JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 2gi 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



1879 



49th Meeting. 



Held at the house of Mr. Robert Scharff, 79, St. Mary's 

 Terrace, Manningham, Bradford. 



At the request of the president (Mr. W. Nelson) Mr. R. Scharff, 



vice-president, occupied the chair. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Tlie following gentlemen were unanimously elected members 

 of the Society : — 



Mr. Henry Laver, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., 6-c., i. Trinity Street, 



Colchester. 



Rev. Herbert Milnes, Winster Rectory, Derby. 



RECENT AND FOSSIL SHELLS. 



Mr. RoBT. Scharff exhibited the collection of recent and 

 fossil shells formed by him during his residence in Bordeaux, and 

 in the course of his tours through Eastern and Southern France. 

 Amongst the most notable specimens Pupa Sfrobeli var. Scharffi 

 Boettg.,may be mentioned. This was discovered by Mr. Scharff 

 in the alluvium at Bordeaux, and has been named and described 

 by Dr. Boettger of Frankfort. Several rare and beautiful varieties of 

 H. splendida H. limbata^ and other species adorned the collection. 



Duiing the evening Mr. Robert Scharff distributed a number 

 of fossil and recent shells amongst those members desiring them, 

 the localities from which they were obtained being Nimes, Bor- 

 deaux, Arcachon, Cauteret, &c. Amongst the species may be 

 enumerated Helix niciensis, H. iimbata, H. iiemoralis, H. hortensis, 

 If. cornea, H. incarnata, H. obvohiia, H. vermiculata, H. 

 Carthiisiana, 6^c., Zonites oIiveto7-iun, Planoibis corneus, Limncea 

 pal list res, Pomatias obscurt/s, o>'c. A good number of fossil 

 Planorbes, Bithynix, Linu7cecE, &.C., were also given by Mr. Scharff, 

 all from the freshwater beds at Sancats. 



