134- Zoological Society. 



shell to view ; tlie line of meeting of the two mantles of the mollusc 

 on the dorsum is generally perceptible ; internally of a brown colour ; 

 outer edge of the margin more or less dotted with rather large dark 

 reddish-brown dots, similar dottings, but less in degree, on the colu- 

 mellar side of the base ; base rather flat, white (white deposit, on the 

 centre of the columellar side, semi transparent) ; aperture wide, espe- 

 cially anteriorly, inner edge of the lip spiral ; columella slightly ven- 

 tricose ; teeth on the lip prominent, even, extending partly on to the 

 base, about fifteen in number, those on the columella very slightly 

 prominent (excepting the first), not extending on the base, — about 

 twelve in number ; the first greatly projects, between which and the 

 inner anterior extremity is a deep notch, — no columellar groove, — and 

 at the posterior half of the aperture the teeth exist along the outer, 

 those on the inner edge being mere indications of teeth ; extremities, 

 anterior very slightly produced, the outer one converging greatly ; 

 posterior extremities obtuse, very slightly produced ; channels, ante- 

 rior wide and deep, posterior rather wide and in a straight line with 

 the aperture ; margin, only on the outer side, incrassated ; spire 

 widely umbilicated. 



Long, -1-4. of an inch ; wide, -fe of an inch. 



Hab. Mediterranean Sea. 



Cab. Gaskoin, Saul, &c. 



This species differs from Cyprcea Cribraria of Linn, in the general 

 conformation of the shell, being more cylindrical, in its short, obtuse 

 extremities, its wide aperture, particularly anteriorly, the large dot- 

 tings on the margin, the character of the teeth, the internal colour of 

 the shell, &c. om i oi '1001101 



Cypr.e,e pulicis varietas. Cyp. testd longiore, dentibus nu- 

 merosioribus minutioribusque, supra labrwn circa viginti-novem, 

 supra columellam circa viginti-tribus ; canali postico denticu- 

 lato. 



Shell longer in form, of a light reddish-brown colour, aperture 

 narrower and straighter, teeth finer and much more numerous than 

 the ordinary form, being about twenty-nine on the lip, while the pro- 

 totype has about nineteen, and on the columella side, about twenty- 

 three, against from fourteen to seventeen ; posterior channel more or 

 less denticulated. 



jJab. 1 



Cab. Cuming, Gaskoin. 



boiiji: .2. Description of a new species of Nutcracker. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S. etc. 



NuCIFRAGA MULTI PUNCTATA, Gould. 



Crown of the head and nape of the neck brownish black ; feathers 

 of the face, sides of the neck, back, chest and abdomen brownish 

 black, with a broad and conspicuous mark of dull white down the 

 centre ; wings glossy greenish black, the coverts and secondaries with 

 a lengthened triangular mark of white at the tip, a faint trace of a 

 similar mark appearing on the tips of the primaries ; tail glossy green- 

 ish black; the two centre feathers slightly, the next on each side more 



