2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Tlie following communications were read : — 



1. "A lievision of the Species of Cyclostrematidse and Liotiidae 

 occurring in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea." By J. Cosmo 

 Melvill, M.A. 



2. " Description of Cyclostrema Prestoni and Nansa TindalU, n.spp., 

 from Ceylon." By J. Cosmo Melvill, M.iV. 



3. (i) "On the Dates of Publication of J. D. Wilhelm Hartraann's 

 'Erd- und Siisswasser-Grasteropoden,' 8vo, St. Gallon, 1840." (ii) " On 

 some 'Feeding-tracks' of Gastropods." (iii) "Cement as a Slug- 

 killer." By B. B. Woodward, F.L.S. 



4. "APteropodAlias." («) By C. Hedley. (J) ByE. R. Sykes, B.A. 



5. " Descriptions of four new species of Marine Shells, probably 

 from Ceylon." By H. B. Preston 



6. "Description of a new species of Limnma from North-West 

 Australia." By H. B. Preston. 



The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen read a letter from Mr. Swanton 

 describing the exact locality in which the melanotic Helicigona 

 arhustorum shown by him at the last meeting was found. 



Mr. A. Reynell exhibited specimens of 0])eas with eggs in the 

 oviduct. 



Mr. A. S. Kennard exhibited the shell of a TestaceUa Ifaugei from 

 a holocene deposit at Porlock Weir. The position of the shell led 

 Mr. Kennard to regard it as native, and not a late importation. 



Mr. E. R. Sykes exhibited specimens of Cryptoplax driatus (an 

 Australian species) from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, January 12th, 1906. 



E. R. Sykes, B.A., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Henry Woodward and Mr. W. Bendall were appointed auditors. 

 Francis E. Adams, Louis A. Breun, and C. Montague Cooke, jun., 

 were elected members of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "On the Dates of Publication of C. L. F. von Sandberger's 

 * Die Land- und Siisswasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt,' 4to, Wiesbaden 

 (C. W. Kreidel), 1870-75." By B. B. Woodward, F.L.S. 



2. "On new species of Siphonaria, Terehra, and MnngiUa, and 

 a remarkable form of Cyprcea crxienta, from South Africa." By G. B. 

 Sowerby, F.L.S. 



3. " Critical remarks on certain forms of Chloritis, with descriptions 

 of twelve new species." By G. K. Gude, F.Z.S. 



4. "Notes on the Anatomy of South African Aplysiidse, with 

 descriptions of two new species." By R. H. Burne, B.A. 



5. " On Conus Waterhounem, Brazier, var.," and " On Vbluta 

 papulosa, Swainson, var." By Mrs. Kenyon. 



