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From Mr. H. Turner : Various l^and-formulfe of Helix nemoralis, from 

 near the Cemetery, Horsforth, near Leeds. 



From Mr. Hugh Richardson : Various shells from Greece, including 

 Helix vermiculata and Stenogyra decollala from Athens ; various fossils from 

 Kalamata ; shells from Langada Gorge, near Sparta; and a slab of shell- 

 conglomerate from Olympia, containing many specimens of a small Planorbis. 



From Mr. W. Thomson : A valuable and extensive series of 

 pleistocene fossil shells from the Copford deposit, Essex, including Vertigo 

 fusilla. Helix lamellala, H. aaileata, H. pygmaa, and numerous other 

 species. 



New Members Elected : 



Mr. Henry Crowther, F.R.M.S., Curator, The Museum, Leeds. 



Mr. Philip James Rufford, i, Gloucester Place, The Croft, Hastings. 



The election (or rather re-election) of Mr. Crowther after a prolonged 

 absence from Leeds and his recent return to the city as Curator of the 

 Museum there, is of interest, inasmuch as he was one of the four con- 

 chologists by whom the Conchological Society was first founded in Leeds 

 in 1876. 



Exhibits : 



On behalf of Mr. R. Wigglesworth were shown Sphteritim corneum and 

 Liinncea peregra, exhibiting features of interest, from Clayton-le-Moors, near 

 Accrington. 



On behalf of Mr. F. W. Wotton were exhibited a few examples of 

 Planorbis spirorbis from P<ute. 



Mr. John W. Taylor, F.L.S., brought slides of the radulae of Avion 

 hortensis and A. ciieiunscriptus, Hyalinia cellaria and H. draparnaldi, H. 

 radialiila and H. electrina, Sticcinea elegans and .S". ovalis, Biiliminus 

 obsc2Uus and B. inontanus. Helix hispida ( = concinnd) and var. hispidosa, 

 for comparison. They were shown under the microscope by Mr. Henry 

 Crowther, F.R.M.S., who also submitted a table of classification based 

 upon the dental system. 



The Recorder showed a number of Scottish shells and slugs sent for 

 authentication and record by Mr. W. Evans, F. R.S.E., which included 

 Ancyhis fluviatilis, Hyalinia nitidtila, * Clatisilia perversa. Avion subfiisczts, 

 A. minimus, *Succinea piitris, Vitrina, Hyalinia alliaria, H. puva var. 

 margaritacea, H. radiatula, H. crystallina, H. fulva, *Helix lamellata, 

 *H. fusca, *H. roitindata, Veiiigo edenhila, Cochlicopa Inbrica, and Limncea 

 iruncatiila from Aviemore, H. hortensis var. lutea 12345 and Limax cijiereo- 

 niger from near Rothiemurchus, the last named also from Loch an-Eilan, 

 and * Pisidinm piisilhim and * P fontinale from Loch Phitinlais, those 

 marked with the asterisk (*) being new authentications for the vice-county 

 of Easterness. — W. D. R . 



