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operculate land shells from Madagascar, Cuba, etc., including fine C. foliacea, 

 C. leai, and C. consangninea. 



In the Special Exhibit of Japanese land sheWs {Helicidce'') Mr. Edward Collier 

 and Mrs. Gill showed a fairly representative series of the species known, and Mr. 

 Collier gave some interesting remarks upon the characteristics of the various genera 

 and their distribution in the Japanese Islands. 



It was decided to have the following 



Speciai, Exhibits at Future Meetings : 

 April loth - Cochlostyla : Sections Chloraea and Corasia. 

 May 8th - Japanese and Chinese Clausilia. 



June I2th - Scandinavian Land Shells. 



411th Meeting, held at Manchester Museum, April loth, 1912. 



iNIr. E. Collier in tlie chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 

 '' On some Freshwater Mollusca from the Pliocene Deposits of East Anglia," 

 by A. S. Kennard and B. B. Woodward. " Molluscs (Non-Marine) [of Suffolk], 

 ex Victoria County History of Suffolk," by B. B. Woodward and A. Mayfield. 

 " Uber Abnorme Bildungen an Schneckengehausen," by Dr. H. Slrebel. " Ana- 

 tomy of C// //«///« and Azoi;" hy H. H. Bloomer. "The Occurrence oi Helicella 

 heripensis (Mabille) in Great Britain ; — Notes on some British Non-Marine 

 Mollusca," by A. W. Stelfox. " Land and Freshwater Mollusca (Clare Island 

 Survey), by A. W. Stelfox [from the respective authors) ; and the usual periodicals 

 received in exchange. 



Candidates for Membership. 



G. Lionel Sturt, Lismore, Cavendish Road, Weybridge. 



Ernest Guy Maclean Sturt, Lismore, Cavendish Road, Weybridge. 



Papers Read. 



"Some Notes on the New British Land Shell, Helicella heripensis (Mabille)," 

 by Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall. 



"Note on Cylindrella Leqiiatoria Morelet," by J. R. le Brockton Tomlin, M.A. 



" Limax cinereo-niger in Westerness," by Charles Oldham. 



" Paludestrina jenliinsi in Hampshire," by Charles Oldham. 



" Helix caniiana preyed upon by the Song Thrush," by Charles Oldham. 



^' Pisidium lilljeborgi ■AXiA. other Pisidia in Carnarvonshire," by Charles Oldham. 



^''Clausilia biplicata Mont.," by F. B. Jennings. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. Davy Dean : A fine series of tlie Candidnla section oi Helicella from 

 the continent, for comparison with examples of Helicella heripensis Mabille from 

 British localities. 



By Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall : A series of Helicella heripensis and its varieties 

 grisescens, Ititesceiis, and albicans, to illustrate his paper. 



By Mr. II. Allan, junr. : Anodonta cygncea from the canal, Marple, Cheshire. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : A 'number of species of Gibbns and Brachypodella, in- 

 cluding the example of Urocoptis soxuerbyana Pfr; referred to in Mr. Tomlin's note 

 'on Cylindrella lequatoria Mor. (see p. 323). 



