246 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOQICAL SOCIETT, 



Mr. A. S. Kennard exhibited vol. ii of the second edition of Ross' 

 Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, iu which the section 

 rekiting to shells, by Leach, contains diajrnoses of some genera and 

 species occurring as nomina nuda iu the first edition, both editions 

 bearing the date 1819. 



The Secretary, on behalf of Mr. Y. Hirase, exhibited part ii of 

 The Illustrations of a Thousand Shells, published by tlie latter in 

 Kyoto. The work, which is issued without text, contains numerous 

 exquisite figures reproduced from wood-blocks and coloured by hand. 



Mr. A. lleynell exhibited India proofs of the woodcut illustrations 

 to Broderip's article on the Conchacea in Knight's Penny Cyclopedia, 

 issued about 1833. 



