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Show 1885.] ON N E W SHELLS O F T H E G E N U S B U L I M I N U S . 23 little more than half as long as the inner toe ; a very distinct outer metatarsal tubercle. Skin slightly warty ; glandular lateral fold not very prominent. Brown above, with blackish spots on the back and flanks; a canthal band, a large temporal spot, a streak bordering the upper lip, an elongate spot on the inner side of the humerus, a large V -shaped mark between the eyes, a A -shaped mark on suprascapular region, and regular cross bars on the limbs, blackish ; lower surface whitish (in spirit), the sides of the throat dotted with blackish. Male with two internal vocal sacs. The vomerine teeth, in the unique specimen, are rather indistinct, but resemble those of R. temporaria, millim. From snout to vent 58 Head 20 Width of head 22 From eye to nostril 4 From nostril to end of snout 4 Diameter of the eye 6 Interorbital space , 25 Diameter of the tympanum 4 From eye to tympanum 2 Fore limb 36 Hand 15 Hind limb 116 Tibia 36 Foot 33 First toe 6-5 Inner metatarsal tubercle . . , 3*5 4. O n five new Species of Shells of the Genus Buliminus from the Levant, collected by Vice-Admiral T. Spratt. By Dr. O. BOETTGER. [Received December 4, 1884.] The shells now described were collected under the same circumstances as those described by me in a former paper, published in the Society's 'Proceedings' for 1883 (p. 324). 1. BULIMINUS (MASTUS) UNIUS, n. sp. Char. Differt a Bui. pusio, Brod., t. majore, anfr. 6 nee 5| striatulis, striis ad suturam non impressis, apert. tuberculo angulari trans-verso distinctissimo instructa et columella distinctius plicato-Alt. 13, diam. min. 7|, maj. 8 mm.; alt. apert. 6|, lat. apert. 5\ mm. Hab. Unia insulam. Obs. Simillimus Bui. (Mastus) pusio, Brod., insularum Syra, Tino |