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distinct separation of the colours of the upper and under surface, 
and by the absence of any enlargement at the base of the tail. 
Also a new Grallatorial bird, which lie named 
Fui.ica australis. Ful. capite collogue nigris ; supernb 
griseo-nigro, subtus fuliginoso ; iridibus rubris ; rostro 
cinereo-cceruleo ; vertice viridi-albo ; tarsis pedibusque 
griseis. 
Head and neck black ; all the upper surface greyish black ; 
under surface sooty black; irides bright red; bill light bluish 
grey; crown of the head greenish white; legs and feet French 
grey. 
Total length 14 inches; bill, 1|; wing, 8; tail, 2|; tarsi, 2^. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
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January 28, 1845. 
Sylvanus Hanley, Esq., read the following description of a new 
species of Australian shell belonging to the genus Artemis :__ 
Artemis scultta. Art. testd orbiculari-subquadratd, magi s 
minusve ventricosd, solidiusculd, incequilaterali, subnitidd 
sordidb albidd aut albido-lutescente (nonnunqnam pallidb 
litndo-fuscescente alboque marmoratd), concentrice sulcatd ■ 
striis radiantibus, sulcos confertissimos anticc (plerumque 
etiam postice) decussantibus sulcis medio subimbricatis , ad 
utramque extremitatem lamellosis ; margine ventrali subar- 
cuato ; dorsali postici! convexiusculo vixque dcclivi, antice 
retuso et paulb declivi; lunuld impressd, ovatocordatd; ared 
dorsali posticd nulld • natibus baud prominentibus. Long 
1*80; lat. 2 poll. 
Ind. Test., sup. t. 15. f. 42, 
Hab. Australia? Mus. Hanley, &c. 
The radiating lines are not always perceptible on the posterior 
side of the adult, and the concentric sulci in that case appear 
fimbriated. It is allied to subrosea of Gray. 
