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FEOCEEDIN GS OF THE SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 
of a large family circle, and of the loss to the colony of the 
services of an earnest, honest, intelligent and independent 
member of Council. 
The Legislature in Mr. LeKoy’s death experienced the 
loss of a member to whose worth the representative of Her 
Majesty and his colleagues alike bore their testimony, and 
the Trinidad Scientific Association a firm supporter and 
well-wisher. 
Although Mr. Le Roy did not contribute anything to 
scientific literature, he recognized the value of the fossils 
found on his estates at Savanetta as a clue to the geologi- 
cal age of the strata there developed ; and the collections 
made by him have contributed to our knowledge of the 
fauna of the Middle Tertiary of this island. 
The following communication was read : — 
ON NEW SPECIES OF BIVALVE MOLLUSKA FOUND 
AT CUMANA, VENEZUELA. 
By R. J. Lechmere Guppy, F.L.S., F.G.S. &e. 
One of the shells now to be described is a large and fine 
species of Venus. Specimens of this have been in my cabi- 
net more than four years ; but although it appeared to me 
unlikely that so large and handsome a shell should have 
escaped notice, yet I have not been able to find anything* 
published relating to it. The species is certainly allied to 
V. cancellata , but by no means very closely. Its square 
equidistant ribs are not unlike those of V \ rugosa , and the 
shape and color may recal V. gallinula , but it must be 
admitted that these resemblances are somewhat illusory. 
The other shell is a Mactra , not belonging to the typical 
group of that genus, but on the contrary, somewhat of an 
aberrant form. It is a large and interesting species. 
The recent not less than the fossil shell fauna of Cumana 
