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NOTES. 

 Note on Helieoid Land Shells from the Canary Islands.— Mr. Jules 



Mabille, in a paper on the MolUisca collected by Mr. Buchet in tlie Canary Islands', 

 appears to have overlooked an article by the present writer.- Mr. Mabille states 

 that Hyalinia ccUaria, has hitherto only been found in Tenerife, Grand Canary, 

 and Hierro, whereas I recorded this species as having been collected also in the 

 island of Palnia by Colonel Parry, ffi/groiaia viultigranosa is stated to have been 

 collected in the living state by Mr. Buchet, the species having previously only been 

 known in the sub-fossil condition. Colonel Parry, however, forestalled this discovery, 

 as recorded by me in the introductory remarks to the same article. — G. K. GuDE. 



Note on the Asiatic Species of PhilomyCUS.— From an interesting letter 

 recently received from Professor Cockerell we quote the following, with the writer's 

 permission: — "Your treatment of the Asiatic PhiJomycus [see this Journal, p. 80], 

 is very interesting, but not really conclusive for lack of material. . . The 

 original bilineatus was from Chusan, nobody has ever seen the anatomy of it, and 

 the only way to be sure of bilineatus is to dissect a Chusan example. Of course the 

 Keferstein slug was confusa. I so stated in my paper. It is possible that the 

 Japanese slug with ribless jaw (always?) is not distinct, but on the face of things one 

 would suppose it to be a good species. Cannot you get leave to open the Chusan 

 and Japanese examples in the British Museum ? Also the Formosa one? I accept 

 your view that austral is is the Chinese slug very willingly, as it is virtually out of 

 the question for it to be a native of the Sandwich Isles, and nothing is more natural 

 than it should have been introduced from China." — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



15TH (ANNUAL) MEETING, December 8th, 1899. 



The President in the chair. 



New member elected : — Mr. li. Overton. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Treasurer's Statement were read and 

 adopted. 



The Secretary reported that as no amendments had been received to the 

 Council's nominations, the following would constitute the Council and Officers 

 for 1900: — 



President — Walter E. Colli nge. 



Treasurer — H. Howard Bloomer. 



Secretary — GuY Breeden. 



Other Members of Council — Messrs. H. Willoughby Ellis, F. J. Part- 

 ridge, Bromley Peebles, and G. Sherriff Tye. 



The President's Address was postponed until the February meeting. 



Exhibits. 



By the President : Specimens of Oncliiclium tumidium, Semp. , and Onehidina 

 australis, Semp., from Queensland, Oiichidiclla reticitlatum, Semp., and Onchidiuvi 

 dameli, Semp., from Sydney, also Onchidiuiii ambiguum, Semp., from Ponape. 



By Mr. Bloomer: Shells of Indian and South Tasmanian species of Cassis. 



1 Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1897 (8), ix, p. gi. 



2 Proc. Malac. Soc. LonJ., 1896, ii, p. 15. 



