JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. ;>43 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF GREAT BRITALN AND IRELAND. 



1 879. 



47th Meeting— July 31st. 



Held at the Societj^'s room, Leopold Square, Leeds. 

 Mr. B. Holgate, F.G.S., in the chair. 



DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



The following were announced and thanks voted to the donors: — 



Illustrirtes Conch ylienbuch,herausgegeben von Dr. W. Kobelt, 



vierte, funfte und sechste lieferungen. [The Author. 



.Synopsis novorum generum, specierum et varietatum mollus- 



corum viventium testaceorurn anno 1077 promulgatorum (exclusis 



generibus Heliceorum, Auriculaceorum et pneumonopomorum) 



coUegit Dr. W. Kobelt, 1878. [The Author. 



The MoUusca of the Fiords near Bergen, Norway, by Rev. 



A. M. Norman. M.A. (reprinted from the Journal of Concholog}', 



1879). [Mr. J. W. Taylor. 



ne:v/ member, 



Mr. J. Darker Butterell of Hull was elected a member of the 



Society. 



DONATION TO THE COLLECTIONS. 



Cochlicopa tridens v. Nouletiana Dupuy. 

 C. tridens v. crystallina Dupu}'. 

 Both from Ilkley, Yorks. [Mr. J. W. Taylor. 



COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Mr. John W. Taylor communicated a letter which he had 

 received from Mr. Charles Ashford of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 

 inquiring as to the conditions of membership ; also urging upon 

 the Society the formation of a collection of variations, which 

 should ultimately supply the much-felt need of a visible authority 



