366 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



From the respective Authors : Ueber einige verkannte und neue Dori- 

 diden, von Dr. Rudolph Bergh, 1893 ; Die Gattung Gastropteron, von Dr. 

 R. Bergh, 1893 ; and Land Shells of the genus Bulimulus in Lower 

 California, with Descriptions of Several New Species, by W. H. Dall, 1893. 



From the Leeds Corporation : Catalogue of Natural History Works in 

 the Reference Department of the Leeds Public Library, 8vo, 1893. 



Donations to Cabinet Fund announced and thanks voted : From 

 Mr. Wm. Whit well, F.L.S., Five ShiUings. 



New Members Elected : 



Mr. Edward Consterdine Stump, 16, Herbert Street, Moss Side, 

 Manchester. 



Mr. W. E. Scharff, Hill Crest, Ripon Road, Harrogate. 

 Mr. John Hill, Little Eaton, near Derby. 



Decease of Members, etc. : 



The decease of the veteran naturalist, Rev. George Gordon, LL. D. , of 

 Braebirnie, Elgin, who died on the 12th of December last, in his 93rd year, 

 was announced and sorrow expressed at the loss of a member who had 

 during a long and useful life done so much good service for the natural 

 history of Moray. 



The Chairman also called attention to the loss which conchology as a 

 science, particularly from its anatomical standpoint, had sustained in the 

 decease of Mr. Charles Ashford, of Christchurch, which took place suddenly 

 on the 31st January, at the age of 65. Although Mr. Ashford had never 

 been a member of the Society, he nevertheless took great interest in its 

 work, and was a frequent donor to its library and collections. Apart from 

 this his remarkably accurate knowledge of malacology and his unrivalled 

 excellence in dissecting and drawing entitle him to be had in remembrance 

 by any body of conchologists. 



Papers Read : 



A brief and interesting note on 'Mimicry in Mollusca,' embodied in a 

 letter addressed to the ex-president (Mr. Mason) by Mr. Edgar Leopold 

 Layard, C. M.G., F.Z.S., was read [and will shortly be printed in the 

 ' Journal of Conchology ']. 



A short note by Mr. John W. Taylor, F.L.S., on the ' Occurrence of 

 a Sinistral Example of Snccinea cblonga in South Perthshire' was read, and 

 the specimen exhibited [this note will shortly appear in the ' Journal of 

 Conchology ']. 



Exhibits : 



On behalf of Mr. William Moss, F.C.A. , of Ashton-under-Lyne, were 

 shown several fine examples of Helix itala {^ = ericetoriini) var. leucozona 

 from Peel, Isle of Man ; also a number of photographs, viz., of the jaws of 

 Fissurclla rdicidata (Guernsey), Glandina algira (Europe), and Gibbula 

 cineraria (Looe), and of the shells of Cylindrella ti-initaria and an un- 

 identified Bulimulus, both from Trinidad. 



J.C., vii., Apr. 1S94. 



