36 THE :MALAC0L0GICAL society ok LONDON. 



on its death or departure the mantle gradually closes up the injury 

 and returns to a normal deposition. I append rough sketches show- 

 ing the appearance of the shell with the notches and interrupted striae 

 of growth. 



THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Feb. ()t/i, 1S94. — Dr. Hy. Woodward, F.R.S., in the chair. 



The Report and Balance-sheet for 1893 were submitted and 

 adopted, and the Officers and Council for the ensuing year 

 elected. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — 

 Baron Jules de Guerne, R. J. L. Guppy, J. H. Hart, Dr. H. 

 Simroth, and Bryant Walker. 



The following communications were read . — " On the Land 

 Shells of W. Australia and the neighbouring Islands," by E. A. 

 Smith, F.Z.S. ; " Description of new Chinese Chiusilue,'' by 

 Dr. O. Boettger and B. Schmacker. The original collection 

 of Shells formed by Linne was on exhibition. 

 March ()th, 1894. — Dr. Hy. Woodward, F.R.S., in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society :— 

 Prof. R. Tate, C. Quaife, Dr. J- C. Verco. 



The following communications were read: — -"On the value 

 oi Ancylaslricin,'' by Charles Hedley, F.L.S. ; " Revision of the 

 British Eocene Cephalopoda^^'' by R. Bullen Newton and G. F. 

 Harris, F.G.S. ; " Description of new Chinese C/ausUice,'' 

 (Part 2), by Dr. O. Boettger and B. Schmacker; "On the 

 South African Polyplacophora,'' by E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S. 

 April \T,(h, 1894. — W. H. Hudleston, M.A., F.R.S., in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — 

 D. J. Adcock, E. W. Bowell, A. H. Christie, S. C. Clapham, 

 R. F. Damon, Major-Gen. L. Tripe. 



The following communications were read : — " Notes on 

 the variation and habits of Sc/iizoglossa novoseelandica^'' by 

 R. Murdoch; "Descriptions of Marine Shells from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hong Kong ; " " Note on Verticordia ebiirtiea ; 

 of which V. optima, recently published, is a synonym," by 

 G. B. Sowerby, F.Z.S. ; " Note on jVa/ica sordida," by H. K. 

 Jordan ; Notes on Buccinum unaatiim, by H. K. Jordan, 

 G. W. Chaster, G. F. Harris, and E. R. Sykes. 

 May wth, 1894. — Dr. Hy, Woodward, F.R.S., in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — 

 T. H. Haynes, W. L. S. Loat, Rev. G. F. Whidborne. 



