PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETV. 87 



Exhibits : 



The Chairman exhibited on behalf of Rev. \V. L. W. Eyre, Af.A., 

 examples of various forms o^ Sphicriunilacustrcixova Hampshire, and Linuicca 

 pahtstris vars. clongata and strida from near Hull. 



On behalf of Air. R. Rogers were shown a large number of shells from 

 Yardley Hastings, Northants. 



The Chairman exhibited a collection of shells collected by Mr. G. W. 

 Chaster in Merionethshire, to illustrate that gentleman's paper. 



On behalf of Mr. H. Wallis Kew, F. E.S., were shown Liiniiica peregra, 

 L. inincatitla, Sphceriiiin lacustre, and a Pisidiiiiii from an isolated pond 

 at Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire. 



On behalf of Mr. Charles Oldham was shown a small example oi Arioii 

 minimus from Buxton, Derbyshire. 



202nd Meeting, Wednesday, loth August, 1892. 

 Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Library Purchase announced : Annals of Lyceum of Natural His- 

 tory of New York, vols, i (in two parts) and 2, 1824 — 182S. 



Donations to Library announced and thanks voted: The Naturalist 

 for August ; Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Aout ; Proc. and Trans. Nova 

 Scotian Institute of Science, 2nd series, vol. i, part i, 1891; Abstract Proc 

 Linn. Soc. of New vSouth Wales, 29 June; and List of Members of American 

 Association of Conchologists, No. 2, July 18, 1892 (all from the respective 

 Editors and Societies). 



Donations to Collections announced and thanks voted : 



From Mr. R. S. Ferguson, F.S.A. : Shells {Lii/uiira pcregra and Plan- 

 orbis marginatits in abundance) and a block of material containing them, 

 found in digging the foundation of a house in Carlisle, supposed to be the 

 remains of the city ditch, outside the wall. 



From the Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. : Examples of shells of the genera 

 Helix, Planorbis, Bythinia, and Liiniiaa (including Z. auriadaria) from 

 Kashmir, collected by Mr. W. H. Cobb. 



From Mr. J. Darker Butterell: Several species oi Helix hom. Langtoft 

 on the Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire. 



New Member Elected : 



Mr. John G. Shillito, 20, Elmore Road, Sheffield. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership : 



Messrs. Bartlet Span (proposed by PL K. Jordan, F.G S., and J. T. 

 Marshall); Tom Brown (proposed by Rev. W. L. W. Eyre, M.A., and John 

 A. Hargreaves); and R. J. Lechmere Ciuppy (proposed by Edgar A. Smith, 

 F.Z.S., and John W. Taylor, P\L.S.). 



Papers Read : 



A paper by Mr. Gerald W. Adams, M.R.C.S., upon 'Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca at Karachi,' [printed in J. of C , July, pp. 81 — 82]. 



