86 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



PAPER READ. 



"The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the Harrogate District," by 

 Mr. F. R. Fitzgerald. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



A large collection of Land and Freshwater Shells was shown by Mr. 

 Fitzgerald in illustration of his paper ; also a number of specimens from other 

 localities. 



The Chairman exhibited on behalf of Mr. Ed. Collier, of Manchester, 

 specimens of Helix rupestris, from Ingleton, containing young ; on behalf 

 of Mr. R. Standen several specimens of Dreissena polymorpha, Neritina 

 fluviatilis and Ancylus fliiviatilis, from near Preston ; from Mr. J. Saunders 

 a large collection of shells from Bedfordshire ; from Mr. J. Bickerton Morgan 

 specimens of Unio viargaritifer, Zonites fiilvus, and others from Mont- 

 gomeryshire ; from Mr. W. H. Heathcote specimens oi Sph cerium ovale sind. 

 Planorbis dilatatus from a new locality near Blackburn ; from Mr. T. Scott, 

 Edinburgh, Liinax maxiimis var. ferrussaci and Helix hortensis from 

 Cramond, Edinburgh ; and from Mr. Whitwell living examples of Helix 

 pisana from Tenby. 



Annual Meeting 



HELD DECEMBER 15TH, 1888. 



Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., Vice-President, presided. The Minutes of 

 the November Meeting were read and confirmed. Messrs. F. R. Fitzgerald 

 and Chas. Oldham were appointed Scrutineers; Mr. C. Harvard Pierson 

 was elected to Audit the Accounts. 



DONATIONS. 



The following Donations were announced :— 



"Pflanzen and Schnecken," by Mr. R. D. Darbishire, F.G.S. 



"Zoology of Victoria," decade xvi ; presented by the Government of 

 Victoria. 



"Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales," 

 vol. xxii, part i ; presented by the Society. 



" The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," vol. v, part 2 ; 

 presented by the Society. 



Specimens of Litforina littorea from Ailsa Craig in the Forth of Clyde ; 

 presented by Mr. Jas. Steel. 



A collection of the shells of North Berwick and neighbourhood, in 

 the county of East Lothian ; presented by the Rev. J. McMurtrie. 



Specimens of Helix caperata and Helix virgata from Blaxhall, Suffolk ; 

 presented by Mr. G. T. Rope. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following were duly elected Members of the Society : — Mr. J. G. 

 Milne, Bowdon, Cheshire ; Mr. Loftus St. George Byne, Teignmouth ; 

 Mr. Clifford Burkill, Scarboro'; Mr. C. A. Bell Cox, E.A., M.R.C.S., 

 Canterbury ; Mr. J. Radcliffe, Ashton-under-Lyne ; and Mr. Riley Fortune, 

 Harrogate. 



J.C, vi., Apr., 1SS9. 



