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on Land and Freshwater and Exotic Mollusca, had consented 



to act on those committees. 



The following printed circulars from the Royal Society of 



New South Wales were laid on the table : — 



I. — A report of a " Preliminary meeting of the Australasian 

 Societies for the formation of the proposed Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science," held at the 

 house of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 

 on Wednesday, loth November, 1886. 



At this meeting, which appears to have been thoroughly 

 representative, it was resolved that such an association 

 should be formed. The rules of the " British Associa- 

 tion " were adopted provisionally until the first meeting of 

 the new association, which it is intended to hold in 1888, 

 the centennial anniversary of the foundation of the 

 Australian Colonies. 



2. — A list of subjects on which the Royal Society invite 

 original research or observation, and offer the Society's 

 medal and money prizes to the best communication on 

 each subject, providing it is of sufficient merit. 



DONATIONS. 



"Bulletin of the Brookville Natural History Society," 

 No. 2. — From the Society. 



" Societatum Litterse," January, 1887, No. i. — The Editor. 



PAPERS READ. 



" Description of Terebratula papillosa," by Mr. J. T. 

 Marshall. 



" Note on Scalaria pseudoscalaris," Broc, by Mr. J. T. 

 Marshall. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Specimens of Testacella scutulum from Guernsey, sent by 

 Mr. Tomlin ; specimens of Planorbis glaber, from the Isle of 

 Bute, sent by Mr. T. Scott ; a collection of Canadian shells, 

 chiefly from Ontario, shown on behalf of Mr. L. B. Ross, of 

 Driffield; a collection of Land and Freshwater shells from South 



