l6o JOURXAI- OF CONCIIOI.OOY, VOL. I3, NO. 5, JANUARY, I9II. 



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

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

 the great loss sustained in the lamented death of the Rev. Dr. R. Boog Watson, of 

 Edinburgh, sometime President of the Society, and instruct the Secretary to convey 

 to the relatives their most sincere condolence." 



Great regret was expressed that owing to information of Dr. Boog Watson's 

 death, which took place in June, not having been received u itil recently, the vote 

 of condolence was so delayed. 



An obituary notice, by E. A. Smith, I.S.O. and J. R. le Brockton Tomlin, 

 M. A., was read, and will be published in the January number of the Journal of 

 Coiichology. 



Papers Read. 



"On the Occurrence of ^y^ //a" aspersa L. var. glabra Calc. in Mid-Lincolnshire," 

 by J. F. Musham, F.E.S. 



" Protective Resemblance in British Marine Molhisca," by J. A. Hargreaves. 



" The Dispersal of Shells by Insects," by H. J. Stalley. 



" Clajisilia cravenensis Taylor var. albiiia nov.," by J. Davy Dean. 



" Vertigo substriata in Bucks.," by J. E. Cooper. 



" Pseiidanodonta elongafa Hoi. in the Thames," by J. E. Cooper. 



"Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Ross-shire, with some New County Records," 

 by ]. Williams Vaughan. 



^' Limax tenellus in Perthshire East," by Chas. Oldham. 



" Ena viontana in Huckinghamshire," by Chas. Oldham. 



"Obituary Notice: The Rev. R. Boog Watson, LL.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 F.R.S.E., etc.," by E. A. Smith, LS.O. and J. R. 1^ ^ ckton Tomlin, M.A. 



" On the Occurrence of Uiiio siiiiiatiis Lam. in i.ne British Isles," by J. Wilfrid 

 Jackson, F.G.S. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Chas. Oldham : Ena montana from Great Hampden, Bucks., to illus- 

 trate his paper. 



By Mr. J. Kidson Taylor : ^'ery fine examples of Cypriia cxiista, C. nigro- 

 puiictata, C. reevd, and many beautiful varieties of less common species. 



By Mrs. Gill : Species of Vitrina from Tasmania, and a series of Pat tula, 

 Cyclostoina, Choanopovia, and Trochatella. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : A number of land shells from Grange district. 



By Mr. J. A. Hargreaves : AcnuTa virginea in situ amongst Nullipore, to 

 illustrate his note. 



By Mr. G. H. Taylor : Pisidiiini nitidu/n, Sphcirium cornenm, and a stunted 

 form of Litiinaa glabra from Bowlee, near Manchester. 



By Mr. J. E. Cooper : P^eudanodonta elongata, to illustrate his note. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence' : A number of fine UrocoptidtF anA Placostylus. 



By Mr. Fred. Taylor : Very large Pisidinin casertanum Poli, approaching the 

 variety cineieuin Alder, from Filton Hill, near Oldham ; Physa fonlinalis and a 

 form of Physa shewing some affinity with /''. lieterostroplia or P. gyrina, from 

 Barlaston, Staffs. ; and a beautiful example of a large Lijuax, as yet unidentified, 

 from Blandford, Dorset (coll. A. D. R. Bacchus). 



By Mr. E. Collier : Helix aspersa and H. hortensis, from Dingle, Co. Kerry. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : Ujiio sinuatns Lam., from River Clouden, Dum- 

 fries, River Danube, and fossil from River Thames, to illustrate his paper ; also a 

 ^'' co-typt" oi Pseuda)iodonta tlongata \'a.x. nicarica from Neckar, Heidelbeig. 



