lyo PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



From Mr. VVm. Baillie : Helix canfiana, H. rnfescena, II. itala 

 ( = cricefortaii), H. virgata, II. grann'ata { = sencea), Hyalinia ccUaria, and 

 Clausilia ferversa from Brora, some the progeny of imported specimens 

 turned loose. 



Donations to the Cabinet Fund announced and thanks voted : 

 From Lieut. -Colonel G. S. Parry : 5s. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership : 



Mr. Samuel Blackman Rosevear (proposed by Messrs. J. B. Rosevear 

 and G. K. Gude) and Mr. Lewis John Shackleford (by Messrs. E. Collier 

 and R. Standen). 



Papers Read. 



By Mr. Charles Oldham : ' Note on Pisidia near Leicester ' [printed in 

 'J of C.,' April, 1893, P- 167]. 



A paper by Mr. E. W. Swanton was also read, entitled ' Some Obser- 

 va'ions on the Variation and Distribution of British vSlugs,' in which were 

 brought together the names of varieties as accepted in various published 

 lists, as well as the number of counties for which the various species were 

 recorded in the most recently published 'census.' 



Exhibits : 



The Recorder showed on behalf of Mr. H. R. Matthews, jun., of 

 Partick, near GlaFgow, a number of land shells from Troon, Ayrshire, and 

 other Scottish localities. He also showed adult examples of Helix iienioralis 

 var. Ubellula 1 2345, H. hortensis vars. littea 12345, ^"^ htlea 00000 minor, 

 and H, arbustonim from Dura Den, Fifeshire, collected 30th July, 1890, 

 by Mr. W. Evans, F.R.S. E. ; also a number of shells collected by Mr. 

 W. C. Clarkson about Pateley Bridge, Ripley, and other localities in 

 Nidderdale, including Biili/iuis obsciiriis from How Stean, Azcca from How 

 Stean and Greenhow Hill, Pisidiuin ntiliuiii from Darley, etc. 



209TH Meeting, Wednesday, February ist, 1893. 

 Held at the Philosophical Hall, Leeds. 

 Mr. John W. Taylor, F. L.S. , Vice-president, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 From the Editors : Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, January, 1893 ; 

 The Naturalist, F'ebruary, 1893. 



From the Society : Proceedings of Royal Physical Society of Edin- 

 burgh, 1891-92, vol. II, part 2. 



Donations to the Collections announced and thanks voted : 

 From Miss Amy Warren : A large series of the marine shells of 

 Killala Bay, Ireland ; including Soleii siliqita from the Inch, Killala ; 

 Peden inaxiiims, Littran'a illiptica, Carditim no)-vtgiciim, C. echinatiim, 

 Cyprina islandica, Natica catena, Alactra solida, Lticina borcalis, Monta- 

 cnta ferriiginosa, AI. bidcntata, and Odostomia plicata from Enniscrone, 

 County Sligo ; Fitsus an'iqmis, Biiccimiiii nndalmn, Tapes pitllastra, T. 

 decussata, Aporrhais pcspelicani, lanihina, Axiniis Jlcxuosns, Laincllaria 

 perspicua, Ulriculus hyalinus, and U. tntncatus from Bartra Island ; Mya 



J.C., vii., Apr. 1893. 



