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civilisation, and have never, never, seen a Limax there. Only 

 when civilisation has invaded such solitudes, only in company with 

 introduced herbs, grasses, shrubs, &c, do the introduced Limax 

 appear. I pointed this out to Suter, who at once grasped the 

 significance of the fact and recorded it (Journ. de Couckyl., 1892, 

 xxiii., p. 252). If you rank the sparrow, thistle and Limax as 

 native to Australasia, the whole fabric of geographical distribution 

 is destroyed. 



I object to several sins of omission and commission in the 

 list. Mr. Cockerell has apparently accepted my correction [Ami. 

 Mag. N.JL., February, 1892) re megalodentes, and withdrawn his 

 reference of it to Aneitea. He has also followed me (P.L. S., 

 N.S.W. (2), v. p. 896) in reducing legrandi to agrestis. Under Icevis 

 he should have added my qneensla?idica, figured and described in 

 the Proc. Roy. Soc, Qland., vol. v., p. 150, pi. 5 ; which species is, 

 at Dr. Simroth's advice, withdrawn (P.L.S., N.S.W. (2), v. p. 897). 



Since Mr. Cockerell accepted my reference of legrandi to 

 agrestis, he might as well have taken my word for it that tasmanicus 

 is gagates ; maura is also gagates." — Charles Hedley, F.L.S., 

 Australian Museum, Sydney, Nov. 13th, 1893. 



[The above notes are extracted from a letter of Mr. Hedley's 

 with his sanction. — W.E.C.]. 



THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Nov. iot/1, 1893. — Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — 

 Prof. S. Brusina, Prof. Dr. O. Boettger, D. D. Baldwin, 

 J. E. Cooper, W. H. Dall, J. C. Hippolyte Crosse, and the 

 Rev. Prof. H. M. Gwatkin. 



The following communications were read : — " Descriptions 

 of twelve new species of Shells, chiefly from the Mauritius," 

 " Description of a specimen of Xenophora pallidula from the 

 Indian Ocean," " Description of three new species of shells 

 from the Indian Ocean," by G. B. Sowerby, F.Z.S. 



" Note on the possible acclimatization of Crepidula fornicata 

 in the British Seas," by B. Sturges Dodd. " On the alteration 

 of the Generic name C/ausi/ia," by G. F. Harris, F.G.S. 



" Notes on the British Chitons," by E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S. 



