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“ All these tortoises belong to a group of gigantic land- 
tortoises, characterized by a flat skull (type Testudo plat if ceps 
of Gray), and by a dilated (not vertically compressed) sym- 
physeal bridge between the foramina oUuratoria. 
“ The Rodrigues species is distingued by very slender ver- 
tebrte and leg-bones, and by having the nevral arch of the 
sixth cervical vertebra perforated by a pair of large foramina. 
This species I have named T. Hodericensis. 
“ Among the remains from the Mauritius two species can 
be readily distinguished: — 
* One appears to have been the more common ; it has 
three serrated dental ridges along the lower jaw, a peculiarity 
hitherto unknown among recent land-tortoises ; for this spe- 
cies I propose the name Testudo triserrata. 
“ The other is but sparingly represented and distinguished 
by comparatively much thicker and shorter bones of all the 
limbs, I distinguish it by the name Testudo inept a. 
3. Une lettre du Dr. Hooker repoudant a la demande 
qui lui avait etc faite par le Secretaire, de boutures et de ceps 
de vigne pour etre distributes a Maurice. 
Le Dr Hooker repond qu’il s’en occupera et qu’il les cn- 
verra probablement en jNovembre prochain. 
4. Une lettre de M. L. Estourgies — accusant reception 
du 7me volume des Transactions dc la Societe — de sa part et 
de celle de M. Quetelet, Secretaire de TAcademie ltoyale de 
Belgique. M. L. Estourgies donne quelques details sur les 
relations qu’il desire etablir entre notre Socicte et d autres 
Societes de Bruxelles, — et pailed’une Exposition defleurs 
ui a e u lieu a Gaud, et qui, dit-il, a eclipse tout ce qui s’est 
YU jusqu’ici en Europe. La vente des flours dans l'espace de 
