140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



41sT Meeting, Febeuaey 13th, 1903. ' 



The President in the chair. 



The evening was devoted to the examination of a large series of Asiatic 



Land Mollusca. 



42nd Meeting, March 13th, 1903. 



The President in the chair. 



The following nomination for membership was read : — Rev. A. Hann. 



Papers Read. 



Review of Dr. Ridewood's recent paper on the Structure of the GilLs of the 



LamelUbranchia. by A. D. Imms ; On the Generative Organs of Helicella barbetra 



(L.), by H. Overton. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Bloomer : Teredo fimbriata, Jeff., from Southport ; T. megotara, 

 Han., from Guernsey, and the variety snbericola, Jeff., from Jersey ; T. norvegica, 

 Spengler, from Torbay ; T. 7i avail's, L., from Yarmouth, and its variety occlusa, 

 T. 'pedicellata, Quatref., from Alderney, and Xylopluuja dorsalis, Turton, from 

 the West of Ireland. 



By Mr. Overton : Teredo megotara, Han., from Ilfracombe ; T. norvegica, 

 Spengler, from Deal, and pieces of timber from Deal, with holes in made by the 

 latter species. He also exhibited an example of Helix aspersa with the winter 

 epiphragm in situ. 



43rd Meeting, April 17th, 1903. 



The President in the chair. 



In the absence of any demand for a ballot, the Rev. A. Hann was unani- 

 mously elected a member of the Society. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. H. McClelland : A very fine series of shells of Achati la zebra, Lam., 

 and other land shells recently collected in South Africa. 



By Mr. H. Overton : A series of banded forms of Helix pomatia, from 

 Charing, Kent. 



44th Meeting, May Sth, 1903. 



The President in the chair. 



Paper Read. 



Classification of the British species of the genus Solen, L., by H. H. Bloomer 



Exhibits. 



Mr. H. McClelland sent specimens of Veronicella natalensis, Rapp., and 

 Vrocyclus fl.avescens, Kfst., from Durban. 



By Mr. Overton : A series of varieties of Helix hortensis and nemoralis, from 

 Christchurch, Kent, etc. 



By Mr. Breeden : Helix nemoralis, H. hortensis, Caecilioides acicula, Vitrea 

 rogersi, cellaria, nitidula, Zonitoides nitidus, and Cochlicopa luhrica var. pellucida, 

 all from Looe, Cornwall. 



45th Meeting, June 12th, 1903. 

 The President in the chair. 



