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  PROCEKDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  wliich, 
  although 
  not 
  definitely 
  localized, 
  "was 
  with 
  much 
  probability 
  

   of 
  correctness 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  Inferior 
  Oolite 
  of 
  Dorset. 
  

   The 
  fossil 
  Avas 
  among 
  the 
  largest 
  recorded 
  examples, 
  being, 
  although 
  

   imperfect 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  more 
  than 
  50 
  mm. 
  long. 
  

   The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  :— 
  

  

  1. 
  "Note 
  on 
  Triphora 
  smithi, 
  Sowerbv, 
  and 
  T. 
  gracilior. 
  Smith." 
  

   By 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  I.S.O. 
  

  

  2. 
  "Note 
  on 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Larva 
  of 
  a 
  Cestode 
  Worm 
  in 
  

   Polita 
  rogersi:' 
  \\\ 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Boycott, 
  :M.D., 
  F.K.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  "Note 
  on 
  Pholas 
  costulata, 
  Goodall." 
  By 
  the 
  Bight 
  Hon. 
  

   Lord 
  Walsin"ham. 
  

  

  OEDINAEY 
  MEETING. 
  

  

  Friday, 
  14th 
  April, 
  1916. 
  

  

  J. 
  E. 
  LE 
  B. 
  TOMLIN, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  James 
  Wintle 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  tlie 
  Society. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Boycott 
  exhibited 
  Plano)bis 
  from 
  a 
  pond 
  near 
  Badlett, 
  

   Herts. 
  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  colour 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  August, 
  

   1915; 
  some 
  small 
  pale 
  forms, 
  with 
  striae 
  more 
  marked, 
  were 
  their 
  

   progeny. 
  The 
  original 
  specimens 
  were 
  provisionally 
  referred 
  to 
  

   P. 
  Icevis 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  P. 
  albiis, 
  which 
  occurs 
  plentifully 
  in 
  

   neighbouring 
  ponds. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "Note 
  on 
  Holocene 
  Marine 
  Mollusca 
  from 
  the 
  Aran 
  Isles." 
  

   By 
  J. 
  R. 
  le 
  B. 
  Tomlin, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  of 
  Helicoid 
  Land 
  Shells 
  from 
  Wiak 
  

   Island, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Papuinay 
  By 
  H. 
  C. 
  Fulton. 
  

  

  3. 
  "Notes 
  on 
  the 
  family 
  Ampullariidae 
  (continued). 
  The 
  genus 
  

   Zatitstes." 
  By 
  G. 
  B. 
  Sowerby, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  4. 
  "On 
  two 
  editions 
  of 
  Dumeril's 
  Zoologie 
  Analgiiqiie.^^ 
  Jiy 
  

   T. 
  Iredale. 
  

  

  OEDINAEY 
  MEETING. 
  

  

  Friday, 
  12th 
  May, 
  1916. 
  

  

  The 
  Eev. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Cooke, 
  Sc.D., 
  F.Z.S., 
  Vice-President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Mollusca." 
  By 
  G. 
  B. 
  Sowerby, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Solander 
  as 
  a 
  Conchologist." 
  By 
  Tom 
  Iredale. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Misnamed 
  Tasmanian 
  Chitons." 
  Bv 
  Tom 
  Iredale 
  and 
  

   W. 
  L. 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  Ilev. 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Cooke 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Purpura 
  sticcincta, 
  

   Mart., 
  and 
  the 
  var. 
  textiliosa, 
  Lam., 
  ranging 
  from 
  Calouiidra, 
  Queens- 
  

   land, 
  to 
  Western 
  Australia 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  Tasmania, 
  Norfolk 
  Island, 
  and 
  

   New 
  Zealand. 
  !Many 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  recently 
  received 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  Verco, 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  whom 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  