180 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIEir. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Fkidat, 11th December, 1896. 



Mr. E, A. Smith, F.Z.S., etc., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected to membersliip of the Society : Charles 

 E. Beecher, W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., etc., Oliver Collett, Alexis Pavlow. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. "On the discovery of a Recent Species of ArcojJernay By 

 Professor R. Tate, F.L.S., etc. 



2. " Descriptions of new species of Endodonta and Flammulina from 

 New Zealand." By R. Murdoch. 



3. "Notes on a collection of Marine Shells from the Andaman 

 Islands, with descriptions of new species." By J. Cosmo Melvill, 

 r.L S., etc., and E. R. Sykcs, F.Z.S., etc. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Mehall exhibited the type of Cyprcea Rmlileighana, 

 Melvill, and also specimens in illustration of his joint paper with 

 Mr. Sykes. 



Professor Tate exhibited a specimen of a recent species of Arcoperna, 

 for which he proposed the name A. recens. 



Mr. Sykes exhibited a notebook that had been kept by the Rev. 

 John Revett Sheppard ; also specimens of JYassa Kranssiana, Dkr , 

 showing the variations in the extinct and recent forms ; as well as 

 specimens in illustration of Mr. Murdoch's paper. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Fkiday, Sth January, 1897. 



Prof. G. B. Howes, Sec.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected to membership of the Society : C. "W". 

 Johnson and H. A. Pilsbry. 



Mr. "W. Crouch and Dr. H, Woodward were appointed to audit the 

 accounts of the Society. 



1. "Notes on the genus Euplecta of Semper, with descriptions of 

 supposed new species from Ceylon." By Lieut. -Colonel U. H. Grodwin- 

 Austen, F.R.S., etc. 



2. "Revision of the New Zealand Polyplacophora " By H. Suter. 



3. "A note on Nomenclature, with reference to the generic and 

 specific name of the shell usually called Achatinella lugubris, Chemn." 

 By E. R. Sykes, F.Z.S., etc. 



Mr. H. Fulton exhibited specimens belonging to Euplecta, 

 Cotieupleda, and allied genera ; also Cochlostyla lividocincta, Semper, 

 and other species of the genus, from the Philippine Islands. 



Mr. Sykes exhibited Polyplacophora in formalin, fi'om South 

 Australia; also Pholadidea and various nudibranchs in spirit, from 

 Plymouth ; and specimens to illustrate Colonel Godwin- Austen's 

 paper. 



