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wards. Of them about 20 are not included in Loveu's Index of the 

 shells of West Scandinavia, and six or eight are supposed to be entirely 

 new; 159 have been found in the British seas, 83 extend to the north- 

 coast of Spain, and 69 range as far south as the Mediterranean. Of 

 the 70 species common to Britain, but not extending to the north 

 coast of Spain, 45 are only found in the more northern of our seas, 

 or in an arctic patch near the south coast of Ireland ; and of the 83 

 species ranging to the south of the Bay of Biscay, about 40 per cent, 

 disappear northward before reaching the province of Fiumark. Of 

 Echinodermata, as well as of Crustacea, Sponges and Zoophiles, I 

 have not yet received a particular report from the parties to whom I 

 entrusted them for examination, but am assured that they contain 

 species of great interest. Of land MoUusca we only saw three species, 

 viz. : Helix arhustorum, H. fulva, and another small snail, I think 

 H. crystallina : the first by far the most common, and extending 

 to Finmark. 



I may mention, for the guidance of collectors, that I had been recom- 

 mended Glycerine mixed with water, as a good medium for the preser- 

 vation of animals in a soft state, as it possessed the peculiar advantage 

 of retaining their colour, but I did not find it to answer in general, the 

 animals decomposing in it, except the Crustacea, and many even of 

 them came to pieces. 



Meetings held on the 7th of January, 1856. 



ROBEET M'ANDREW, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Extraordinary Meeting : The resolution of the 10th ult. was 

 confirmed. 



Sixth Ordinary Meeting : The President, in conformity with a 

 resolution of the Council, called the attention of the Society to the loss 

 which they had sustained in the death of Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., 

 and submitted an address of condolence to the family, drawn up at the 

 request of the Council by the Secretary : — " That tliis Society having 

 received from the President the announcement of the death of 

 Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., desire that an expression of their pro- 



