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]^)' Dr. Biooksl^ank ; An e.\Liaordinaiy living specimen oi I.i/nti^ca, from Lake 

 WindcniiL-re, reseniljling a large I'lochiis in shape, apparently an abnormal. L. 

 slagna/is. 



By Mr. !•'. II. vSikcs : A ninnher of less ojmmon varieties of Heliciilc, includ- 

 ing an enormous //". as/^crsa fmni Russia; //. neiiioialis var. ^/z/^z/.f/j, Sandu. , 

 from Germany; H. sce/zcni from Jericho; //. lapiada var. a'biiia Mke., from 

 .Switzerland ; H. viri^ala var. dila'ala .Sikes, from Kent ; and //. arlnistoi itiii var. 

 uiidiiliihi Sikes, from Friesland. 



H)- Mr. \. \\. B. MaselieUl : A complete colleclion of Staffoidsliire mollusca, 

 among which were a particularh' fine lot of Uiiioiiid,r. extremely large Liiniuea 

 g'alira, from a locality at Che.idle now destroyed, and fine Sph,critcin ovale from 

 l''rogliall Canal ; also various land and freshwater sjiecies from many localities, 

 including two reversed He/ix /'omatia (Vnxwcii), and Scotch Uiiio margarilifer 

 with i>earls. 



]'y Mr. II. Kmmett : A large colleclion of land and freshwater shells from 

 British localities. 



I!y ^Irs. Gill : A splenditf series of .SV<?''(i'/7'(i //•t'/ZiJM Lam., Spoiidylus primers, 

 Sohirru/ii qiiadrireps - \Y\n<\f,, a good manj'forms of C(Z/ii'/«w, Terehra -And .Mit'd, 

 Biilhi crneH/a/a' M\.', and others. " '■ 



By the Ilanley Museum : Collections of British land aiid freshwater shells, and 

 Achaliiiella ; exotic bixalves, inchuling species of I\riia, Malleus, etc. ; five small 

 tanks containing many living examp'es of f.inniira stagnalis, Paliideslrina jenkiitsi 

 and others. " ' . _ 



By Mr. J. K. le B. Tomlin : Some giant specimens of Purpura lapillus L., 

 fronV Swaiiage ; very fine Pisidiuin lilljeborgi Cl^^ssin, from Loch na-Slairsach, 

 Isle of -Skye, about 750 feet abo\e sea le\el ; Trachycystis scolopendra M. and P., 

 from Equeefa, Nataf ; and a number of rnre /'/i?//;'tf/i'////V/((', including Pleurotoma 

 gainonsi Rve. , /'. kitueri Douniet, /'. uiidathui^a Biv., /'. circiiiata Dall, /". 

 gililij'isli .Sow., /'. a'.bina Lam., Diillia mitlliseriala Smith, D. iintUicoitellula 

 Smith, D. (Onsangiiiiiea Smith, Clavus beiki Rve. , C. exaspc'ra/us \\ve., C. quad- 

 lilira/us Smith, C. iuiliualiis Sosv., I\faugilia corallind Watson, Glyphostoina 

 aubiyanuin Ilerv., G. tigroiddluiii Ilerv., G. jousseauiiiel Ilerv., and G. tribti- 

 /(j//^;//.*- Iledley. ' 



By Mr. W. Wells Bladen : An example of Dre'ssensia polyinorplui Pallas, with 

 pearl attached to inieri"orof shell. 



By Mf. A. Tonkinson : A small collection of land and freshwater shells, and 

 some -Caflioniferous lossils. 



By Mr. Gale : Staffordshire land and freshwater shells, including some fine 

 examples of Auodoiita cygnwa, I'ivipara vivipara, and Planorbis conieus. 



By Mr. \V. D. Roebuck : A very fine pair oi Paryphanta busbyi _G(iiy; a number 

 Ci'i Cypr,ra anuulus L,., from the Bazaar at; Cawnpore, where they passed as cur- 

 rent coin at the rate of 132 = one penny ; a cowry necklace from an Egyptian tomb 

 of the XlXlh Dynasty, guaranteed by the officials of the Egyptian Museum of 

 Antiquities. 



By Dr. Wheelton Hind, M.D., F.R.C.S., E.G.S. : A very complete e.xhibit 

 of British Carboniferous Cephalopods, from all horizons. 



■. By Mr. J. T. .Stobbs, E.G.S. : Fossil mollusca from the coal measures, chiefly 

 of North Staffordshire, including various species of C(z;v'^6>/;/c,-(?/(Z, Aiithi acoinya, and 

 Li 11 gu la. 



": , By Dr, llitid and Mr. Stobbs : .A chart of fossil shells found in connection with 

 the seams of coal and ironstone of North Staftordshire. 



