PiiOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETr. bo 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



Fkiday, 6th April, 1906. 



B. B, Woodward, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. S. Cousens was elected a member of the Society. 

 The following communications were read : — 



1. " On a species of the Land Molluscan genus Bijakia from Siam." 

 By Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. 



2. "Descriptions of new species of Land Shells from Peru and 

 Colombia and two new species of Ciirvella from the Philippine Islands." 

 By S. I. Da Costa. 



3. " Note on Swainson's genus Volutilithes." By R. Bullen Newton, 

 F.G.S. 



4. "Further remarks on the genus Chloritis, with descriptions of 

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



5. "On the occurrence of Vertigo parcedentata, Al. Braun, in 

 Holocene deposits in Great Britain." By A. S. Kennard and B. B. 

 Woodward, F.L.S. 



6. " On the name Pilsbnjella, von Ihering." By Dr. H. von 

 Ihering. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



By E. A. Smith, I.S.O. : An gxaraple of the rare * Bahylonicum ' 

 monstrosity of Neptunea antiqua ; a remarkablj^ large specimen of the 

 same species nine inches in length ; also a reversed example, together 

 with two similar reversed specimens shown on behalf of Mr. B. B. 

 Woodward and Mr. A. Keynell. 



By B. B. Woodward (on behalf of Dr. Chaster) : Specimens of 

 Jaminia triplicata, Studer, discovered by Dr. Chaster at Brandon, 

 Suffolk, in 1904. For an account of this new addition to the British 

 fauna see Chaster, Journ. of Conch., vol. xi, p. 319. 



By F. G. Bridgman : A copy of an old work on Natural History by 

 Philippo Bouanni, dated 1691, entitled " Observationes circa viventia, 



quae in rebus non viventibus reperiuntur His accesserunt 



aliquot Animalium Testaceorum Icones non antea in lucem editae." 



The second part of this work, pp. 308-335, gives an account of 

 a number of species of shells, illustrated by somewhat rough figures, 

 but sufficiently good in most cases for specihc recognition. 



