23 



circumdatvB et basi rotvndatafusco-areolatus ; columella vix pli- 

 cat a ; apertura parum obliqua, semiovalis ; peris t. simplex, ucu- 

 titm, nutrgvse columellari sup rue dilatato, refU n>. 



Long. 10, ilium. a mill. ; ap. l.l mill, longa, '_' \ lata. 



Ua/j. Sandwich Islands [Dr. Friclt). 



10. Cylindbella eximia, Pfr. T. via rimata, cylindraceo- 

 lurritu, Bolidula, confertissime subgranulato-striata, opaca, pallide 



violaceo-fulvida ; spira sensim attenuate, late truncata .• anf'r. 

 superst. S vix eonvexiusculi, supra suturam interstitiis nwHs suh- 

 crenuti, ultimus vix solutus, basi acute carinatus; apertura sub* 



circular is, basi ancjulata ,■ peris/, tciwe, undique exponsiusculum. 

 Long. 27, diam. medio 7.1 mill. ; ap. diain. 5 mill. 

 Bab. 1 



11. Bulimvs Mari.e, Albers. T. anguste umbilicata, oblongo- 

 conica, solida, subhevigaia, alba, punctis et strigis obsoletis cornt is 

 plerumque notata; spira conica, acuta ; anfr. G\ eonvexiusculi, 



ultimus spiram subcequans, basi vix attenuatus ; columella |>lir;t 

 parvnla, dentifbrmi munita; apertura vix obliqua, acuminato- 



oblonga, intus fusca ; perist. rectum, margins dextro leviter or- 



cuato, columellari sursum dilatato, patente. 

 Long. 33, diam. 1-1-15 mill. ; ap. 1 (3—1 7 mill, longa, 7J lata. 



(3. Anfractibus superis corneis, lacteo punctato-strigatis, ultimo 

 strigis lacteis denticulatis et violaceo- corneis alternantibus picto. 

 Hab. Texas. 



4. Description of a newCyrena from Ceylon, and or m w 

 Siphonari.e. By Svlva.m's Hamlet, F.L.S., etc. 



Cyrena Tennentii. Testa ovato-subtrigona, solida, oentricosa, 

 intequilaterali, sublavigata, epidermide tenui impolita fuscO' 

 lutescente vestita: umbonibus tumidis, decorticatis, valdepro- 

 minentibus, vix obliquis; latere antico anguste rotundato; 



latere postico longiore subaftenuato, ad extremitatem obtuse 

 rotundato ; margine rout rati arcuato ; margine dorsali aniice 

 declivi, convexo, postice subdeclivi, convexiusculo ,• lunula nulla; 

 superjicie interna albido-violascente } dent thus lateral thus bre- 

 vibus, oalidis, obtusis ; antico approximato, postico remoto: 

 si mi pnl Ha ri brevissimo, acutissimo. 

 Long. 13 lin.j lat. 18 lin. 

 Hah. In thivio Ariho Taprobanensi. 



This remarkable-looking Bpecies, which reminds one slightly of 

 Qnathodon cuneatus, forma part of tin- interesting collection of Sir 

 Emerson Tennent, who took it from tin- pools "f tin- Ariho Riyer 



(which flows into the Golf of Maiicar). belOW the _n;il StOUC ilam, 



by which it was intended to divert ill" water, in order to supply tha 

 Giant's Tank. 



