim. ? (p. 92), seen from left side. 1 .^^ Qn 



11. ,, ,, seen from above. J " 



Plate IX. 

 Fig. 1. Cypris myiiloides (p. 89), seen from left side. I „ 



2. ,, „ seen from above. j- X o. 



3. „ ,, postabdominal ramus. X 40. 



4. Chlamydotheca australis (p. 91), seen from left side. "^ 



5. ,, ,, seen from below. j 



6. ,, „ seen from front. ) x 28. 



7. ,, „ left valve seen from inside. | 



8. „ ,, right valve seen from inside. ) 



Plate X. 

 Fig. 1. Cypridopsis minna (p. 91), seen from right side. ] 



2. ,, ,, seen from below. I x 40. 



3. „ „ seen from front. J 



4. Notodromas fuscatus (p. 92), seen from left side. \ ^ ^r, 



5. „ „ seen from below. J 



6. ,, „ shell structure, x 400. 



7. Candona lutea, male (p. 92), seen from left side. ~| 



8. ,, „ seen from above. I v 4n 



9. ,, tenuis (p. 92), seen from left side. h X -iU. 

 10. ,, „ seen from above. 



2. Contributiou to a Knowledge of the South-Italian 

 Chiroptera. By Fr. S. Monticelli, D.Sc. (Commu- 

 nicated by Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S.) 



[Eeceived January 5, 1886.] 



Bonaparte ^ was the first naturalist who wrote upon Italian 

 Chiroptera ; but his researches are too general, and there are 

 no indications of southern localities contained in his work. 



Later on, Prof. C. G. Costa gave in 1839 '^ a catalogue of 



' ' Iconografia della Fauna Italica ' : Roma, 1832-41. 



^ ' Elenco dei Mammiferi e Supplemento.' (Fauna del Eegno di Napoli.) 



