250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETr. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



By R. H. Burne : Tracks made by a snail (^Helix aspersa) when 

 feeding on a lichen-covered piece of wood. 



By E. 11. Sykes : A large series of varieties of Nerita Rumphii, 

 Eecluz. 



By Mr. A. S. Kennard : Common land-shells {Helix axpersa, 

 H. arhcstorum) taken from crevices in the lower parts of a Koman 

 wall. The specimens were found two feet below the surface of 

 the ground. 



OBITUARY NOTICES. 



Thomas George Bond Howes, LL.D., D.Sc, F.R.S., who ably 

 officiated as President of this Society during the years 1895 and 1896, 

 died on February 4th last, at his residence at Chiswiek. aged 57. 

 Professor Howes, although not a specialist as a malacologist, had 

 a considerable knowledge of the general anatomy of Mollusca, so that 

 in this respect he was always of great service in the discussion of 

 such anatomical subjects as came before the meetings of the Society. 

 The able reviews of the current work on malacology which he 

 delivered, as presidential addresses, will be well remembered by all 

 those who were present on those two occasions, or who have since 

 read them, as masterly compositions, teeming with information and 

 instructive criticism, and which must have entailed enormous labour 

 and research. 



The greater part of Professor Howes' scientific career was passed at 

 the Royal College of Science under his beloved master Huxley, after 

 whose death he was appointed in 1895 Professor of Zoology. He 

 also held many other scientific appointments. At one time he was 

 Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy at St. George's Hospital Medical 

 School. He was also a Vice-President and Member of the Council of 

 the Zoological Society, honorary secretary of the zoological section of 

 the Linnean Society, President of Section D of the British Association 

 at Belfast in 1902, Examiner in Zoology to the University of London 

 and other institutions, honorary member of the New Zealand Institute, 

 corresponding member of the New York Academy of Science, etc. In 

 1897 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. 



