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2. Paludomus pyriformis. Testa solidiuscula, pyriformis, 

 Uete olivacea, striis viridibus brunneisque ornata, decussata ; 

 sutura striis aliquot valde impressis circumdata ; anfr actus 4 

 convexiusculi, ultimus -| spirce subcequans ; apertitra oblonga, 

 margine columellari arcuato albido, striis pellucentibus. 



Long. 21, lat. 15 ; apert. long. 15, lat. 9^- mill. 



3. Paludomus (Tanalia) torrenticola. Testa oblongo- 

 ovata, nigricanti-olivacea, obscure fulgurata et maculata, spi- 

 raliter confertim, longitudinaliter rarius striata; spira ex- 

 serta ; anfr actus convexi ; sutura simplex ; apertura ovalis, 

 violacea, margine columellari albo. 



Long. 22, lat. 16 ; apert. long. 16, lat. 12 mill. 



These species are inhabitants of mountain-streams in Ceylon. The 

 specimens which I have got for description being without opercula, 

 I cannot bring them with surety into Mr. Layard's well-established 

 genera of this family. 



Zurich, July 1858. 



A communication was also read from Surgeon G. C. Wallich, 

 M.D., II. M. Indian Army, describing a new preservative process, 

 the details of which were obtained at Cairo from an Egyptian, by 

 the late Major Sir George Parker of the Bengal Army, and were 

 communicated to Dr. Wallich by that officer at Cawnpore, shortly 

 before the mutinous outbreak, in the course of which the Major's 

 life fell a sacrifice. 



November 23, 1858. 

 Dr. Gray, V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Notice of five Species of Bats in the Collection of 

 L. L. Dillwyn, Esq., M.P. ; collected in Labuan by 

 Mr. James Motley. By Robert F. Tomes. 



1. PTEROPUSHYPOMELANUS,Temm. Esquiss. Zool.i.p. 61, 1853. 



Although the specimen of Pteropus included in the collection for- 

 warded to me for examination differs very materially in colour from 

 the ordinary examples of the above species, the distribution of the 

 colours themselves, and the quality and quantity of the fur, together 

 with an absolute similarity in all other respects, including that of 

 size, leave no doubt as to its identity with that species. In colour 

 it more nearly resembles some of the examples of P. funereus, a 



