J 8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Collinge : Specimens of Parr/iarion fupillaris, Humb., P. webcri, 

 Simr. , and I\Iicropanitaiioii _^cdcanits, Simr. , from Java; also a series of shells 

 {Anodonta Unio, etc.) from China and Pegu. 



By Mr. Guy Breeden : Two large specimens of Arion einpiriioruiii, Fer., from 

 Sutton Coldheld. 



By Mr. H. H. Bloomer : Specimens of Helix aspersa, H. iioiioralis, H. 

 horlensis, etc., preserved in formalin. 



By Mr. F. J. Partridge : Specimens of Atiodonta anatina, with a scries of 

 varities, from Sutton Coldfield ; also from the same locality some large specimens 

 of Sp/ueriiim (orueum. 



2ND MEETIXG, August i2rH, 1898. 

 The President in the chair. 

 The following nominations for membership were read : — 



Messrs. E. K. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., and Robert Birbeck. 



Pai'ers Read. 



" Description of a new Species of Cryptosoma" by Walter E. Collinge, F.Z.S. 



" Preliminary List of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca in a twelve mile radius 

 of Birmingham," by F. J. Partridge. 



'■'■ Liniax varic^^alns, Drap., var. rufcsccits, Mot]., in Warwickshire," by Walter 

 E. Collinge. 



E.XIIIIIITS. 



By Mr. Collinge : A specimen of Cijptosonia atis/cni, and Litrax varicgalus, 

 Drap., var. rufescens, Moq. 



By Mr. F. J. Partridge : Specimens of Helix aspersa, and //. ncmoralis, from 

 Dorchester. 



Mr. Guy Breeden made some remarks upon a collection of Canailian shells 

 recently received. 



3KI) MEETIXG, Sei'Tembkr qth, 1898. 

 The President in the chair. 

 The following were elected members of the Society : — 



Messrs. E. R. Sykes, B. A. , F.Z.S., and Robert Birbeck. 

 The following nominations for membership were read : — 



Messrs. Bromley Peebles, J. W. Morton, W. Harrison, and J. E. Tilley. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Guy Breeden: Pisidiiiin nitidutn, Jen., var. la/eralis, Coles. 



By Mr. Titley : A series of Canadian Freshwater Shells. 



By Mr. Peebles : Two specimens of Anialia j^aga/es, Drap., one approaching the 

 var. nigrescetts, Ckll., the other \Ar. fuscocctrinata, Ckll., both collected in a garden 

 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. 



By Mr. Bloomer : A series of molluscs preserved in 5 % formalin. 



By Mr. Collinge: The following varities of Agriolimax agrestis, L. , 7-ufesceiis, 

 L. and P., nigra, Mor., albida, Pic, sylvalica, Moq., lilacina, Moq., and reticu- 

 lata, Moq. 



4TH MEETING, October 14TH, 1898. 



The President in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — 



Messrs. Bromley Peebles, J. W. Morton, W. Harrison, and J. E. Titley. 



Papers Read. 

 " Slugs from North Devon," by Walter E. Collinge, F.Z.S. 

 " Further notes on Formalin as a preservative fluid for Molluscs," by II. Howard 

 Bloomer. 



