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RlSSOINA CYLINDRACEA. 



T. minuta, cylindracea, alba subjpellucida, Icevi, poliia ; anfr. 5| 

 elongaiis ; apice obtuso, sutura marginata ; apertura pijriformi, 

 eversa, labro incrassato, labio inconspicuo. Long. 5, lat. 1^ mil. 



A small cylindrical form, differing from B. gertrudis, in being 

 entirely smooth, and highly polished without any signs of plaits. 

 The suture is margined, but the lip is inconspicuous with the 

 lower part of the aperture everted. Off Port Jackson, 45 

 fathoms. J. Brazier. 



EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Hector exhibited a series of 60 plates of the Fossil Flora 

 of New Zealand, photo-lithographed from drawings made by him. 

 He also gave a general account of the Stratified Rocks of New 

 Zealand as distinguished and related by the organic remains pre- 

 served in them. 



MONDAY, 26th November, 1877. 



W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney. 

 The Rev Dr. Forrest. 



James Hector, M.D., F.R.S., &c, of Wellington, New 

 Zealand. 



The Secretary reported that the Council had elected F. M. 

 Bailey, Esq., of Brisbane, to be a Corresponding Member. 



DONATIONS. 



Compte Rendu de la Soc. Entomologique de Belgique, Serie II., 



Nos. 41 and -42, by the Society. 

 H. Alleyne Nicholson's Ancient Life History of the Earth, and 



F. P. Pascoe's Zoological Classification, by Hon. W. Macleay. 

 Survey of Buller Coal Fields, New Zealand, by Dr. Hector. 



