2 PBOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. •' Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, 

 with descriptions of new species." By Henry Suter. 



2. " Descriptions of new species of fresh-water shells from Central 

 Africa." By E. A. Smith, I.S.O. 



3. " Descriptions of new species of land, fresh-water, and marine 

 shells from West Africa." By H. B. Preston, F.Z.S. 



Mr. E. A. Smith exhibited two living specimens of Achatina 

 marginata from Ibadam, "Western Province, Southern Nigeria, 

 100 miles from the coast. 



Mr. H. B. Preston exhibited two living specimens of Odontostomus 

 Spixi, var. Paraguayana, from Bolivia, and a series of Streptaxis 

 Funcici from Venezuela. 



OEDINARY MEETING. 



Fkiday, 10th Januaky, 1908. 



R. H. BuENE, B.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Henry Woodward and Mr. R. Bullen Newton were appointed 

 Auditors of the accounts of the previous year. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. '•'• Mitra recurvirostris ; name substituted for M. recurva, 

 Sowerby." By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S. 



2. " A list of species of shells described by Dr. Grateloup, with 

 critical notes." By H. C. Fulton. 



3. "Notes on Planorlis vorticulus, Troschel, and PI. Imvis, Alder; 

 also on some proposed subdivisions of the genus." By A, S. 

 Kennard, F.G.S. 



4. "On ntrea Scharffi, n.sp." By A. S. Kennard, F.G.S. 



5. "On the Anatomy of Vitrea Scharffi:' By Rev. E. W. 

 Bowell, M.A. 



6. "On the Radulse of Vitrea helvetica, Blum., and the allied 

 species." By Rev. E. W. Bowell, M.A. 



Mr. H. B. Preston exhibited a white variety of Metorthalicus 

 Poivisianus from the Rio Wagua. 



Mr. H. C. Fulton, on behalf of Mr. G. B. Sowerby, exhibited 

 a series of Pecten pallium showing variation. 



Mr. A. Reynell exhibited a specimen of Astarte mutaiilis, S. Wood, 

 from the Coralline Crag, Suffolk, with reversed hinge-dentition. 



