PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



President— \Ya\ior E. CoUinge, M.Sc. 



Vice-President— E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.L.S. 



Honorary Members— Dv. Henry Fischer, Prof. L. Plate, Prof. W. C. M'Intosh, 

 M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Prof. H. Simroth, Prof. H. A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., and Edgar 

 A. Smith, I.S.O. 



Treasurer — H. H. Bloomer. 



Librarian and Curator — Guy Breeden. 



Council— Gwy Breeden, H. Willoughby Ellis, F.E.S., H. McClelland, and 

 Bromley Peebles. 



39th (Annual) Meeting, December 12th, 1902. 



The President in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Treasurer's statement were read 

 and adopted. 



The Secretary reported that, as no amendments had been received to the 

 Council's nominations, the above-mentioned Council and officers were elected 

 for 1903. 



Exhibits. 



On l^ehalf of Professor T. D. A. Cockerell, the following shells were shown 

 and distributed amongst the members present : — Ashmunella hyporhyssa v. 

 edentatn, Ckll., from Cloud Croft, New Mexico ; A. thomsoniana v. porterce, 

 Pils. and Ckll. ; VaUonia cyclophorella, Ancey ; Pupa blandi, Morse ; Pyramidula 

 cockerelli, Pils., all from Beulah, N.]\I. By Mr. Breeden. Specimens of AmpM- 

 peplea glutinosa from the River Bann, Ireland, and sinistrose examples of Helix 

 nemoralis, from Belfast. 



40th Meeting, January 9th, 1903. 



The President in the chair. 



Papers Read. 



Some notes on the young of Helicigona lapicida (I/.). By Walter E. Collinge. 



Exhibits.- 



The President exhibited a series of examjiles of Helicigona lapicida (L.), 

 illustrating the various stages of development from the very young to the adult ; 

 also a malformed specimen. 



By Mr. Breeden : Darts of Helix nemoralis. 



