264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. George Owen Howell, Ripon Villas, Plumstead, and 

 Mr. H. Purefoy Fitzgerald, North Hall, Preston Candover, 

 near Basingstoke, were elected members of the society. 



PAPERS READ. 



" Notes on some species of the MoUuscan Fauna of County 

 Durham," Mr. Baker Hudson. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr. B. Hudson sent a large series of shells collected by 

 himself in various localities in Co. Durham, for authentication 

 and exhibition ; particulars are entered in the record books of 

 the society. 



Mr. R. D. Darbishire sent for exhibition a collection of 

 shells taken by himself at Gibraltar and in the vicinity. 

 The following is a list : — -From Gibraltar : Helix ladea and 

 vars. albma and alybensis, H. coquandi^ H. marmorata and var. 

 Balea7-ica, H. pisafia, H. aspeisa, If. variabilis, H. conspurcata^ 

 H. lens, Parmacella Deshayesii, Zonites cellarius, Bulinius decolla- 

 tus, B. acutus, B. folliculus, B. ventricosus, Achatina acicula, 

 and Liniax flavus. From San Roque near Gibraltar : Helix 

 laciea, H. apicina, Physa acuta, Melanopsis Dufoiiri, Pisidiuni 

 fontinale, Succinea elegans, and Limncea peregra. From 

 Tangiers : Helix ladea, H. coquandi, H. aspersa var. unicolor, 

 and Ancylus fluviatilis. 



Meeting 



HELD DECEMBER 4TH, 1884. 



Mr. J. W. Taylor, Vice-President in the chair 



PAPER READ. 



" Variation of Limax arborum," by W. D. Roebuck, F.L.S. 

 This was a description of several well defined varieties of this 

 species. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



The number of specimens shown at this meeting was very 

 large and varied. It included the following : — varieties of 

 Helix fiemoralis from Malahide, sent by Mr. J. Palmer ; a series 



J.C, iv., Jan., 1885. 



