12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. R. Standen showed a large collection of the smaller British land 

 and* freshwater species, showing his improved method of mounting in glass 

 tubes, and exhibiting an extensive series of ' locality sets ' from many parts 

 of the kingdom, including all the British Bulimi, Pupa?, Vertigos, smaller 

 Helices, and Acme lineata from many localities. 



Mr. James Cosmo Melvill exhibited (a), a collection of Cyclophorus, 

 containing about eighty species, among them being C. aurantins, C. theo- 

 baldianus, C. siainensis, C. pearsoni, C. exiniuis, C. rtilagiricus, C. oculiis- 

 capri, C. bensoni, and other rare and beautiful species. Also (b), his col- 

 lection of the genus Latirus and allies, in illustration of the 'Historical 

 Account,' published in the last volume of the 'Memoirs and Proceedings of 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.' Among them was 

 one new species, in addition to the eleven recently described in his Paper. 

 This ranks among the larger of the genus, allied to L. concent ricns (Reeve), 

 and it will shortly be described under the name L. prcrstantior. It formed 

 part of Sir David Barclay's collection, (c), some types of Mitra, showing 

 about forty unique or rare species, and also full series of M. exasperata, 

 Tnrrmila regina, and immediate allies, and ill. stigmaiaria. In this latter, 

 the gradations between 7'/. sanguis nga on the one hand, and M. gianosa on 

 the other, were shown. Also M.filosa and M. nexilis with two extraordinary 

 malformations, from Mauritius, collected by Sir David Barclay, (d), certain 

 types of Pecten, including P. syhilla, P. hysginodes, P. loxoides, P. rubidus, 

 P. roseopunctatiis, P. cutningii, and other beautiful forms, (e), a drawer of 

 PnpinidiV, containing most of the described species of Piipina, Picpinella, 

 Registoiiia, Callia, Hargreavesia, Cafauliis, Toniocyclos, Mcgalomastonia, 

 Kaphaidits, and Hybocistis. (f), Beinbix argenteonitens (Lischke), Alwinm 

 (Lischke) from Japan, and Tiircicula bah-dii (Dale) from 400 fathoms off 

 coast of California — all very interesting Trochidre, found at abyssmal depths. 



Mr. F. G. Pearcey showed Buccinuiiifinniarkensis from Norway, also 

 on behalf of Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., of Millport, Cumbrae, 

 a fine collection of Solen siliqua and varieties, including some of the largest 

 known specimens, measuring \o\ inches in length, and specimens of Cyclops 

 nerUetis taken on the coast of Scotland. 



By Mr. F. C. Long : Vertigo pusitla from Silverdale, Lancashire. 



By Mr. John Hardy, jun. : a'case of carefully-prepared shell sections. 



By Mr. J. Ray Hardy : selections from the collections of some of the 

 early Manchester conchologists, mostly from localities now built upon or 

 otherwise destroyed, and a collection of abnormal varieties, mostly British, 

 including sinistral Helix aspersa and ff. nemoralis from Lancashire, sinistral 

 H. neinojalis from Bundoran, sinistral Limntca stagnalis from Doncaster, 

 scalariform Planorbis spirorbis, P. complanatiis, L. stagnalis, and others, 

 sinistral H. po/natia, and a sinistral Gibbus lyonetianits from the collection 

 of Mr. E. Collier, together with many other curious abnormalities and ex- 

 amples of ' repaired ' shells. 



In the museum Mr. W. E. Hoyle specially pointed out a magnificent 

 display of Pecten, Hinnites, and Lima from the museum and private sources 



I.e., \ii., Jan.. 1S92. 



