288 ruOCEEDINGS OF THE M.VLACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



OKDINARY MEETING. 

 Feiday, May 10th, 1895. 

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

 Miss J. E. Lintcr was elected a Member of the Society. 



The follo\rinp; commimications were read : — 



1. "Notes on Troclionanina and other genera of Land MoUusca, 

 with reference to the generic position of Marienmi Mozamhlcensia, Pfr., 

 and other species." By Lieut. -Col. Godwin-Austen, F.ll.S., etc. 

 [See ante, pp. 281-7.] 



2. " Report on the Land and Frosh-watcr !Mollusca collected by 

 Mr. H. H. Smith at St. Vincent." By E A. Smith, F.Z.S., etc. 



3. "Note on the Anatomy of the LaiTa of the European Oyster." 

 By Martin F. Woodward. 



On behalf of Miss de Burgh there were exhibited specimens illus- 

 trating variation in ColumheUa mercatoria, Linn. 



Mr. S. I. Da Costa exhibited a collection of Gastropoda from Lake 

 Tanganyika and the Victoria ^N^yanza, 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited specimens in illustration of his paper. 



On behalf of Mr. C. S. B. Cox there were exhibited living specimens 

 of Ghndina from S. Italy. 



Mr. E. R. Sykes exhibited specimens of Achat inella variabilis, 

 Newc, and allied forms. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 Fkiday, June 14th, 1895. 

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

 Mons. Vignal was elected a Member of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "On some new species of British Eocene Gastropoda." By 

 R. Bullen Xewton, F.G.S., etc. 



2. " Report on the Land and Fresh-water Shells collected by 

 Mr. H. H. Smith at Grenada and the Grenadines." By E. A. Smith, 

 F.Z.S., etc. 



3. " Fterosoma, Lesson, claimed as a Heteropod." By Charles 

 Hedley, F.L.S., etc. 



4. "Notes on some Slugs from Algiers." By AV. E. CoUinge, 

 F.Z.S., etc. 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited specimens in illustration of his paper, 

 also a sinistral specimen of Succinea eJegans, Risso, from Eastbourne, 

 and a sinistral Patida strigosa, Gould, from S.W. Colorado. 



Mr. Burman Rosevear exhibited living specimens of BulimusohJongun^ 

 ^liill., from Barbadoes ; also specimens showing various stages of growth 

 in this species. 



Mr. 11. Bullen Newton exhibited specimens in illustration of his 

 paper. 



