152 JOURNAL OF COXCHOLOGY, A'OL. 13, NO. 5, JANt;AkY, igit. 



By Mr. Fred. Taylor : A beautiful set of TJinnaa pahistris var. albida from 

 Southport : out of 1080 specimens examined, 25 were this rare aIl)ino form. 



By Mr. J. Davy Dean : HelicidiE arranged in the form of a " genealogical tree" 

 to illustrate Pilsbry's system of classification. A series of small mollusca from Lifu. 

 Clausia of many British and Continental Clausilire ; albino examples of Claitsilia 

 cravenensis^ C. laiiiinata, and C. bidentata ; Hyalinia hicida from Grange-over- 

 Sands ; H. helvetica from Leicester ; H. cellaria var. coinpacta from Halifax ; H. 

 huida, Foinatias elegatis, etc., from Belgian localities; and a double-mouthed Clau- 

 silia bidentata from Melling. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : IMacrochlaiiiys pedtna, Ariophanta hevipes and 

 varieties, A. bajadera, specimens of Onchidiuni, etc., recently collected by him 

 at Bombay. 



By Mr. R. Woodcock : A fine series of colour varieties of Pecten varius and 

 P. opercularis ; Ltitraria oblonga ; Psanunobia vespertina; Pectunculus glycivieris; 

 some pretty varieties of Donax polihis, with scarlet or blue umbones, all collected 

 recently at various localities in Jersey. 



By Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall : Helix hortensis, type, var. coalita, and var. lilacina, 

 from Leicestershire ; var. coalita and var. incarnala, Peterborough ; var. tenuis, 

 var. siibarenicola, var. lutea, and var. incantata, Northants ; var. lutea and var. 

 albiiia, Crowland ; type and var. oUvacea from Deeping, S. Lincolnshire — all ob- 

 tained during the present year. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Forty-four species of land and freshwater shells collected 

 within a radius of four miles from Stalybridge. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : A fine series of Cyprcea tigris and its principal varieties ; 

 Plaiiorbis corneus var. albida from Ashton-under-Lyne. 



By INIr. J. W. Jackson : A series of Mollusca obtained from ' Cave-earth ' at 

 Dog Holes, Warton Crag, including examples oi Pyramidida ruderata; also a large 

 number of locality sets of Rlargaritaiia margarilifera, from his own and Mr. R. 

 Standen's collections. 



By Mr. R. Standen: Ki,Q\\ifAo{ Odontostoinus 2.w<X lilacrodo/ites from S. America. 

 Pedicularia albida, P. califomica in situ on Gorgonia and Allopora, P. elegantissima, 

 P. pacifica, P. sicula in situ on corals, and P. {Dentiora) rnbida from Samoa. 

 Aporrhais pes-pelicani from numerous British and Mediterranean localities ; A. 

 serresianiis from Sicily and West of Ireland coast ; A. occidentalis from Labrador ; 

 A. inacandrece ixo\\\ 'S^&\.\&Xi<\ ; A. pes-graculi 2cnA A. pes-carbonis from Sicily; and 

 A. senegalensis ; SpIuEriuin pallidum from most of its known British and North 

 American localities, including a set of the original specimens first taken in the 

 neighbourhood of Manchester by the late Mr. R. D. Darbishire. 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : Varieties of Pecten opercularis from Scottish localities ; 

 Helix nemoralis var. tenuis — weight 35 grains — from Isle of Man ; a set of 

 remarkably broad banded yellow 00300 H. nemoralis, Hope, Derbyshire ; varieties 

 of H. hortensis from Chatburn, Lancashire. 



By the Manchester Museum : A number of special groups from the reserve 

 collections, viz., («), The " Neave Collection " of Rhodesian Mollusca containing 

 examples of several new species, {b). The ' ' Harmsworth-Jackson Collection " of 

 Franz Josef Land Mollusca. {c). Purpura lapillus from a large number of British 

 localities, illustrating local variation in form, size, and coloration, (d), British 

 Liltorinidcs and Patellidit from many localities, some interesting examples of the 

 latter forming burrows in rock, and curious tracks on shale due to the browsing of 

 the limpets on Confervre (R. D. Darbishire Coll.). («), Ovula and Aniphiperas. 

 (/), British and exotic Liinnccidiv, including many large and beautiful specimens of 



