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Lima Zealandica, (fig. la, ib), New Zealand. Distinguished by a 

 broad concave lunulC; forming a straight outline to one side 

 of the shell, terminating in an abrupt angle. 



Its nearest allies are Z. paucicostata, Sow. from the Red 

 Sea and L. multicostata, Sow., from Australia. A New Zea- 

 land pliocene fossil comes still nearer. All hitherto known 

 species (except L.fasciata) are entirely white; a variety of this 

 species has the ribs of a reddish brown. 



'Cardmm ornatum, (fig. 2), Hong Kong. A small species with 

 conspicuously noduled ribs, and ornamented with distant red 

 spots. 



THE 'VALOROUS' EXPEDITION. 



Reports by 



Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr. Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S, 



[From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol xxv, No. 173.] 



Tliis report is marked with the usual care and labour, which 

 the learned author, invariably bestows upon his work. 



The part taken up with the Mollusca fills 25 pages, and is 

 divided into a narrative and tabular account of the results ; the 

 former of which contains a history of the Scientific exploration of 

 the deep sea in the North Atlantic and Arctic Seas. 



There is an interesting account of the synonymy of Liitorina 

 rudis. The only land shell obtained at Godhavn was Vitrina 

 pellucida from among moss, at the sides of small streams formed 

 by the melting ice. 



In paragraph 10, is the only allusion that is made; and that, in 

 the most brief manner possible, to the imminent peril in which 

 not only the scientific results of the expedition was placed, but also 

 th e lives of the explorers, when the ship strandedon a sunken reef 

 of rocks, about ten miles from Holsteinberg, which had not been 

 laid down on the chart. Whilst the ship was undergoing repairs. 



