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collection of Miss Saul, of Bow, near London, one in the 
Leyden Museum, and one, not in very good condition, in that 
of Dr. Prevost, of AlenQon. 
This cowry, the nearest approach to which is found in 
the small and common C. erosa (L.) of Indian seas, is so 
abundantly distinct from any other as to put all Darwinian 
laws of evolution at defiance. It is chiefly characterized 
from others of the same group in the subgenus Luponia by 
being larger — 2J inches long — of lighter build, and above 
all by the sulcate grooves at the base, the teeth being well 
developed on both sides, and of a dark orange red, extend- 
ing round the base of the shell in continuous furrows. 
It is reported, but on insufficient evidence, to be a native 
of China. No specimen is known by Europeans to be in 
the possession of any inhabitant of that, or in fact of any 
extra-European, country. There is certainly no specimen 
in any collection in the United States. 
It is probably an inhabitant of deep water. The shell is 
very light and fragile. No specimen however in fragmen- 
tary condition has been known to have been observed. 
This particular specimen, which is said to be the finest of 
the six in existence, I obtained through the agency of Mr. 
Damon, from Mr. Hugh Owen’s collection, where it had 
been located over twenty years, having previously been in 
the cabinet of M. de Yerreaux. 
“Lepidoptera of the Shetland Islands,” by Hastings 
C. Dent, C.E. 
I thought it might interest the members to see a few of 
the Lepidoptera of Shetland Islands, and have brought some 
which I obtained recently. In Entomologist, Nov. and Dec., 
1880, and Oct. and Dec., 1881, will be found full accounts 
of these insects, so I do not purpose to do more than call 
attention to two or three points. 
