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Long. 30, Diam. 15, Apert. 7 mill. This, the giant of its genus, is perhaps the most remarkable land-shell discovered during the voyage. It differs from all other Pupinae in having an unpolished surface. It was found in the South-East Island of the Louisiade Archipelago, under dead leaves chiefly about the roots of trees. Pupina thomsoni. Tab. 3 fig. 2. a, b.
Soon the medium appears, and after placing prepared betel-nut and lime on the animal, she squats beside it, dips her fingers into coconut oil, and strokes its side, then later dips a miniature head-axe into the oil, and again strokes the animal, while she repeats a diam.
We accordingly departed from Tambico about three o'clock, and halted for the night at Jeningalla near Bufra, or Kabatenda, where I formerly slept; my former landlord brought me a large calabash of milk. o " Mer. Alt. Tambico 166 56 0 Diam. 0 32 0 1/2 167 28 0 83 44 0 Zenith Distance 6 16 0 Decl. 20 9 0 Latitude 13 53 0 ======== May 22d. Halted at Jeningalla to purchase corn for our asses.
At some appointed place, rice, eggs, betel-nuts, and a large pig have been assembled, and to this spot the mediums go to conduct the rite known as Dawak. Before its conclusion a diam is recited over the pig, which is then killed and prepared for food. Meanwhile the chief medium beseeches the supreme being Kadaklan to enter her body.
The Saloko ceremony and the diam, which accompanies it, seem to indicate that this pole originated in connection with head-hunting; and its presence in the fields gives a hint that in former times a head-hunt may have been a necessary preliminary to the rice-planting. Sogáyob: A covered porch, which is built along one side of the house during the Sayang ceremony.
Testa profunde umbilicata, depresso-globosa, solida, striata, sub epidermide fulvo-alba, fasciis castaneis cingulata; spira sub-depressa, obtusa; anfractus 6 convexiusculi; apertura subcircularis; peristoma nigrum, expansum, margine basali reflexo, columellari dilatato, umbilicum subtegente. Diam. maj. 37, min. 27, alt. 25, mill.
To-day, when a person is afflicted, he summons a medium, the spirit-house is built, and then the following diam is recited over a rooster: When the recital is finished, the fowl is killed, and its blood mixed with rice is placed in nine dishes and one polished coconut shell. From these it is transferred to nine other dishes and one bamboo basket.
When the rice is ready to be stored, the Palpalaem ceremony is held in honor of the spirit of the granary. Vines and shrubs are tied to each supporting post of the granary and above the door, while a bit of sikag is also hidden inside a bundle of rice, which has been placed at each corner pole. Near one post is a small pig with its head toward the east, and over it the medium recites a diam.
Diam. maj. 24, min. 21, alt. 16, mill. This snail strikingly resembles some Illyrian forms. It has affinities with H. coriaria, a species said to be from Ceylon. It was taken under stones and about roots of trees in Dunk Island, on the North-East coast of Australia. Helix franklandiensis. Tab. 2 fig. 2. a, b.
In the Ostracoda, Zenker describes a gland situated in the base of the inferior antennae, and opening at the extremity of an extraordinarily long "spine." The adherent feet are retracted within the rather opaque anterior part of the shell. Pupa of Sacculina purpurea, magnified 180 diam.
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