lS8 JOURNAL OK CONCHOI.OGY, VOL. II, NO. 6, AI'RIL, I905. 



" Notes on Tapes,'" by the Rev. Canon Ilorsley. 



"International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature, adopted by the International 

 Zoological Congress." 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill : Species of Cassis and Casmaria, to illustrate the 

 Paper on that subject ; as well as certain uncommon forms, colour varieties, or 

 monstrosities of Cypraa :— (l) C. sukidentata Gray var. xanthochrysa Melv. , 1888. 

 A golden ochreous colour variety ; dorsal surface very faintly thrice-banded with 

 darker shade of the same hue ; originally in the collection of the late Rev. J. Smythe. 

 (2) C. tessellata Swn. A fine live specimen ; the dorsal and lateral blotches deep 

 blackish-brown. From the same collection. (3) C. crossei Marie. A monstrous 

 New Caledonian form of C. slolida L. , being rostrate, \% inches in length. (4) C. 

 cribraria L. var. exuioitthensis Melv., 1888. Two examples, one very finely 

 marked, from New Caledonia. (5) C. pynini Gmel. var. pelitiana Crosse and 

 Fischer. A dwarf variety, from New Caledonia. (6) C. caiirica L. Two ex- 

 amples, precisely similar, of a pellucent form, perhaps identical with var. pallida 

 Dautzenberg (Joiirn. de Conchyl., vol, 50, p. 317, 1902). Likewise four very 

 marked and hitherto unnoticed forms, especially a black variety of C. lynx L. 



By Rev. Canon J. W. Horsley : A fine series of varieties of Tapes aiirea and 

 T. decussata to illustrate his paper ; Helix aspersa var. undiilata, semi-transparent 

 and vividly marked, from the Paris market; also a shell ofi^. aspersa which had 

 been blown out to sea, and afterwards cast up again, encrusted with Seipiilce and 

 other marine growths. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A set of Anodoiita cygiiea, including a remarkable trun- 

 cated specimen almost square in shape ; and Unio pictoniin, illustrating growth 

 stages, all from New River, Cheshunt, Herts. 



By Mr. Bartlet Span : A fine group of thirteen specimens of Pleria hii undo 

 Scopoli, attached to a branch of Antipathes, trawled from sixty faths.. Bay of Biscay. 



By Mr. C. Oldham : On behalf of Rev. W. A. Shaw, a set of shells from 

 Northamptonshire to illustrate his note. 



A large number of varieties of Helix horlensis were exhibited by Messrs. Ed. 

 Collier, R. Welch, and A. D. Darbishire. The "Oldham" and " Darbishire " sets 

 from the Manchester Museum were also shewn. Mr. J. R. Redding also sent for 

 exhibition a most interesting series of the type form and varieties from Drumcondra, 

 Finglas, Cabra, Royal Canal, and other localities for this scarce Irish species in 

 the Dublin area. 



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(limited to works KKCKIVKI) I?Y THE SOCIETY'S LIliKAKIAX). 



Journal of Malacology, vol. ii, no. 4, 1904. 



" Descriptions of some new species of Cingalese and Indian Marine Shells," by 

 H. B. Preston [Cj///mr(T, Clathurella, Thala, Nasscj(Ph)-ontis)2, Murex{Oiinebrd), 

 Coralliophila, Aliicronalia, Styloptygiiia, and Maclra 2, all figd.]. "Descriptions of 

 Twelve new species and one variety of Marine Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, 

 Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1902-1904," 

 by J. Cosmo Melvill \_Aclis, Rissoina, El/ialia, 0/iip/ialius, Turriiella, EiiUiit- 

 ella, Odostomia, Oscilla 2, Aluniiola, Eiilima, Mangilia, Daphnella, all figd.]. 

 " Note on Mitra stephaniicha Melv., with description of a proposed new variety," 

 by J. Cosmo Melvill. "On some Non-Marine Shells from the Austro- and 

 Indo-Malayan Region," by E. R. Sykes \_Tiocho)norplia 2, Albersia, Planispira'^, 



