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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 



313th (Annual) Meeting', October 25, 1902. 

 Held at the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 

 Professor S. J. Hickson, F. R.S., in the chair. 



Appointment of Scrutineers. 

 Messrs. R. Cairns and F. Taylor were appointed Scrutineers. 



Appointment of Auditors. 

 Messrs. J. W. Jackson and E. C. Stump were appointed Auditors. 



New Member Elected. 

 Rev, A. E. Northey, M.A., Lisworney, Torquay. 

 Names Struck Off. 

 The following names have been removed from the list of members in accordance 

 with Rule 4 : — Messrs. F. R. Clifton and Oswald Dawson. 

 Annual Report and Balance Sheet. 

 The Annual Report of the Council (p. 275), the Report of the London Branch 

 (p. 281), and the Treasurer's Report (p. 276), were presented and adopted. 

 Reports of Committees. 

 The Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a List of British Marine 

 Mollusca was presented and read, and it was intimated that the list, having now 

 been published, the Committee had been dissolved. It was resolved that the best 

 thanks of the Society be given to the Committee for their services. 



The Committee for Collective Investigation intimated that they had not received 

 sufficient information on which to base a report, and did not seek re-appointment. 

 Election of Officers and Council. 

 The Scrutineers reported that forty-seven valid papers had been received, and 

 that with one exception they were unanimously in favour of the list as nominated by 

 the Council. The Officers and Council enumerated in the list (see p. 259) were 

 therefore declared to be duly elected. 



Address. 

 Professor VV. A. Herdman, D.Sc. , F. R.S., then delivered an Address on 

 "A Recent Visit to the Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon," 

 on the conclusion of which a cordial vote of thanks was tendered to him. 



Exhibits. 

 By Professor W. A. Herdman : A series of pearl oysters (Meleagrina) with 

 pearls, from Ceylon, and various carnivorous Gastropods which prey upon the 

 oysters. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : Examples of Helix virgata, lanlhina, Boltenia, and 

 Lacuna, from Mediterranean localities. 



By Mr. C E. Wright : Helix hortensis and H. caperata from North Hants. 

 By Mr. J. M. Williams : Turbo petholaUis, a large series of selected specimens 

 shewing the remarkable range of pattern and colouration in this most variable and 

 beautiful species ; a gigantic specimen of Cyprcea pantherina v. juvenca ; C. physis 

 with unusually brilliant dorsal markings ; and C. citrina in a perfect condition 

 rarely seen. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Sinistral Helix rotundata from Castleton, Derbyshire. 

 By Mr. F. Taylor : Pahidestrina jenkinsi and P. taylori, a fine series, showing 

 growth stages, from minute fry upwards, together with form and colour variation. 



By Mr. A. Leicester : Sinistral Hehx pomatia from Kent ; Littorina rudis of 

 unusual size, banded varieties of both type and var. tenebrosa, the latter being a 

 rare form : also Trochiis lineatus from Barmouth. 



