l8 PROCKEDIXGS OF THl': CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE MANCHESTER BRANCH 



DFXF.MBER I2TII, 189I. 



Mr. Prksident and (Ifa'tlemf.x, 



I am pleased lo be able to- report that the Manchester Branch of this 

 Society has during the year made steady progress, a number of good workers 

 having joined. We have now thirty-two members, most of whom are 

 already mendiers of the parent society. Many of our recently-elected mem- 

 bers have also joined the Society on entering the Branch. 



The meetings have been held monthly throughout the year and have 

 been well attended. Great interest has been shown in all subjects brought 

 forward, and the exhiliits have been very numerous, and often of special 

 importance. 



During the summer months excursions have been made to Marple. 

 Cheshire; l.ostock, Gralam, and Marston Forge, Cheshiie; Lathkill Dale, 

 Derbyshire; Dukinfield and the Peak F^orest Canal; and to Clitheroe. 

 These excursions have proved very interesting and agreeable to those taking 

 part in them, and resulted in some good records being made. 



The Council of Owens College have kindly granted the use of a room 

 in the jSIuseum for the members of the Branch, and we hope to place in the 

 Museum a Local Collection of Land, F'reshwater, and Marine Shells, con- 

 tributed by members, and arranged in one of the Museum's cabinets, and 

 available for reference by any conchologist upon application to the keeper. 

 It is proposed that this collection shall be illustrative of the MoUuscan 

 Fauna of the Manchester district, and to include Lancashire, Cheshire, 

 Derbyshire, and such portions of Yorkshire as may come within a reasonable 

 radius. 



Detailed reports of the various excursions, with lists of species collected, 

 have been furnished by the Secretary, 'Sir. Standen ; and the following Notes 

 and Papers have been contributed by members during the year: — 

 By Edward Collier: 'On Marine Gasteropods being eaten by Thrushes 



during severe Winter Weather.' 

 By T- Cosmo Melvill: ' On the Genus La'iriis and its Allies.' 

 Bv L. St. George Byne: 'On the occurrence of Pkurohranilnis iiieaibraim- 



ceiis in Teignmouth Bay.' 

 By W. E. Floyle: 'A Description of a rare Cephalopod, Tllex eblajne, from 



Plymouth. ' 

 By W. H. Fleathcote: ' Testae ella scuhilum in Lancashire.' 

 By K. Standen: 'Observations on the Reproduction of the Dart m Helix 

 aspc'isa' ; and 'Note of the Occurrence of Vertigo- pusilla in Lancashire.' 

 By R. Standen and J- Ray Hardy: 'Observations on the Generative Organs 

 o{ Bulimiis aeutus Miill.. with Description of a remarkable Calcareous 

 Organ connected therewith.' — Robert Stanmex, Honorary Secretary, 

 Manchester Branch. 



J.C, \ii., Jan., iSga. 



