96 JOURNAL OF CONCIIOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. I3, JULY, I9IO. 



392nd Meeting-, May nth, 1910. 



Held at the Manchester Museum. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



" Manual of Conchology," part 80, by II. A. Pilsbry. " Mollusca of the South- 

 western States, iii. : The Huachuca Mountains, Arizona," " A new Sonorella from 

 the Rincon Mountains, Arizona," by H. A. Pilsbry and J. H. Ferriss. " Melaniidae 

 of the Panuco River System, Mexico," by H. A. Pilsbry and A. A. Hinkley ; and 

 the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Member Elected. 



Frederick Montague Dyke, B. Sc. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



David Colwell, Ileathcote, Lavender Vale, Wallington, Surrey. 



Resignation. 



Mrs. E. Lelson Bryan. 



Member Deceased. 



Dr. G. W. Chaster. 



The following resolution was passed in reference to the above :— " The Council 

 and Members of the Conchological Society desire to place on record the sense of 

 the great loss they have sustained in the lamented death of Dr. G. W. Chaster, of 

 Southport, and instruct the Secretary to convey to Miss Chaster and the other 

 relatives their most sincere condolence." Mr. Edward Collier, Mr. R. Standen 

 and other members, to whom Dr. Chaster was personally known, expressed warm 

 appreciation of Dr. Chaster as an enthusiastic and painstaking naturalist and a 

 genial companion and friend. It was intimated that an obituary notice would be 

 read at a future meeting. 



Paper Read. 



" Curiously distorted Anodonta cygitcsa,'''' by E. Arnold Wallis. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr J. Kidson Taylor : A number of non-marine shells from various Irish 

 localities ; Aviphipeplea ghitiiwsa from near Hull ; Planorbts carinalus from Poyn- 

 ton, Cheshire ; and a series Oi Bithynia lentacidata, showing marked difference in 

 colour, from Poynlon and Lough Erne — the latter being very deeply coloured. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Some very choice sets of Cyprxa annulata, C. fiiargarita 

 and C. anna. Trivia brevissivia, T. vitrea, T. grando, T. globosa, T. paucilirata, 

 T. turneri, T. nibinicolor, T. foftnosa, and many others, in beautiful condition. 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : A number of richly coloured Anodonta cygnaa from 

 various localities in the Bolton district. 



By Mrs. Gill : Kostellaria powisi and a number of other species ; also a series of 

 small Trochiis, Clanculus, and Phasianella. 



By Mr. C. II. Moore : Very large, thin, diaphanous FJiiiniea pereger from a 

 warm water pond at Stalybridge, Cheshire. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : A large series of Pleistocene non-marine mollusca 

 from the cave-earth at Dog Holes, Warton Crag, Lanes. ; these were described 

 and fully discussed in the " Lancashire Naturalist," Oct. -Dec, 1909 ; also Gryphcea 

 incitrva from the Boulder Clay near Blackpool (coll. R. Cairns). 



