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Mr. Thompson at the same time hiicl before the Society a list con- 

 taining upwards of thirty species of land and freshwater Shells, new 

 to Ireland. It was stated that they had not appeared in any of the 

 three published Catalogues of the Shells of that country, nor, so far 

 as the author was aware, were they incidentally noticed elsewhere. 



A new species of Liinneiis, discovered in the South of Ireland by 

 AVilliam H. Harvey, Esq., was also described and characterized 

 under the name of L. invulutus. 



June 3. Read a Letter addressed to the Under Secretary, by W. Thomp- 

 son, Esq. of Belfast, giving an account of two specimens of Sterna 

 stolida, which had been shot off the coast of Wexford. 



Nov. 4. Read a Notice by William Thompson, Esq., of the minute fish 



Lepadogaster bimaculatui, Flem., having occurred to him in two 

 localities, when dredging on the north-east coast of Ireland. The 

 specimens, of which three were taken, were described in detail, and 

 the characters pointed out in which they did not correspond with 

 the published descriptions of the species ; the most striking differ- 

 ence being the want of the two lateral spots, whence the species had 

 derived its specific appellation. 

 1835. 

 Feb. \ ~. Read some accoimt of the habits of the Anolius buUaris of C'u- 

 vier. By Mr. Robert H. Schombnrgk. Communicated by the 

 Secretary. 



After a full description of the animal, which appears to be one of 

 the most common of the West Indian lizards, and is already well 

 known to naturalists, Mr. Schomburgk observes that the colours 

 are so variable as to be with difficulty determined ; the hue changing 

 with every degree of inflation of the body, from greenish grey with 

 pale longitudinal stripes, to a darkish brown or cinereous with irre- 

 gular spots, and at times to a uniform bright green. These changes 

 are most conspicuous and rapid when two males meet in combat, 

 at which time also the dorsal and caudal crest rises to an unusual 



