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6. MuREX ROSEO-TiNCTUS (fig. 6). M. testa oblongo-fusiformi, 

 pallide rosea, maculis roseis ornata, oblique tricostata, inter 

 costas medio creniilatim nodulosa ; costis elevatis, superne in- 

 ermibus striatis, ad caudain spinis subfimbriatis tribus parvis 

 armatis ; cauda lata, costata ; spira elongata. 



Hab. Philippines. 



Resembling M. tiigonulus, but wanting the expanded fringe at 

 the lower part of the fronds of that species. 



7. CoNUS PROXiMUS (fig. 1). C. testa oblonga, subpyriformi, 

 inferne subcoarctata, spiraliter lineis subelevatis castaneis albo 

 interruptis cincta, medio maculis magnis nigrescentibus in se- 

 riebus duabiis picta ; spira nodulis acutis coronata inter nodis 

 castaneo lineata. 



Hab. ? 



More neatly marked and much more smooth than C. moluccensis, 

 which in form it resembles. 



8. CoNUS NIGRESCENS (fig. 2). C. testa obhnga, tuberculis 

 parvis, acutis, distantibus coronata, medio et \nfra alternatim 

 striata, prope unguium subrotunda, fusco-nigrescente, maculis 

 cordiformibus rubescentibus, et alteris albis ad angulum, prope 

 medium, et infra medium fasciatim dispositis ornata. 



Hab. ? 



There is a semitranspareut appearance about this Cone which, with 

 the smallness of its cordiform white spots, distinguishes it from C. 

 nocturnus and others of the same group. 



13. Descriptions of New Univalve Shells from the Col- 

 lections OF H. Cuming and Sylvanus Hanley. By Syl- 

 VANUS Hanley. 



1. Pseudoliva ancilla. Testa oblong o-conica, nitida, solida, 

 imperforata, sublcevigata, fulvo-rufescens. Ultimus anfractus 

 in medio pallescens et ventricosus ; superne late, hand autem 

 profunde, concavus ; inferne lente declivis, et sidco lata, qui 

 partem fere quartam superficiei segregat, incisus : cingulum 

 siphonale planum cum cingulo basali vix convexiusculo confliiens. 

 Spira producta tertiam partem longitudinis testes iniplet ; an- 

 fractus ejus 4 haud humiles infra suturam conspicuam et pro- 

 fundam retusi sunt, supra earn convexi : apex obtusus. Apertura 

 elliptico-acuminata {duos trientes longitudinis testcBfere (equat), 

 postice callo columellari albo magna prominente et angulato 

 angustata. Labium columellare Iceve, album, convexum, falca- 

 tum, latiusctdum. 



Long. If, lat. ^ poll. 



Hab. Caffrariam. 



Mus. Hanley. 



I have never seen but a single individual of this remarkable-looking 

 shell, which reminds one alike of Bullia mid Ancillaria. The whorls 



