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from Lulworth, some interesting deformities of Clausilia rtigosa from Port- 

 land, Helix vJTgata var. iiigrescetis from Portland, Helix fiisca from 

 Bloxworth, and Testacella sciititlum from Chickerell, Weymouth, which is 

 the furthest western point from which it has been yet recorded in England. 



Mr. Thomas F. Burrows also exhibited various Staffordshire shells, 

 including Helix laniellata and H. fusca in illustration of his paper, Sphceriinn 

 ovale from various localities, Balea from Caldon Lowe, Achatina from 

 Grindon, Pisidium fontinale from Cheadle, etc. 



Mrs. B. J. Falloon showed Helix pi sana and a large numl^er of interest- 

 ing forms of Anodonta cygnea from Pembrokeshire, the latter being presented 

 to the Society's collections. 



Mr. W. Denison Roeliuck, F. L. S. , exhibited Testacella scjitithun sent 

 from county Louth (Piperstown) l^y Miss Sidney Smith. 



The Chairman showed Linimca glntinosa from Skidby Drain, near Hull, 

 discovered by Mr. F. W. Fierke, also Bythinia learhii and Succinka pjitris 

 with varieties, all from Hull, sent by Mr. E. Collier. 



177th Meeting, April and, 1890. 



Mr. Jno. W. Taylor, F. L. S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



New Members Elected; Mr. L. O. (irocock, of Charlton, Kent; 

 Mr. John Nicholson, of Pudsey, Yorkshire. 



Letters Read : From Dr. Heinrich Simroth, of Leipzig ; M. M. 

 Cossmann, of Paris ; and M. Hippolyte Crosse, of Paris, thanking the Society 

 for their election as Honorary Members. 



Donations to Library announced and thanks voted : Proceedings of 

 Royal vSociety of New South Wales, Catalogue of its Library, Bulletin de la 

 Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques de Paris, Naturalist, Feuille des Jeunes 

 Naturalistes, paper by E. A. .Smith and B. B. Woodward on the Nomen- 

 clature of the Oral Folds in Clausilia, and several reprints from M. Cossmann 

 of his Palpeontological Papers. 



Donations to Collection announced and thanks voted : Eight tablets 

 of examples of all the British Hydrobiit, including H. ventrosa and H. 

 jenkinsi (presented by Mr. A. J. Jenkins, M.C.S.). 



Papers Read. 



Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell : Critical Notes on some Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca. 



Mr. F. W. Fierke : Discovery of Limncea glutinosa near Hull. 



Mr. A. J. Jenkins : On the difference in habits of the Plumstead-Beckton 

 Hydrobia {H. jenkinsi Smith) and H. ventrosa Mont. 



Mr. Henry K. Jordan, F.G.S., M.C.S. : On the Species and Varieties 

 of the Genus Fusus inhabiting the British Seas. 



Exhibits. 



Mr. John W. Taylor, F.L.S., and Mr. W. Nelson, M.C.S., exhibited 

 specimens ni Zoiiites glaber ■m\A. its allied forms — British and Continental. 



J.C., \'i., July, 1S90. 



