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specimen known in good condition, and the type, formerly in 

 the collection of Dr. Prevost, of Alengon. 



In Mitra were the unique M. rugosa Sowb., and M. melvilU 

 Sowb., besides the rare M. giganiea Swn., M. fonnosa Adams, 

 M. 7nacrospira Rve., and an almost exhaustive series of the 

 striking forms belonging to the subgenus Turricula, e.g., T. 

 regina Sowb., T. dennisoni Reeve, T. titniata Lam., T. vittata 

 Sowb., T. tayloriana Sowb., T. berthce Sowb., T. coccinea Reeve, 

 T. balteolata Reeve, T. pidlata Reeve, &c. 



In Marginella, Lam., were several types figured in Reeves' 

 'Conchologia Iconica ' ; mostly originally in the Lombe-Taylor 

 collection, e.g., M. iiwsaica Sowb., M. elegans Gmelin, M. 

 peiitiana Duv., M. tmdulata Chem, and also a curious sinistral 

 M. conoidalis, and two magnificient specimens of M. goodaUi. 



In Cyprsea L. the finest of the seven specimens known of 

 C. guttata Gray, also C. nivosa Brod., C. auvantlum Mart, the 

 badge of royalty among the Friendly Islanders and the 

 Tahitians, and the unique Trivia costispunctata Gaskoin, &c. 



Amongst the Buccinidse, Biillia pura Melvill, recently 

 described from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, the unique 

 Pseudoliva stereoglypta Sowb. and Melvill, and the curious 

 P. ancilla Hanley. 



In StrombidcC one of the two specimens known of Rostel- 

 laria martinii Marrat ; and a fine R. powisii Petit from China. 



In Muricidse Murex bipinnattis Reeve, the type. M. cer- 

 vicornis Lam., staijifortJiii Reeve, huttoncz Wright, falcatiis 

 Sowb., claims Kiener, &c., and an almost complete set of the 

 genus Typhis, including two unique types, T. expansus Sowb., 

 and T.duplicatiis Hinds, both being figured in the 'Conchologia 

 Iconica.' 



Several representatives of other marine Gasteropoda — 

 mostly types, were also shown ; and in the Conchifera, a selec- 

 tion of the genus Pecten, including a fine series of ten varieties 

 of P. pallium L., and the type specimens of P. loxoides Sowb. 

 and Melvill, P. sybillce Sowb. and Melvill, P. rubidus Hinds, 

 and others. 



