lOO PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



sent by Mr. W. H. Heathcote. Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., ex- 

 hibited an unusually large Limaxjlavus taken in Leeds, also Amalia maf 

 ginata, Limax inaximus var. fasciata, and other species, from Luton, sent 

 by Mr. J. Saunders. 



Meeting 



HELD JUNE 5TH, 1889. 

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

 DONATIONS. 



The following donations were announced : — 



"The Naturalist," for June; presented by the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union. 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland "; presented by the 

 .Society. 



" Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales "; presented 

 by the Society. 



" A Manuscript List of the Land and Freshwater MoUusca of the 

 British Isles"; presented by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. [This donation was 

 made to the Society some time ago but inadvertently omitted from the list.] 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The under-named were nominated for Membership : — Mr. Jas. J. 

 MacAndrews, Ivy Bridge, Devonshire, by Mr. G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S., and 

 Mr. T. W. Bell ; Mr. Samuel A. Adamson, F.G.S., Leeds, by Mr. T.W.Bell 

 and Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F. L. S. 



PAPERS READ. 



"On the Morphology of the Gonads in Helix ptmctata,'" by Mr. 

 Joseph W. Williams. 



" On the varieties of our banded Snails, especially those of Helix 

 caperata (Montagu)," by the Rev. S. Spencer Pearce, B.A. This paper was 

 illustrated by a good collection of specimens. 



A note was read from Mr. W. H. Heathcote respecting the dart of 

 Helix ciiigulata and H. niciensis. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Specimens of Testacella scutulum were shown from Mr. Wallis Kew, 

 F.E.S., London, and Mr. W. Jeffery, Ratham ; Testacella haliotidea from 

 Mr. G. T. Rope, Wickham Market, Suffolk ; Testacella maiigei and Arion 

 ater var. bicolor from Mr. E. J. Lowe, F. R.S., Chepstow ; Testacella maugei 

 from Algeciras and Tangiers, sent by Mr. J. H. Ponsonby, F.Z.S. ; examples 

 of Clausilia rugosa var. everetti and C. laminata (a decollated specimen) 

 sent by the Rev. W. L. W. Eyre, of Swarraton Rectory, were also shown. 



The Chairman also exhibited the following : — From Mr. R, D. 

 Darbishire, B.A. , F.G.S., Limax gagates and a number of Land and Fresh- 

 water Shells collected at San Juan, near Cannes; from Mr. W. Whitwell 

 Arion ater var. albo-lateraUs, H. nem(yralis, H. hortettsis, H, rufescens, and 

 H. conciitjia, collected at Abbotsbury, Dorset ; a collection of Yorkshire 



J.C, vi., July, 1889 



