1840.J 



On certain Meteorological Phcsnomena^ ^c. 



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Length about 2 inches, width 6 lines. 



This is more like the recent T . subulatwn than the fossil T.fusiforme. 

 Loc. Soomrow. 



Olioa Pupa. Elongated, siibcylindrlcal, with a produced pointed 

 spire, a broad smooth band at the base, and a slightly-plaited callus on 

 the coluiPxella. Length 1 inch 9 lines, width 8 lines. 



Loc. Soomrow. 



Conus hrevis. Short- conical ; spire flat, with a produced apex marked 

 Avith 4 concentric striae decussated by the lines of growth ; base orna- 

 men ed with several small, rather distant ridges. Height 1^ inch, 

 diameter 1 inch. 



Imperfect specimens are found, more than double the above diameterc 

 Loc. Soomrow. 



Cr>nus mili'aj'is. Conical, elongated, slightly contracted towards the 

 edge of the spire, coloured by many triangular spots arranged in zigzag 

 rows ; spire flat, upper surfaces of the volutions concave ; base nearly 

 smooth. Height 1^ inch, diaaieter 11 lines. 



This shell and the following retain traces in a remarkable manner of 

 the origina' colouring. 



Loc. Soomrow. 



C(mas catenulatus. Conical, elongated, coloured with transverse rows 

 of white spots upon a dark groun l— spire flat, elevated in the middle, 

 concentrically striated, mottled with white, the edge sharp ; the base 

 obscurely furrowed. Length i| inch, width 8 lines. 



Loc. Soomrow. 



Conns ma. giiiatus Conical, much elongated ; spire conical, short, 

 surrou;ided by an obtuse ridge from its base to its apex ; base of the 

 shell striated. Length 1| inch, width 8 lines. 



Loc. Soomrow. 



IX. — On certain Meteorological Phcenomena in the Ghats of IVesterji 

 India*— By Col. Svkes, F. R. S. 

 In the proceedings of the Physical Section at the meeting at New- 

 castle, the incidental mention of the annual fall of very many feet of 



• From the Report of the Niath Meeting of the British Associatioa for the Advance^ 

 ment of Science for 1839. 



