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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



391st Meeting', April 13th, 1910. 



Held at ihe Manchester Museum. 

 Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



New Members Elected. 



C. Theodore Cribb, The Vicarage, Shipley, Yorks. 



Harry L. Stephenson, 73, Cohvyn Road, Dewsbury Road, Leeds. 



Herbert H. Booker, 153, Albert Road, Ileeley, Sheffield. 



W. T. Elliott, D.D.S., F.Z.S., 63, Temple Row, Birmingham. 

 Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



F. Montague Dyke, B. Sc. (Lond.), Bimblefell, Springfield Road, Kingston-on- 

 Thames. 



Resignations. 



Mrs. Gubbins. 



Mrs. E. J. Climenson. 



Paper Read. 



"Notes on some rare Mollusca from the North Sea and Shetland — Faeroe 

 Channel," by James Simpson. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. Kidson Taylor : A beautiful series of Chlorcea, including C. htigeli 

 var. polyg7-aiiLiiia, C. sirena var. siibdryope, and C. dryope var. lalitans ; Corasia 

 regime, C. psittacina and C. piiella ; Crystallopsis najas and C. purchasi ; also 

 Valvata piscinalis var. albina, from Lough Erne. 



By Mr. Ed. Collier : A fine set of rare land shells from the mountainous regions 

 of Peru, including Biiliiniiliis lobbi, B. rnbellns, B. vexilhun, B. tigris, B. crelaceits, 

 and Xenothainna baroni from altitude 4,000 feet, Rio Yonam ; B. deciissatits and 

 others from Cajabomba, altitude 8,000 feet ; Porphyrobaphe vicaria, B. scitiilus 

 and Helix higgensi, from Cajamarca, aliitude 11,000 feet. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : A large number of the rarer Cypraa, including C. xanthodon, 

 C. physis, C. caurica var. cairnsiana, C. boivini, C. zonata, C. walkeri, C. ciitiiia, 

 C. cribraria var. exinoiithensis, C. bregeriana, C. becki, C. gaskoini, C. iiebiilosa, 

 and many others. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Acanthimila acitleata, Ena ohscitra, Vallonia cosiata, 

 Vitrina pellitcida and a number of other species collected about Abergele, N. Wales, 

 during last Easter week ; also photographs of living Helix tmdata, and examples 

 of the singularly shaped dart of this species dissected from specimens brought from 

 Madeira by Mr. B. R. Lucas. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Vitrea alliaria, V. nitidiila, V. crystallina and Eiicomilus 

 ftilvus from Marple ; Helicella caperata from Southport ; Hygromia hispida, Vitrea 

 crystallina and V. radiattila var. viridescenti-alba from Stalybridge. 



By Mr. W. Whitehead : LiinncEa pereger covered by a dense growth of the alga 

 Batrachospernium moniliforme from a pond in Range Road, Staley Brushes. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Schizoglossa novo-seelaiidica from Toko, New Zealand ; 

 Cyprxa testudinaria from Ouvea, Loyalty Islands ; a number of rare shells from 

 Japan, including Valuta megaspira, Dentaliit/ii vernedei, Scala pretiosa, Giiildfordia 

 lritt7nphans, etc. ; also a number of new additions to the Falkland Islands collection 

 in the Manchester Museum, received from Mr. R. Vallentin, and some new species 

 recently described by Messrs. Cooper and Preston. 



