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specimens, otherwise so perfect, should have an identical fracture 

 towards the upper portion of the outer lip, also slight decollation of 

 the apical whorls. 



It is with much pleasure that I connect the name of its discoverer, 

 Mr. D. D. Baldwin, of Haiku, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, with so 

 interestins; a shell. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



8tii meeting, March ioth, 1899. 



The President in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Society: — 



Messrs. F. W. Carpenter, and William Moss, F.C.A. 



The following nomination for membership was read : 



Mrs. Walter E. Collinge. 



Exhibits. 



On behalf of Mr. E. R. Sykes the following specimens were exhibited : Helix 

 virgaia var. nigresccns, Grat. , from (juarry on top of Portland; monstrosities of 

 Planorbis comjilanalns from Belgium; I'isidium lovcni, Cless. , interesting from the 

 fact that they were collected on the Zermatt at an altitude of 8400 feet; and s]ieci- 

 mens of the animal and shell of Ephippodonta macdougalU, Tale, from South 

 Australia. 



On behalf of Mr. F. W. Carpenter a specimen of the shell of raryphanta bushyi, 

 Gray, from New Zealand. 



By the President: Specimens of Paryphanta hochstctteri, Pfr., from New 

 Zealand, in alcohol. 



By Mr. Guy Breed en : Light and dark coloured varieties of the shells of Helix 

 lapicida from North Devon; also shells of Pupa umhilicata from Braunton, North 

 Devon, P. anglica from Co. Down, Ireland, P. secale from Birdlip Woods, near 

 Cheltenham, and P. marginata from Sutton Park. 



By Mr. J. F. Partridge: Shells of Helix virgata including a very fine series of 

 varieties, from North Devon. 



9TH MEETING, April 14TH, 1899. 



The President in the chair. 

 New Member elected : — 



Mrs. Walter E. Collinge. 

 The following nominations for membership were read : — 



Messrs. W. Weaver Jones and L. G. Parsons. 



The following gentlemen were nominated by the Council for election as hono- 

 rary members : — 



Dr. Henry Fischer and Prof. H. A. Pilsbry. 



