418 Mr. A. Adams on Japanese Species lempijij (Ilovsf,), and its aflinod species, concurs with me in the propriety of bestinving a se])arate title on the species inhabit-ing tlie Western Ghauts of India. It is chiefly characterized by the ruddy ground-colour of its plumage, and the tarsal feathers being nearly, if not quite, immaculate. This and Scops fjriseus, Jerd., form two well-marked species, both dif-fering from Javan examples of E. leiujnji, (llorsf.), the first inhabiting the Western Ghauts, the second the Eastern, and also the forests in the vicinity of Maunbhoom, XLIX. — On some Species of Prohoscidiferotis Gasteropods ichich inhahit the Seas of Japan. By Artiiuu Adams, F.L.S., Staff-Surgeon, R.N. Since I published my paper, in the ' Journal of the Linnean Society' for 1863, on the species of Fusida3 which were found by myself in Japan, I have seen the elaborate work of Dr. Schrenck on the Mollusca of Amur-Land and the Seas of Northern Japan. He there figures a very fine species of Neptunea, a group which seems to have its headquarters in northeni seas, which he has named Buccinum pericochUon^ and which is very similar in form to the elegant shell named by Dr. Baird Chrysodornust ahidafus, from Vancouver's Island. Buccinum yessoensis, Schrenck, which I found in Aniwa Bay, in the island of Saghalien, belongs, I believe, to the genus Urosalpinx, recently established by Stimpson, as does also Eutkria hadia, A. Ad., from Tsus-Sima. The Fusus UneoJatus^ Dkr. {Buccinum Dunkeri, Kiist.), is a Cape species of Comi-nella, but is stated by Schrenck to be also found in Hakodadi Bay. In the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History' for March 1863, I described twelve species of Sij/konalia, a Fusoid genus which seems to represent Neptunea in the south of Japan. In the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 1862 the species of Muricidaj found in Japan are enumerated ; and in the 'Journal of the Linnean Society,' vol. vii., T have given a list of the species of Mitridai found by myself in Japanese waters. I now present the results of my j^ersonal knowledge of some other families of Proboscidiferous (xastero-pods which inhabit the seas of Japan. Fam. Tritoniidae. Genus Tritonium, Link. T. Saulifp, Rve. (Triton), Conch. Icon. Mon. Triton. Ilah. Tatiyama, Tsusaki, Takano-Sima, Bay of Yeddo.
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