240 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



On the motion of Mr. "W. M. "Webb, seconded by Mr. A. S. Kennard, 

 the above was adopted as the Annual Report of the Society. The 

 following were elected as the Officers and Council for the year 1897 : — 



President. — Lieut. -Col. H. H. God win- Austen, F.R.S., etc. 



Vice-Presidents. — Prof. Gr. B. Howes, Sec. L.S., etc.; J. Cosmo 

 Meh-ill, M.A., F.L.S., etc.; Kev. R. Boog Watson, LL.D., 

 F.Z.S., etc. ; Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S., etc. 



Treasurer. — G. F. Harris, F.G.S., etc. 



Secretcmj.—^. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., etc. 



.Editor.— B. B. Woodward, F.L.S., etc. 



Six other Ilembers of Council. — S. I. Da Costa ; H. W. Monckton, 

 F.L.S., etc. ; R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S., etc. ; E. A. Smith, 

 F.Z.S., etc. ; G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S., etc. ; Lieut.-Col. W. 

 Wilmer. 



The retiring President delivered an address, in which he dealt witli 

 the progress of Malacology during the past year. 



The following motion, proposed by Dr. Woodward, and seconded by 

 Mr. Da Costa, was passed unanimously: "That a vote of thanks be 

 given to the President for his address ; and that the address be printed 

 in extenso in the ' Proceedings ' of the Society." 



Votes of thanks were passed to the Retiring Officers, Auditors, and 

 Scrutineers. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 Feiday, 12Tn Febeuaky, 1897. 



Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., etc. President, in the Chair. 

 The Rev. E. G. Alderson was elected a member of the Society. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 Feiday, 12th Maech, 1897. 



Lieut.-Col. H. II. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected to membership of the Society : R. A. 

 Bullen, Adrien Dollfus, W. A. Herdman. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. "On the Dentition of the Pupidte." By the Rev. Professor 

 H. M. Gwatkin. 



2. " Notes on some Type-specimens in the British Museum." By 

 E. A. Smith, F.Z.S., etc. 



3. " Note on Mitra obscura, Hutton." By H. Suter. 



4. " Descriptions of some new Helicoid and Operculate Land-shells 

 from Ceylon." By E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., etc. 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited specimens of Sitala Parral-porensis, Pfr., 

 from Africa, and remarked that the species was originally described by 

 Pfeiffer as Melix JJarraJqmrcnsis, from Barrakpore. It had since been 



