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Proceedings of the 
rust-red; undersurface of the shoulder, centre of the abdomen 
and under tail-coverts sandy buff; irides light brown; bill and 
feet black. The female is similar in colour, but is destitute of the 
black on the lores and the red on the throat. 
Total length, inches; bill, eleven-sixteenths ; wing, 3| ; 
tarsi, 1. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
July 9, 1844. 
Description of a new species of Cytherea by Sylvanus Han¬ 
ley, Esq. 
Cytherea Diemenensis. C. testd oblongo cordatd, con- 
vexd, nitidiusculd, concentrice et obsolete sulcatd, carneo- 
fulvd; radiis angustis lunuldque lunceolatd, colore tinctis 
saturatiore; pube alba, strigis fiexuosis literata ; superjicie 
internd albida, radio fusco-purpureo obliqud, sub umbonibus 
ornat&i maryine integro. Long. 080 ; lat. 1 '20 poll. 
Hab. Van Diemen’s Land. Mus. Metcalfe. 
Easily to be distinguished from those allied to it in form by its 
internal ray. The hinge is that of the section Chione. 
Description of a new species of Triton by Lovell Reeve, Esq. 
Triton f.x a rat us. Trit. testd subtrigono-fusiformi, varici- 
bus duobus; spird elevato-turrita; anfractibus superni 
planissimo-angulatis, ad angulum subnodosis, transversim 
liratis, liris compressis, duplicatis, crenulatis, interstitiis 
excavato-sulcatis; albidd, fuscescente cceruleoque variit 
tinctd ; columelld albd , subrugosd; canali longiusculo; aper- 
turd rotundd; labro intus dentato. 
Conch. Icon. Triton, pi. 13. f. 50. a and b. 
Var. Testd nigricante-fuscd, albibalteatd. 
Hab. North coast of New Holland. 
This is a very characteristic species, with the transverse ridges 
standing out in bold relief, and the upper part of the whorls pecu¬ 
liarly flat and indented at the sutures. 
