300 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, 14te May, 1897. 



Lieiit.-Col. n. H. GoDwiN-AusTEX, F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected to membersliip of the Society : Miss J. 

 Donald, Kcnry Woods. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "Descriptions of new species of Land-shells from New Guinea 

 and neighbouring islands." By E. A. Smith, F.Z.S. 



2. "Description of Achatina Studleyi, a new species from Old 

 Calabar, AVest Africa." By J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S , and 

 J. H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S. 



3. " Revision of the New Zealand Trochidoe." By H. Suter. 



On behalf of Mr. Sowerby was exhibited a brightly coloured 

 specimen of Pecten islandicus, Chemn., supposed to be from Iceland. 



Mr. E. E,. Sykes exhibited the types of thirteen species of non- 

 marine Hawaiian MoUusca, kindly lent for exhibition by Mons. Ancey. 



Specimens in illustration of the papers read were also exhibited. 



A note, illustrated by figui'es, was read on behalf of Mr. E. W. 

 Bowcll, calling attention to the variation in the dart, mucous glands, 

 and radula, of the so-called Helice-Ua virgata, Da Costa, and pointing 

 out the possibility of the specific distinction of this species from 

 II. variabilis, Drap. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, 11th Jttxe, 1897. 



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



The following communications were read: — 



1. "On a further collection of Slugs from the Hawaiian Islands." 

 By W. E. Collinge, F.Z.S., etc. 



2. "Description of Plecotrema Si/kesi, a new species from Karachi." 

 By J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 



3. "Notes on some New Zealand Flammulina, with the description 

 of F. Ponsonhiji, n.sp." By H. Suter. 



4. "Preliminary Diagnoses of new non-marine Shells from the 

 Hawaiian Islands." Part II. By E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., etc. 



Mr. J. E. S. Moore exhibited a series of MoUusca collected by 

 himself in Lake Tanganyika. 



Sjjccimens were also exhibited in illustration of the communications 

 made to the Society. 



