PROCEEDINGS : MARCH 14, I9OO. 315 



picked up on the beach in Recherche Bay, Spitzbergen, amongst them being a fine 

 series of Buccinum glaciale and its variety augulosa, B. tenue, Neptuwa despecta, 

 Astarte borealis, and some large valves of Saxicava arctica. 



By Mr. Ed. Collier : Some fine examples of Enhadra senckenbergiana Kob., 

 E. myomphala v. Marts., and E. blakeana Newc, from Japan; and Enhadra 

 connivens Pfr. , E. mercatoria Gray, and E. largillierti Ph., from Loo Choo ; 

 also two vases of native ware from Chemulpo, Corea, decorated with marine shells, 

 which are placed in situ before the vases are baked in the oven. 



By Mr. J. C. Melvill : A collection of terrestial mollusca from the Island of 

 Socotra, collected by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bent, and the Forbes-Ogilvie-Grant 

 Expedition to that island. The most interesting forms are a section of Bull 'minus, 

 with conspicuously toothed peristome, the high development of the genus Opeas, 

 culminating in the large Stenogyra decipiens Smith, the fine Olopoma and Lithidioh 

 amongst the Operculates, while the Helicidse proper seem conspicuous by their 

 almost entire absence. As might be expected from its geographical position, the 

 forms of molluscan life infringe closely on chose of the South Arabian region (Dhofer 

 and the Madramaut) also explored to some extent by the late Mr. Theodore Bent, 

 and also on those of Somali Land and Abyssinia. 



By the Manchester Museum : A number of interesting additions to the collection 

 of Oleacina and Streptaxis, including some remarkable forms, from the collection 

 of the late M. H. Crosse. 



It was decided to have a special exhibit of the genus Partula at the April 

 Meeting, and members are invited to send species for confirmation or comparison. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



(limited to works received by the society's librarian). 



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 Dautzenberg [Clausilia, 13 nn. spp. descr. and figd.]. " Note sur V Helix Hum- 

 bokltiana Valenciennes avec quelques remarques sur le sousgenre Lysino'e et sur la 

 section Odontura" by H. Fischer [Gential organs and mouth-parts figured, placed 

 in section Humboldtiana v. Jh. ; Priodontura n. sect. = Odontura]. "Le genre 

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 ou peu connus," by H. Drouet [nos. 145-155, 5 nn. spp.]. "Description d'un 

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" Note on Sigaretus o/droydii," by W. IT. Dall [adult dredged in Drake's 

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 Stearns. " Note on the Clausilim of Celebes," by E. R. Sykes [comments on 

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 by C. T. Mitchell [list of 47 spp.]. " New Southern Unios," by B. H. Wright 

 [U. conjitgans, Iliawassa R. , Polk Co., Tenn.]. "Pisidium handwerki, n.sp." 

 [Lilycash Creek, Joliet, 111.], by V. Sterki. " Origin of the mutations of Os/rea," 

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