362 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. John W. Taylor showed a series of shells sent by Mr. 

 C. Platania-Platania of Acireale, Sicily, which included Limnaa 

 palustris, L. peregra, L. ovata, Cyclostoma elega?is, Helix pisana, 

 and others. Mr. Taylor also exhibited collections from St. 

 Evats, West Cornwall, sent by Mr. W. Vinson ; and from St. 

 Colomb, East Cornwall. 



An example of Limax viaxivms var. Mullert, sent by Mr. 

 Musson, from Mapperley, Notts., was also shown. This is the 

 first recorded occurrence of this variety in Britain. 



Mr. Roebuck showed several varieties of Arion ater and 

 other slugs from St. Colomb, Cornwall ; also numerous slugs 

 sent by the President, Mr. W. Jeffery, Mr. B. Hudson, and other 

 correspondents. 



Meeting 



HELD JULY 2ND, 1885. 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. Lionel E. Adams was elected a Member of the Society. 

 Mr. Ernest D. Marquand, Regent House, Penzance, was 

 nominated for membership. 



DONATIONS. 



" Bulletin of the Brookville Society of Natural History," Brook- 



ville, Indiana, U.S.A. — The Society. 

 A specimen of Limncea stagnalis var. labiata with an immense 



growth of confervae. — The President. 

 Anodonta hercideus Gerst. — Mr. R. D. Darbishire, F.G.S. 



PAPERS READ. 



" Notes on the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the 

 Lower Tees," by Mr. Baker Hudson. " Notes on the Oswestry 

 District of Salop, with reference to Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca, collected there in June, 1885," by Mr. Baker Hudson. 



J.C., iv., October, 1885. 



