JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 99 



PROCEEDINGS of the CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Note. — All communications intended for the Society should be sent to the 

 Secretary, Mr. T. W. Bell, 2, Carr Lane, Leeds. 



Meeting 



HELD APRIL 3RD, 1889. 



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



DONATIONS. 



The following donations were laid on the table : — 

 " The Naturalist," for April; presented by Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 

 "Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," vol., v, part 5 ; 

 presented by the Society. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. H. K. Jordan, F.G.S., Newport, and Mr. T. H. Hedworth, 

 Dunstan-on-Tyne, were duly elected Members of the Society. 



Mr. Percy Kilburn, F.G. S., Owens College, Manchester, was nominated 

 for membership by Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.I-.S., and Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor, F.L.S. 



PAPERS READ. 



" List of Land and Freshwater Shells of Derby," by Mr. Thos. liey. 

 " Testacella in Renfrewshire," by Mr. J. M. B. Taylor. 

 " Cysts in Anodonta cygnea" by Mr. J. W. Williams. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



A number of shells from Jamaica were shown by the Chairman on 

 behalf of Mr, J. Saunders, of Luton. 



Meeting 



HELD MAY 1ST, 18S9. 

 Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S. , Vice-President, occupied the chair. 



DONATIONS. 



" The Naturalist " for May ; presented by the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. Percy Kilburn, of Manchester, was duly elected a Member of the 

 Society. 



The following were nominated for Membership : — Mr. F. L. Seggs, 

 B.A., Middlesex Hospital, by Mr. J. W. Williams and Mr. J. W. Taylor, 

 F.L.S.; Rev. Chas. Crawshaw, Linden House, Shipley, by Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor, F.L.S., and Mr. W. Nelson. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



The Chairman showed living specimens of Helix cingulata, H. niciensis, 

 and IT. cespitutn collected at Mentone by the Rev. J. E. Sonierville, B.A. ; 

 also a living specimen of Helix aaileata from Farington, near Preston 



