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oviduct and to the receptacular duct, this duct commences as 

 a dilated tuhe, narrowing until it expands to form the receptaculum 

 seminis, which organ is similar to that in A. empiricorum. The 

 oviduct is short and opens into the vestibule as a broad tube, thus 

 differing from both A. empiricorum^ Fer., and A. ater, L. 



THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



President : 

 H. WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents : 



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

 W. II. Hudleston, F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 

 Edgar A. .Smith, F.Z.S. 



Council : 



II. W. Burrows. \ W. Crouch, F.Z.S. 



G. C. Crick, F.G.S. j J. H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S. 



Rev. Canon Norman, M.A., G. B. Sowerby, F.Z.S., F.L.S. 



D.C.L., F.R.S. I B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F.R. M.S. 



Treasurer : Secretary : 



G. F. Harris, F.G.S. | F. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S. 



The first meeting of the above Society was held on Feb. 27 th, 

 at 67, Chancery Lane, London, W. H. Hudleston, F.R.S., in the 

 chair, when there was a large attendance. After the election of 

 officers, the following resolutions were submitted and carried : — 



1. That the Society be called " The Malacologieal Society of London.'' 



2. The annual subscription to be 10s. 6d., and the entrance fee 10s. 6d., 



this latter was suspended until the close of the year. 



3. The meetings to be held from November to June, on the second Friday 



in each month, at 8.0 p.m. 



The Council were requested to draw up the rules of the Society 

 and the same will be submitted at the next meeting, April 14th. 

 The membership of the Society is already over seventy. 



