PEOCEEDIN'GS OF THE MAXACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 81 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, February 9th, 1894. 



Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S., etc.. President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Members of the Society : — Baron Jules 

 de Guerne, R. J. Lechmere Guppy, J. H. Hart, Dr. H. Simroth, and 

 Bryant Walker. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On the Land-Shells of W. Australia and the neighbouring 

 Islands," by E. A. Smith, F.Z.S. 



2. "Descriptions of new Chinese Clausilice" (Part I.), by Dr. 0. 

 Boettger and B. Schmacker. 



By permission of the Council of the Linnean Society, Mr. J. E. 

 Harting exhibited and made some remarks upon the original collection 

 of shells formed by Linne, and catalogued in 1855 by Hanley. 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited a reversed specimen of Littorina Uttorea, 

 Linn. 



Mr. G. F. Harris exhibited specimens of Belosepia and Beloptera 

 from the Paris Basin. 



Mr. E. B. Sykes exhibited a collection of the British Rissoae. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, March 9th, 1894. 



Dr. H. "Woodward, F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Members of the Society : — C. Quaife, 

 Prof. Ralph Tate, and Dr. J. C. Verco. 

 The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the value of Ancylastrum,'''' by Charles Hedley, F.L.S. 



2. "Revision of the British Eocene Cephalopoda,''^ by R. Bullen 

 Newton, F.G.S., and G. F. Harris, F.G.S. 



3. "Descriptions of new Chinese Clausilim''^ (Part II.), by Dr. 0. 

 Boettger and B. Schmacker. 



4. " On the South African PohjplacopJwra,'''' by E. R. Sykes, F.Z.S. 



5. "Note on the variation and distribution of BuUmus ohlo7igus, 

 MiilL," by E. A. Smith, F.Z.S. 



Mr. S. J. Da Costa exhibited specimens of Cyclotus from Bogota, 

 and of Cyclostoma from Africa and Madagascar. 



Mr. Smith exhibited specimens of BuUmus ohlongus, Miill., in illus- 

 tration of his paper, and also a fine series of ten specimens of Conus 

 cedo-nulli, Hwass, from the collection of Sir R. Rawson. He described 

 the epidermis of these latter specimens as thin and of a pale olivaceous 

 colour, and cited the following as the distribution of this species : — 

 Dominica, Barbados (73 fathoms), Mastique, Cariacou, Grenada, Tobago, 

 Trinidad, Cura9oa, coast of Caraccas and Surinam. 



Mr. G. B. Sowerby exhibited specimens of Spondi/Ius. 



Mr. E. R. Sykes exhibited specimens of Chinese Clausilice and 

 Bolyplacopliora from South Africa. 



