PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. I4I 



REPORT OF THE MANCHESTER BRANCH 



TO NOVEMBER 4TH, 1892. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen, 



I am pleased to report that the Manchester Branch continues to increase 

 in strength, and in the zeal and scientific attainments of its members. 



Seven new Members have joined during the year, and we now number 

 thirty-nine. 



The meetings held during the year have been well attended, the 

 exhibitions arid discussions numerous and uiteresting, and the attention given 

 to the study of British and Foreign Marine MoUusca is increasing. 



Many interesting notes and records have been made during the year, 

 either during the excursions of the Branch or the holidays of individual 

 Members. The most important have been the first recorded instances of 

 the occurrence of PiJpa ringens in Cheshire and the Isle of Man ; Isocardia 

 cor oft" Fleetwood ; and Trochiis graniilaius from Morecambe Bay. 



The Owens College authorities have very handsomely placed a large 

 and useful Cabinet at the service of the Branch. A large number of species 

 of British Marine, Land, and Freshwater Mollusca have already been 

 placed in the Cabinet by members who have liberally contributed to the 

 series. It is intended to make this a standard collection : as complete as 

 possible in locality series and varieties of the British Molluscan Fauna 

 generally, for authentic record, and for reference and comparison. Further 

 contributions to that end will be esteemed, especially for the Manchester 

 district, and the coasts of Lancashire and Cheshire. It is proposed to 

 institute a careful selection of characteristic specimens, with accurate 

 nomenclature, and scientific arrangement ; and, later on, to publish a cata- 

 logue of the collection for the use of the members. 



The following Notes and Papers have been contributed during the 

 year : — 



By Mr. Ed. Collier : ' On the genus Placostylus from New Caledonia.' 

 By Mr. R. D. Darbishire, B.A., F.Ct.S. : ' On the genus Thdidomus of 



Swainson' ; and ' On the occurrence of Achatina acicida in a Grecian 



lachrymatory from Corfu.' 

 By Mr. W. E. Hoyle, M.A. : ' The Life History of two rare species of 



Cephalopoda, Ocy'ho'c tuberatlata and Chiroteitthis veranyi. ' 

 By Mr. Robert Standen : IJst of species collected at Marple, Cheshire, 



during the Whit-week excursion of the Branch (including Pupa ringens, 



of which the habitat was described) ' ; and ' Notes on the Norman and 



xAlder Collections.' 

 By Mr. Wm. Moss, F.C.A. : ' A list of the Slugs of the Isle of Man.' 

 By Mr. F. G. Pearcey : ' Description of the Habitat of Chiton viariiioyetis in 



the Firth of Clyde.' — Robert Standen, Hon. Secretary Manchester 



Branch, November 4th, iSgs, 



