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Show 1871.] THE SECRETARY O N ADDITIONS TO T H E MENAGERIE. 699 9. PALUDESTRINA WISEMANIANA. Shell elongately conical, thin, semidiaphanous, epidermis light green; apex acute; whorls 6 to 6k_, convex, smooth, grooved at the suture ; aperture ovate ; margins continuous, moderately thickened, columellar margin reflected, outer lip edged with green and reflected. Length 2 lines, breadth 1 line. Hab. Near Hobart Town, Tasmania; common in all the creeks (Legrand and Petterd). I take this opportunity of correcting a few errors that I have made in a previous paper in these 'Proceedings.' Helix (Charopa) ammonitoides to be altered to Helix (Char op a) bassi.-Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 661. Helix (! Charopa) dispar to be altered to Helix (Pitys) dispar. -Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 661. This species is the only one I know of in Tasmania with the small tooth in the interior of the aperture. W e have H. bisulcata, said to come from the same locality, but none so small as the present species, which is somewhat like one that I have from Norfolk Island. A second communication from Mr. John Brazier, contained some remarks on previously described species of Land-Shells, and stated that Helix quintalee of Cox, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 82, should have been written quintali, having been named at Mr. Brazier's request in honour of Mr. Arthur Quintal, jun., of Norfolk Island; also that Helix ardua, Cox, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 82, had been collected by Mr. Brazier at Vanua Lava, Banks's Group, as well as at Erromanga. The name Helix vannce lavee, Cox, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 82 (lege vanuce lavee) was stated to be a misnomer, the species not occurring in the island of that name. December 5, 1871. John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the months of October and November 1871:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October 1871 was 95, of which 5 were by birth, 45 by presentation, 31 by purchase, 4 by exchange, and 10 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 106. The most noticeable additions during the month of October were as follows:- 1. A third collection of animals from Chili, purchased (as on two |