THE CONCHOLOGIST. 



Ancey, administrateur-adjoint of Boghari, 

 Algeria; Mr. J. H. A. Jenner, F.E.S., of 

 Lewes, Sussex ; the Rev. C. A. Williamson, 

 M.A., of Longvvood, near Huddersfield ; and 

 Mr. C. H. Morris, of Lewes. A candidate 

 was also duly proposed for election at the 

 next meeting. The donations to the library 

 included numerous reprints, the archives of 

 the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, the 

 bulletin of the Societe Malacologique de 

 France, and a copy of Montagu's most 

 excellent work " Testocea Britannica," with 

 the supplement, this book being given by 

 Mr. Charles Ashford. The donations to the 

 collection included Mr. McMurtrie's series of 

 shells of Eigg, and a number of interesting 

 shells from Mr. J. C Smith, of Penrith. 

 These included Clausilia la?inna/a, from Eden- 

 hall, Cumberland ; Unio margaritifer, from 

 River Lowther, Westmorland, and the Spey, 

 at Banff; Anodonta cygnea, from the Spey 

 at Banff, Great Salkeld in Cumberland, and 

 Bisley, Surrey, and a series of shells from 

 Aberlour, Banff, mostly new to the Society's 

 records, including Clausilia rugosa, Zua, Vitrina^ 

 Helix arbustorum, Zonites alliarius and var. 

 viridiila, Z. nitiduhis, Z. puriis, v. viargaritacea, 

 Z. fuh'us, Z. crystalliniis and Vertigo edenfula, 

 also examples of Vertigo mouliiisiaua from 

 Morden, Dorsetshire, given by Mr. C. O. 

 Pickard-Cambridge. The donation of various 

 sums of money towards the " cabinet fund " 

 and of a photograph of himself from the 

 Rev. Canon A. M. Norman, LL.D., F.R.S., 

 an acceptable contribution to the series of 

 portraits of conchologists which the Society 

 is collecting, were also announced, and thanks 

 to all the donors cordially voted. Notes on 

 the " Viviparous nature of Balea " by Messrs. 

 A. E. Craven, F.Z.S., and Edgar A. Smith, 

 F.Z.S., and on the var. canigotiensis or repellini 

 of Helix arbiistoru/n, and on the var. siibati- 

 gulata of Helix lapicida, both by Mr. J. W. 



Taylor, F.L.S., were read and in the case 

 of the latter gentleman's notes, duly illustrated 

 by the actual examples referred to. Among 

 the exhibits were a fine living example of 

 Arion ater var. alba from the North Esk 

 at Morphic, N.B., sent by Mr. AV. Duncan, 

 and identified by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L.S. ; also shells of Geoiiialacus maculosus 

 from Lough Caragh, Kerry, Limncza truncatula 

 from Winster, its var. picta from Pont Fadoc, 

 Wales, Physa hypnorum var. rubra from Car- 

 berry Lake, Manitoba, Succinea stagnalis from 

 the Canal at Bath, 6". virescens from Guernsey, 

 and Spherium ovale from Blue Bridge, York, 

 all shown by Mr. Taylor. — Yorkshire Post 

 Supplement. 



MANCHESTER CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this Society was 

 held on Thursday evening, May 14th, at 

 26, George Street, Mr. Thomas Rogers in 

 the chair. Mr. John Radcliffe exhibited 

 some very beautiful forms of Helix Pisana 

 from Turkey. Mr. R. Cairns showed Ano- 

 donta cygnea, from Lochend, near Edin- 

 burgh, and a number of Helix aspersa, from 

 Geelong, Australia, amongst which he had 

 found a sinistral, or reversed specimen. H 

 aspersa has been introduced into the Anti- 

 podes in many places, and seems to have 

 readily acclimatized itself, but the shells are 



I considerably less in size than the ordinary 



I European specimens. 



On Whit Monday the Society had an 

 excursion to Marple. A goodly number of 

 species of both land and freshwater molluscs 

 were found, including several of considerable 

 interest from their rarity or local occurrence. 

 A careful search amongst the long dead 

 grass on the canal bank was productive of 

 a very local species, Zonites nitidus, in com- 

 pany with Zua lubrica, and others. Amongst 

 a patch of nettles were found many fine 



