﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  225 
  

  

  OEDINAEY 
  MEETING. 
  

   Feiday, 
  11th 
  Novembee, 
  1910. 
  

   E. 
  BuLLEN 
  Newton, 
  F.G.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

   The 
  following; 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  "Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Melaniidee 
  from 
  Goram 
  and 
  Kei 
  Islands, 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago." 
  By 
  H. 
  B. 
  Preston, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Psmnmobia.'^ 
  

   By 
  H. 
  H. 
  Bloomer, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Note 
  on 
  Triton 
  tessellatus, 
  Beeve." 
  By 
  Major 
  A. 
  J. 
  Peile, 
  B.A. 
  

  

  4. 
  " 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Animal 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Cleopatra.'''' 
  By 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  

   I.S.O. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Preston 
  exhibited 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cleopatra 
  ferruginea, 
  

   and, 
  C. 
  cingulata 
  from 
  British 
  East 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Crick 
  exhibited 
  twenty-two 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  imperfect 
  

   examples 
  of 
  either 
  the 
  alveolar 
  ends 
  or 
  the 
  infilling 
  of 
  the 
  alveolus 
  

   of 
  Belemnites 
  Oweni 
  from 
  the 
  Oxford 
  Clay 
  at 
  Eletton, 
  near 
  Peter- 
  

   borough, 
  each 
  being 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  Pelecypod 
  (^Nucula) 
  in 
  such 
  

   a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  bivalve 
  had 
  occupied 
  the 
  alveolus 
  of 
  the 
  

   Belemnite 
  guard. 
  The 
  specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  British. 
  Museum 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Ploughman, 
  who 
  stated 
  that 
  all 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  one 
  

   occasion, 
  and 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  bivalves 
  were 
  found 
  separately 
  in 
  the 
  clay. 
  

   From 
  the 
  fact 
  (1) 
  that 
  the 
  shells 
  did 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  parasitic 
  commensal 
  

   or 
  boring 
  molluscs; 
  (2) 
  that 
  tbey 
  were 
  usually 
  inserted 
  into 
  the 
  

   cavity 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  their 
  size 
  would 
  permit, 
  with 
  sometimes 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  posterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  towards 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   alveolus 
  ; 
  (3) 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  situated 
  below 
  the 
  position 
  which 
  

   the 
  soft 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Belemnite 
  would 
  occupy 
  ; 
  and 
  (4) 
  that 
  in 
  one 
  

   case, 
  at 
  least, 
  the 
  infilling 
  of 
  the 
  alveolus 
  contained 
  also 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  small 
  guard 
  of 
  another 
  Belemnite, 
  the 
  consensus 
  of 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  

   members 
  present 
  was 
  that, 
  not 
  withstanding, 
  the 
  frequency 
  of 
  their 
  

   occurrence, 
  they 
  were 
  accidentally 
  washed 
  into 
  the 
  alveoli 
  of 
  the 
  

   guards 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  Belemnites, 
  and 
  subsequent 
  detachment 
  

   of 
  their 
  soft 
  parts 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  portion, 
  or 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole, 
  of 
  the 
  phragmocone. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  Ashington 
  Bullen 
  exhibited 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Area 
  with 
  

   irregular 
  pearl-like 
  growths 
  inside; 
  Crepidula 
  sp., 
  found 
  in 
  guano 
  

   from 
  Arica 
  ; 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  Clausilia 
  parvula, 
  Hijgromia 
  hispida, 
  

   Martmannia 
  patula, 
  and 
  Pupa 
  quadridens, 
  all 
  from 
  Bosamadour, 
  Lot, 
  

   France 
  ; 
  a 
  dwarf 
  form 
  of 
  Relicigona 
  lapicida, 
  from 
  Cauterets, 
  Hautes 
  

   Pyrenees, 
  France, 
  alt. 
  5,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  OEDINAEY 
  MEETING. 
  

  

  Feiday, 
  9th 
  Decembee, 
  1910. 
  

  

  E. 
  Bullen 
  Newton, 
  F.G.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Annandale, 
  The 
  Superintendent, 
  Indian 
  Museum, 
  Calcutta, 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Fritz 
  Haas, 
  A. 
  W. 
  Rogers, 
  M.A., 
  D.Sc, 
  G. 
  H. 
  Tipper, 
  A. 
  F. 
  

  

  Bassett 
  Hull, 
  and 
  Henrick 
  Sell 
  were 
  elected 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  

  

  VOL. 
  IX. 
  — 
  MARCH, 
  1911. 
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