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NEW MEMBERS. 



Messrs. Kenneth McKean, F.L.S., F. G. Fenn, and T. D. 

 A. Cockerell were elected Members of the Society. 



DONATIONS. 



"Abstract of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales," for May and April, 1885. 



"Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," vol. i., 

 parts 2, 3, and 4. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



A living specimen of Pla?iorbis corneus var. albida, was 

 sent for exhibition by the President, Mr. W. Jeffery. On behalf 

 of Mr. C. Ashford, an example of Sphcerhmi pisidwides, from 

 River Chelmer, was shown by Mr. J. W. Taylor. Also for 

 Mr. T. Rogers, Pisidhwi nitidum var. globosa and P. pusillufn, 

 from Swinton, near Manchester. Also on behalf of Mr. R. D. 

 Darbishire, a collection from Seville and Valencia, in Spain ; 

 and a collection made at Naples by Mr. A. W. Waters. A 

 collection was shown from Volhynia, in Russia, sent by Dr. 

 Viner. A large and fine collection of shells from Coleraine, 

 in the North of Ireland, was exhibited on behalf of Mr. L. E. 

 Adams. It included V. alpestris, and a peculiar and beautiful 

 banded example of V. pellucida. 



Mr. W. D. Roebuck showed a number of shells from 

 various localities. The series included Paludma vwtpara, sent 

 by Rev. W. C. Hey. This specimen, taken from the Ouse a mile 

 above York, was slightly scalariform, approaching P. conteda in 

 form ; and was, singularly enough, from the exact locality for 

 which a solitary example of P. conteda is on record. Paludma 

 vivipara,2i dead specimen, from high water mark at Bridlington, 

 found by Mr. G. Wingate. Good examples of Limncea peregra 

 var. labiosa, from a pond at Bredbury, Cheshire, and Sphcerium 

 corneumvzx. scaldianahom. Peak Forest Canal, Hyde, Cheshire, 

 sent by Mr. C. Oldham. Helix ladea found on the coast at 

 Scarborough, with the animal still in it, by Mr, J. H. Salter. 



