may under proper regulations be rendered perma- 

 nently useful in aid of Geological studies by offering 

 the means of obtaining a corrected nomenclature, an 

 improved Classification, and, which is of great impor- 

 tance to Geologists, the comparative examination and 

 exact indentification both of recent and fossil species. 



In furtherance of these useful objects the Conductor 

 of this Magazine now puts aside a small cabinet, and 

 proposes to arrange in it, from time to time, such 

 illustrative objects as he may occasionally meet with, 

 merely as a nucleus, around which it is to be hoped, 

 a most valuable and useful Collection may in time 

 be formed; a Collection which will enable any 

 persons having access to it, to name at once and 

 with precision any malacological or conchological sub- 

 ject, recent or fossil they may possess, and in order 

 to render it more extensively useful the Conductor of 

 this Magazine would propose that it should be opened 

 in the most liberal manner to those persons who may 

 wish to consult it. 



Ladies and Gentlemen who may be disposed to aid 

 the object of the proposed Society are respectfully 

 informed that they may immediately begin to do so 

 by forwarding specimens or duplicates from their 

 Collections of recent or fossil shells, or mollusca 

 preserved in spirits — and it is requested that the lo- 

 calities as correctly as possible may be given. A 

 Catalogue of all such donations, together with the 

 name of the donor and the localities will be carefully 

 prepared and kept. 



