202 PEOCEEDINOS OF THE MAL.VCOLOGICAL SOCIETy. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



FiUDAY, January llrii, 1895. 



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



The following were elected Members of the Society : Charles 

 Stanley Bell Cox, Mons. Pasquali. 



Mr. W. Crouch and Mr. H. Groves were appointed Auditors. 

 The following papers were read : — 



1. " On a collection of Land-Shells made by Mr. I. Kubary in 

 German New Guinea," by 0. F. von Mollendorff, Ph.D. 



2. " Descriptions of four new species of Engina and a new species 

 of Lefrancia,'' by J. C. Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 



3. "Notes on the anatomy of Natalina Trimeni, Melv. and Pons.," 

 by S. Pace. 



4. " Review of the genus Plecotrema,'" by E. R. Sykes, B. A., F.Z.S. 

 On behalf of Dr. Mollendorff the typos of the new species described 



in his paper were exhibited by the Secretary. 



Mr. J, H. Ponsonby also exhibited specimens illustrating Dr. 

 Mollendorff's paper. 



Mr. G. F. Harris exhibited some Russian Tertiary Mollusca. 



Mr. G. B. Sowerby exhibited specimens of Conus splendidulm, Sow., 

 and C. Coxianus, Sow. ; also specimens of Lima excavata, Fabr., from 

 Norway, one measuring 6 J x 5 inches. 



Mr. S. Pace exhibited specimens of Columbella and a turreted 

 monstrosity of Planorbis nKtrffinatus, Drap., from Rochdale ; also, on 

 behalf of Miss Birley, specimens of Columbella rust/ca, L., and Amycla 

 eorniculum, Olivi, and a piece of the matrix from a raised beach at 

 Sta. Catalina, Grand Canary. 



Mr. E. R. Sykes exhibited nineteen species of marine shells from 

 a raised beach at Portland, and a sinistral Gibbm Lyonetianus^ Pallas ; 

 also, on behalf of Dr. Chaster, photographs of Xylophaga. 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited a British bivalve, Lucina spinifera, 

 Mont., fi-om deep water in the Indian Ocean. 



Mr. Da Costa exhibited Helix Maclayana, Braz., H. Foullicyi, 

 Le Guil., H. Kubaryi, Mldli., and a new species, from German New 

 Guinea; H. Hercules, Smith, and H. Goldiei, Braz., from British 

 New Guinea; and Paryphanta Hochstetteri, Pfr., from New Zealand. 



Mr. T. H. Haynes exhibited a young specimen of Meleagrina found 

 inside a living adult, with a pearl attached to the outside of one valve. 



