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ORDINARY MEETING. 



Friday, 12th November, 1920. 



G. K. GuDE, F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " Note on Sphcerium nitidum, CL, a Siberian freshwater mussel 

 in Sweden." By Dr. Nils Hj. Odhner (communicated by B. B. 

 Woodward, F.L.S., etc.). 



2. " New Shells from Port Alfred (collected by Lieut.-Col. W. H. 

 Turton)." By G. B. Sowerby. 



3. " Oecological Notes." By Dr. A. E. Boycott, F.R.S. 



4. " Quelques rectifications de nomenclature concernant les 

 MoUusques de la Faune Palearctique." By Paul Pallary. 



Mr. E. E. Sykes exhibited Eackett's copy of Pulteney's Catalogue 

 of the Shells of Dorsetshire, containing a specimen of Eackett's 

 handwriting, and read the following note concerning it : — 



Some little while ago ^ Mr. Eeynell in discussing the origin of 

 the plates for the above work stated that the Eev. E. T. 

 Eackett's writing was apparently unknown.^ 



I have Eackett's own copy of the book, which is of some 

 interest on account of the following note in his writing, 

 opposite the title-page : — 



" The first impression of Dr. Pulteney's Catalogues, printed 

 in 1801, was never published, having been destroyed by the 

 fire at Mr, Nichols' printing office. To this second impression 

 I have been enabled to make considerable additions, by com- 

 munications from Dr. Maton, the iate Eevd. E. Binfield, the 

 Eevd. J. Jones, the Eevd. T. Trahearn, etc., and by my own 

 observations. See pp. 14, 23, 62, 101. 



June 1st, 1813. Thos. Eackett." 



Not only does this copy fix Eackett's writing, but it 

 raises a bibliographical point of some nicety with regard to 

 the dates to be quoted for the new names. 

 Col.'Peileexh.ihited alive sTpeciraenoiRacMshurnayi, Dohrn, from 

 Ibadan, S. Nigeria, collected by Mr. A. W. J. Pomeroy. 



On behalf of W. J. Wintle, F.Z.S., there was exhibited a series of 

 Mollusca from the Isle of Caldey, South Wales. It included 

 (1) Very large examples of Patella vulgata, one of which measures 

 66 X 57 mm., and is only surpassed by an example in the possession 

 of Hugh Watson, from Fair I., Shetlands, which is 70 X 63"5mm. 



^ Proc. Malac. Soc, xii, p. 43. 



^ Since Mr. Reynell's paper was read a note in Rackett's own handwriting 

 was found in the Linnean Society's copy of the work in question. This note 

 is practically identical with that in Mr. Syke's copy as far as " Trahearn ", 

 but dated " May 24, 1813 ". The date of the fire was 1808 ; 1801 was that of 

 Pulteney's death. — [Ed. Malac. Soc] 



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