ZSO JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. I3, NO. 9, JANUARY, I912. 



'By Mr. Hi Hills : Albam of water-colour drawings of exotic shells. 



By'Mr. E. D. Bostock : Several drawers of land and freshwater shells, includ- 

 ing large series of Helicella vir°ata, Helix hortensis, H. pisana, H. nrbiisloriini, 

 and two enormous specimens ol Antylns Jliiviatilis var. capuloides from Stafford. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Series of Helix aspersa from various localities. 



By Rev. E. H. Nash : A large number of exotic shells from the collection of 

 the late Frederick Layard (a cousin of the late E. L. Layard), including a fine series 

 q{ Acaviis sitperbiis Vh., Harpa iinperialis, Gm., Meloiigena corona Gm., and a 

 number of Cowries from the Island of Mare, Loyalty Isles — C. exusta Sow., C. 

 arabicula Lam., C. edeiitnla Sow., a remarkably small C. cerviiietta Kien. , and 

 a splendid C. inappa var. nigiicans. 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : A small collection of marine shells from the shore at 

 South port, including Actceon tornalilis L. , Scala' ia turtonis Turton, and well- 

 coloured S. coinmunis Lam. ; also a number of exotic shells, among which were 

 Cypnea umbilicata Sow., and several species of Conns and Fasciolaria. 



By Mr. Kidson Taylor : A very beautiful collection of the genus A/iiphidromus, 

 all the specimens being noticeable for their fine and perfect coloration ; we par- 

 ticularly noticed A. webbi Fulton, A. daidzenbergi Fulton, A. soweibyi Fulton^ 

 A. kalaoensis Fulton, A. perakensis Fulton, A. floresiamts Fulton, A. glatico- 

 larynx Dohrn, A. enganoensis Fulton, A. cambojiensis Reeve, and A. niasends 

 Fulton. 



By Mr. B. Bryan (Assistant-Curator of Hanley Museum): Series of Staffordshire 

 land and freshwater shells, including some finely marked Helix aspersa, some 

 curiously deformed Linintea stagnalis from Leigh, and Physa heteroslropha from 

 Sideway and Wood Green— both Staffordshire localities. 



By Rev. Lewis J. Shackleford : A series of Valuta, including Volula virescens 

 Sol. ; V. hebrcea Lin., and vars. ; V. nivosa Lam. ; V. imperialis Lam. ; V. 

 jtuioiiia Chem. ; V. exoptanda Sow. ; V. nndnlata Lam. ; V. lunieri \Si.x. damoni \ 

 V. pacifi.ca Sol. and v. elongala Swains. ; V. africana Rve. ; V. fusiforviis Swains. ; 

 V. I'tilgelrnin Sow. ; V. papulosa Swains. ; V. roadknightiB McCoy ; V. fuamilla 

 Gray ; V. ponsonbyi E. A. Smith ; V. verconis Tate ; Patella kennadeceiisis Pils. ; 

 Cypr-za spurca var. aci:iilaris Cimel. ; Stenoradsia conspicua ; and a very fine 

 example of Mitra hantillei Petit, from the Cape Verdes. 



By Mr. E. Collier : Helix neinoralis from the west of Ireland, including a fine 

 series from Valencia Island, and some very large ones from Inishmurray Island, off 

 the coast of Sligo ; many species of Cochlostyla, showing great variation in colour 

 and marking, including Chloma cifrulea Mllff. , Corasia virgo Brod., Ciystallopsis 

 tricolor Pfr., Calocochlca pulcherrima Sow., C. festiva Don., C. depressa Semper, 

 Aiiixa ynagistj-a Pfr., Helicostyla mirabilis Fer., H. fcndstrata Sow., H. fitUginata 

 Mts., H. unica Pfr., Cochlodryas polychroa Sow., C. Jiorida Sow., Pachysphcera 

 spJuerica Sow., P. balteata Sow., and many others. Some of these were collected 

 by the late Hugh Cuming, and several were received direct from the late von 

 Mollendorff from Manila. 



By Mr. R. Standen : {a), A fine series of non-marine shells, cut to show in- 

 ternal structure, prepared by himself for the Manchester Museum Collection, includ- 

 ing examples of Helix, Paptiina, Helicostyla, Sagda, Gibbtis, Porphyrobaphe, 

 Cceliaxis, Cylindrella, Cerion, Macrodontes, Auris, Colunina, Linnuta, Auricula, 

 Pirena, Lanistes, Physa, Megaspira, Eiicalodiujit, Clausilia (showing clarisiiim in 

 situ), Tclescopiiun, Stenogyra, Aniphidroniiis, etc. (/'), Very fine specimens of 

 Cypriea testudinai-ia, from Ceylon and Loyalty Islands ; series of varieties of 

 Cyprica pantherina, C. inaitritiana, and C. arabica, from many localities. ((), 



