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SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Specimens of Testacella haliotidea var. scutulum from 

 Hemel Hempstead, Ratham, and Gateshead were shown by 

 Mr. Taylor in illustration of the paper. Mr. Roebuck showed 

 the valves of a Chiton from Mossel Bay, South Africa. For 

 Mr. E. Pickard an example of Valvata piscinalis monst. sinistror- 

 sum from Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire, was shown. 



Meeting 



HELD MARCH 27TH, 1884. 



Mr. J. W, Taylor, Vice-President, in the Chair. Corres- 

 pondence from several members was brought before the Meet- 

 ing. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. James Madison, 62, Camp Hill, Birmingham ; Mr. 



E. J. EUiott, Middle Street, Stroud; and Mrs. M. Skilton, 

 Brentford, Middlesex, were nominated for membership. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



The Chairman, on behalf of Mr. Musson of Nottingham, 

 showed living specimens of some interesting mollusca which 

 had been obtained from a greenhouse at Nottingham, where 

 they had been first observed after an importation of Sphagnum 

 moss from the vicinity of Plinlimmon. Also on behalf of Mr, 



F. R. Coles varieties of Helix nemoralis and H. hortensis were 

 shown together with H. concinna, H. rufescens, Zonites cellarius, 

 and Claicsilia rugosa from Kirkcudbright. 



Valvata piscinalis v.albina in England. — This variety, 

 which I believe has not been previously noticed, has occurred 

 amongst the typical form at Clumber Lake, Notts., where it was 

 found by Mr. Musson, of Nottingham. They may be described 

 as pure white. Miss F. M. Hele, of Bristol, kindly sent me some 

 time ago several specimens of this species, which were very nearly 

 white, that she had collected at Yatton in Somersetshire. — 

 J. W, Taylor, March, 1884. 



