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SO unlike C. barleei, which is not subulate as compared with C. tiiber- 

 culaiis. Contrasted with his own figure of the latter, that of van 

 siibulata is only half the width, much more cylindrical, with a produced 

 base, and small crowded tubercle's, characters which do not apply to 

 C. barleei. 



(To be continued ). 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



397th Meeting:, held at Manchester Museum, December 14th, 1910. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



"The West American mollusks of the genus Alaha" by Paul Bartsch {from the 

 author). "The Manchester Museum Report for the year 1909-10." " Manuel de 

 Conchyliologie," by Dr. J. C. Chenu, 2 vols, {^presented by the Manchester 

 Miiseii?/!^ ; and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 



By Mr. J. A. Hargreaves : Acrima virgmea in situ amongst Nullipore, from 

 Scarborough. Mrs. R. Boog Watson has presented to the Society a large photo- 

 graph of her late husband, the Rev. R. Boog Watson, L. L.D. , F.L.S., F.G. S. , 

 F. R.S.E., a gift very much valued by the members. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Keppel H. Barnard, B. A., Etwas, Farnham, Surrey. 



Rev. F. H. Woods, Bainton Rectory, Driffield. 



D. J. MacLeod, Hof Ter Meere, 13, Reigerstraat, Ghent, Belgium. 



Papers Read. 



" On the genus Latirus, with descriptions of new species," by J- Cosmo Melvill, 

 M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S. 



" Notes on the British distribution of Testacella,^^ by Lionel E. Adams, B. A. 



" Vitrea radiatula Alder, in Dumbartonshire," by J. R. le Brockton Tomlin, 

 M.A., F.E.S. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill : A number of types or co-types of species of Latirns 

 described during the last twenty years, to illustrate his paper. 



By Mr. Chas. Oldham : A very large and perfect specimen of the large form of 

 Neptttnea atitiqua, dredged in seventy fathoms on the " Witch Grounds," in the 

 North Sea, east of the Moray Firth. 



By Mrs. Gill : A number of very choice exotic Helicidte, including Helix 

 imperator, H. pyrostowa, H. cunninghami , etc. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : A series of Brachypodella, Eiitrochatella, and other 

 exotic operculate land shells. 



By Mr. J. Ray Hardy : Double-mouthed Cluiisilia bideutata from Lathkill Dale, 

 Derbyshire, and a curious abnormality of CI, lavnnata from Mansfield. 



