PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1 3 



combined, a large case being devoted to British species,' all of which were 

 fully represented, a row of fine specimens of P. oJ>ercuIaris recently dredged 

 off Fleetwood being especially noticeable. The foreign series is very com- 

 plete and contains many rare and some unique types. The museum collec- 

 tion is in course of arrangement according to the latest authorities ; a generic 

 series is shown in the table-cases, with maps showing geographical distribu- 

 tion, and printed descriptions of generic characteristics. The arrangement 

 is completed as far as Turbinella, and when finished the displayed collection 

 will, it is hoped form a valuable conchological index to the whole moUuscan 

 genera. The remainder of the collection will be arranged for reference in 

 drawers underneath the cases. Amongst other special objects pointed out 

 were a series of specimens of wood bored by Teredo, a fine collection of 

 North American Unionida;, a case illustrativeof the life-history of the British 

 Zonites and Helices, with models of animals, darts, and the principal 

 varieties, nests of Lima hians between dead valves of Pecien maximus, a 

 case of enormous specimens of Pinna nobilis from Cannes, and an interest- 

 ing chart of classification drawn out by Mr. Hoyle and illustrated by speci- 

 mens, which is intended to serve as a key to the whole collection. — W.D.R. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council, in presenting their Report for the year 1891, have to congratu- 

 late the members upon a year of uninterrupted and steady prosperity. 



The Membership, which stood at 199 at the date of the last annual 

 meeting, now amounts to 215, of which 10 are honorary life members, 12 

 are ordinary members resident abroad, and the remaining 193 ordinary 

 members resident in the British Islands. 



Twenty-three new members have been elected during the year, and one 

 old member reinstated whose postal address had not been known for some 

 years. Three members have resigned, and the Society has had the mis- 

 fortune to lose four valued members by death. One of these was an ex- 

 President — Mr. William Jeffery, of Ratham, near Chicester; another, Mr. 

 Clifford Burkill, one of the most promising of our younger students of marine 

 mollusca ; and the other two, Mr. J. W. Wood, of Bedford, and Miss E. B. 

 Fairbrass, of Faversham, Kent, were experienced and able conchologists of 

 long standing. The net increase of 16 members is gratifying, and testifies 

 to the confidence with which both the Society and the 'Journal of Con- 

 chology' are viewed by British conchologists. 



Nine meetings have been held in Leeds since the last annual meeting, 

 those of January and August not having been held on account of the vaca- 

 tion seasons. 



A very large number of specimens of great interest have been exhibited 

 at all of these meetings. 



