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6. Murex roseo-tinctus (fig. 6). M. testa oblongo-fusiformi, 

 pallide rosea, maculis roseis ornata, oblique tricostata, inter 

 costas medio crenulatim nodulosa ; costis elevatis, superne in- 

 ermibus striatis, ad caudam spinis subjimbriatis tribus parvis 

 armatis ; cauda lata, costata ; spira elongata. 



Hob. Philippines. 



Resembling M. trigonulus, 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 duabus 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 oblonga, tuberculis 

 parnis, acutis, distantibus coronata, medio et infra alternatim 

 striata, prope angulum subrotunda, fusco-nigrescente, maculis 

 cordiformibus rubescentibus, et alteris albis ad angulum, prope 

 medium, et infra medium fasciatim dispositis ornata. 



Hab. - . ? 



There is a semitransparent 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 oblongo-conica, nitida, solida, 

 imperforata, sublcevigata, fulvo-rufescens. Ultimus anfractus 

 in medio pallescens et ventricosus ; superne late, haud autem 

 profunde, concavus ; inferne lente declivis, et sulco lato, qui 

 partem fere quartam superjiciei segregat, incisus : cingulum 

 siphonale planum cum cingulo basali vix convexiusculo confuens. 

 Spira product a tertiam partem longitudinis testae implet ; an- 

 fractus ejus 4 haud humiles infra suturam conspicuam et pro- 

 fundam retusi sunt, supra earn couvexi ; apex obtusus. Apertura 

 elliptico-acuminata (duos trientes longitudinis testae fere aequat), 

 postice callo columellari albo magno prominent e et angulato 

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

 tum, latiusculum. 



Long. If, lat. -J poll. 



Hab. Caffrariam. 



Mus. Hanley. 



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

 shell, which reminds one alike of BuUia and Ancillaria. The whorls 



