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Exhibits were placed on the table by the following :— 
F. G. Bridgman: A series of specimens of Oliva erythrostoma, Lam., 
O. tremulina, Lam., and O. nobilis, Rve. The validity of separating 
these species was called in question in view of the instability of the 
shell characters. 
E. A. Smith: Some supposed new species of shells from the 
Maldive Islands. These shells form part of the collections made by 
Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, and are the first important series of marine 
shells received from these islands. Particular attention was called to 
a small species of Janira. 
Rey. R. Ashington Bullen: A series of specimens of Cyprea 
tigris, Linn., from “Mombasa, showing colour variation. Specimens of 
flygromia montivaga, West., a Lusitanian form, from the Pleistocene 
in Cornwall. The shells were found beneath prehistoric graves at 
Harlyn Bay: the nearest locality for the living shell is Spain and 
Portugal. 
Dr. W. T. Blanford and E. R. Sykes: Specimens in illustration of 
their papers. 
ORDINARY MEETING. 
Fripay, 9TH January, 1903. 
E. A. Smiru, F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 
Miss Lettice Digby and the Rev. William H. Webster were elected 
to membership of the Society. 
The following communications were read :— 
1. ‘Note on the dates of publication of J. E. Gray’s ‘ Catalogue 
of Pulmonata . .. inthe . . . British Museum, Pt I,’ 12mo, 
1855, and of A. Moquin-Tandon’s ‘ Histoire naturelle des Mollusques 
terrestres et fluviatiles de France,’ 2 vols. 8vo, 1855.’ By B. B. 
Woodward, F.L.S. 
2 On Ammonites robustus (R. Strachey, MS.), H. F. Blanford, 
from the Himalaya.” By G. C. Crick, F.G.S. 
3. “On the renal organs of Nucula nucleus, Linn.” By R. H. 
Burne, B.A., F.Z.S. 
Exhibits were placed on the table by the following :— 
F. G. Bridgman: Some varieties of Oliva irisans, Lam., and 
O. maura, Lam. 
K. R. Sykes : Specimens of Akera bullata, Miill., showing extreme 
variation in size. The largest specimens came from the west coast of 
Treland, the intermediate size from the English Channel, and the 
smallest from off Norway. 
R. H. Burne: An oyster attached to the carapace of a crab. 
