364 rROCEEDlNGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Henry Crowther, F.R.M.S., exhibited type specimens from Cape 

 Town of CohiinbeUa kitchingi Sowb., which had been presented by Mr. j. 

 Langley Kitching, J. P., of Bewdley, to the Leeds Museum. 



On behalf of Mr. F. W. Wotton were shown examples of Helix itala 

 (= iiicctontm) and H. <(T/< ;<?/<?, British species, from Wellington, New 

 Zealand, where they are acclimatized. The former species was only 

 introduced live or six years ago, with grass seeds. The specimens of //. 

 capcrata were from a virgin forest, where ihey are well distributed. 



The Chairman exhibited a series of coloured draA\ings of distorted and 

 labiate specimens of Liiiuuca pcregra ; also specimens of Helix neiiioralis 

 var. /st'i/i/o-(ti/slrit7ia Cless., from the Tyrol (Staudinger). H. aspcrsa var. 

 minor Moq., from Llantwit Major, near Carditf, H poniatia var. thcssaiica 

 Bgl., from Bulgaria, H. ncinontlis var. allwhibiata fr.an Andorra, and var. 

 rosiozoiiata from Blagdon, near Bristol. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership : 



Mr. Ernest W. Williams (proposed by Mr. J. Turman Kosevear and 

 Mr. James E. Cooper). 



MANCHESTER BRANCH. 



Meeting held al Owens College, December 9th, 1S93. 



Mr. Thos. Rogers in the chair. 



Donation to Library : 



By I'rof. W. Boyd Dawkins : ' Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of 

 New Zealand,' for which thanks were voted to donor. 

 Paper Read : 



By Captain W. J. Farrer : ' Notes on Collecting in the United States, 

 and Habits of Certain North American Molkiscs.' 



Exhibits : 



By Captain W. J. Farrer: A drawer of shells illustrative of his 'Notes,' 

 including the denticulated Helices found in the States— H'/ix sargc/i/za/ia, 

 Patiila pcrspectivtiin monst. siiiistrorsuin, Lii/iiiua graiiiis, and a number of 

 species of PJiysa, Siiaiiiea, and Uiiio. 



By ]\Ir. C. H. Schill : Helix aibustorum, of gigantic dimensions, from 

 Austria ; and a singular form of Liminra, remarkable for its solid structure 

 and inflated lip, obtained by the amber dredgers in a large lake at Konigs- 

 berg, in Northern Prussia. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Helix neinoralis and v. w///^;-from Flawick, Scotland. 



By Mr. C. Oldham : 86 locality sets of choice specimens, mounted in 

 glass-topped boxes, of British land and freshwater shells, which he 

 presented to the Cabinet. The thanks of the meeting were voted to him for 

 his valuable and acceptable gift, which will form an important nucleus for 

 the ' local ' collection which is being formed by the Branch. 



By Mr. Darbishire : 26 mounted sets of marine shells dredged by him 

 in Mulroy Bay, co. Donegal, during August last, including Panopca plicata, 

 Axiniis Jlcxitosiis, Lima Jiiaiis, and other good species. The entire collec- 

 tion was presented to the Cabinet by Mr. Darbishire, and the thanks of the 

 meeting were tendered to him for his gift. — R. Standen, Hon. Sec. 



J.C., vii., Apr. 1894. 



