PROCEEDINGS OF TDE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 49 



Secretary. — (j. K. Gude, F.Z.S., 45 West Hill Road, Wandsworth, 

 London, S.W. 



Editor— E. A. Smith, I.S.O., F.Z.S., Natural History Museum, 

 Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 



Other Members of Council.— Hex. E. W. Bowell, M.A. ; llev. \l. 

 Ashiugton Bullen, B.A., F.L.8. ; H. B. Preston, F.Z.S. ; H. 0. N. 

 Shaw, F.Z.S. ; E. B. Sykes, B.A. ; J. R. Le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S. 



On the motion of Mr. C. P. Crick, seconded by Mr. B. H. Burne, 

 a vote of thanks was passed to the Retiring Officers and Members of 

 tlie Council, and to the Auditors and Scrutineers. 



ORDINAEY MEETING. 



Friday, Qth February, 1912. 



R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President delivered his annual address, entitled " On the 



Lower Tertiary Mollusca of the Fayum Province of Egypt", which 



was illustrated by some of the shells mentioned, including the types 



of several new species. Afterwards numerous views of the district in 



question, kindly provided by Dr. C. W. Andrews, were thrown on 



the screen. 



On the motion of Mr. B. B. Woodward, seconded by Mr. C. P. 

 Crick, a vote of thanks was passed to the President for his address, 

 and he was asked to permit it being printed in extenso. Dr. Andrews, 

 Avho had been in charge of the expedition and who brought the 

 fossils home, made some interesting observations. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 Friday, Sth March, 1912. 

 R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 

 ^Fr. H. C. Mapier was elected a member of the Society. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. "The Distribution and Habits of Alopia, a sub-genus of 

 Clausilia." By the Rev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., F.Z.S. 



2. " A Synopsis of the Recent and Tertiary Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca of the Californian Province." By H. Hannibal. 



3. "Note on the existence of two editions of Ferussac's Tableaux 

 Systeniatiqiies.''^ By M. Conolly. 



4. "Note on Pleurotoma {Clionella) hipartita, Smith." By E. A. 

 Smith, I.S.O. 



The Rev, A. H. Cooke exhibited ten specimens of Eremina 

 desertorum, forming part of a collection of forty taken by him 

 near Cairo in 1904, which had been placed in a tin box and 

 kept Avithout food until January last, when it was found that ten 

 individuals were still alive ; they were supplied with lettuce leaves 

 which, however, they would not touch, whereas some desert sand 

 was greedily devoured by them. Of these ten specimens seven had 

 since died, but the other three were still alive. 



