92 PROCEEDINGS OF MIDLAND MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Paper Read. 



"On the Anatomical characters of the subgenus Limacopsis, Simr. ," by Walter 

 E. Collinge, F.Z. .S. 



EXHIIIITS. 



By the President: Specimens and drawings illustrating his paper, also speci- 

 mens of Apera bicrnupi, E. A. Sm., and Oopdta nigropunctata, Miirch. 



By Mr. F. J. Partridge: Avion rufus, L., from Brussels, Oncidiclla celtica, 

 Cuv., Otma otis and Vertigo moulinsiana, all from North Devon. 



13TH MEETING, October 13TH, 1899. 



The President in the chair. 



New member elected : — Miss A. Litchfield. 



The President directed attention to a very interesting account of the MoUusca of 

 Herefordshire, by Messrs. Boycott and Bowell. A discussion followed upon the 

 nomenclature used, and it was decided to ask the Council to take into consideration 

 the desirability of approaching the Council of the London Malacological Society, 

 with a view to the formation of a thoroughly representative committee, to consider 

 the publication of an authoritative list of the British Mollusca. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Bloomer: Shells of AmpuUaria globosa, Swain., from Jubbulpore, 

 Planorbis cxustus, Desh., from Bengal, Cyclophorus iiidicus, Desh., and Ario})hanta 

 laevipes, Miill., from Bombay. 



By Mr. Guy Breeden : Varieties of the shells of Helix virgata and II. cartusiana, 

 from various localities. 



By the President: The shells of AmpuUaria theohaldi, A. glauca, L. , A. am- 

 pullacca, L. , A. glohosa, .Swain., Vivipara filosa, Hanley, V. malleata, Rve., 

 V. vivipara, L., V. contccta, Miill., V. doliaris, Gld., V. angularis, Miill., V. 

 bcngalensis, Lam., Paludomiis dilatatus, Rve., P. loricatus, Rve., P. chilinoides, 

 Rve., also specimens of Scarabus trigonus, Tros., and S. plicatus, Fer. 



14TH MEETING, NovEiMBER 17TH, 1899. 

 The President in the chair. 



The following additions to the Library were announced, for which thanks were 

 voted : 24 pamphlets from Prof. H. A. Pilsbry, and I from the President. 



The following nomination for membership was read : — 



Mr. H. Overton. 



Paper Read. 



" Additional Records to the Mollusca of Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire," 

 by H. H. Bloomer. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Bloomer : Shells of Helix Jwrtensis, H. itala and v. lcuco::ona, H. 

 arbitstorum v. conoidca, and one approaching _^avcsccHS, H. acuta and vars. strigata, 

 arliculata, and alba, from Nevin, Carnarvonshire. Also from Aberdovey, Helix 

 virgata and v. alba, and H. caperata v. fulva. 



By the President: A collection of slugs from Australia, Tasmania, and New 

 Zealand, also specimens of Xesta novarce, Pfr. 



By Mr. Overton: ArionfasciatHS, Nils., Limax maximus, and the var. cinereo- 

 niger, Wolf, from Sutton Coldfield. 



By Mr. Breeden: Shells of Petricola jJlioladiformis, from the Kentish coast. 



By Mr. Partridge: Shells of Mclampus bidentaius, from the River Taw, 

 Barnstaple. 



