PROCEEDINGS 



MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



FllIDAV. Hril iS^OVEMBER, 1913. 



The Rev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., D.Sc, F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 

 A. A. Hinckley was elected a member of the Society. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. " Note on Haliotis sieboldii, Reeve." By E. A. Smitli, l.S.O. 



2. "Condensation of Moisture within and on glass specimen tubes." 

 By B. B. Wood\var<l, P.L.S. 



3. " On Testacella maugei in Cornwall." By L. St. G. Byne, M.Sc. 



Mr. A. S. Kennard, F.G.S., exhibited a specimen of Helix pisana 

 which had been raised by him in his garden with others from immature 

 specimens received from Staff-Sui'geon K . H. Jones, who had collected 

 them in Malta. Being originally of a pale yellowish colour, the 

 additions made to the shell by the animal exhibited the normal 

 blackish markings and banding of typical H. pisana, the contrast 

 between the new and the old growtli being very marked. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



FkIDVY, VlTll DiX'KMBKR, 1913. 



The Rev. A. H. CoOKE, M.A., D.Sc, F.Z.H., President, in the Chair. 



Junius Henderson and Major K. C. rreeiuau were elected members 

 of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from New Caledonia, 

 Japan, and other localities." By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S. 



2. " A Synopsis of the Family Venerida?." Part I. By A. J. 

 Jukes-Browne, F.R.S. 



3. " Description of new species of land and marine shells from the 

 Montebello Islands, Western Australia." By H. B. Preston, F.Z.S. 



4. "The Cliiton Fauna of the Kerniadec Islands." By Tom 

 I re dale. 



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