PROCEEDINGS : DECEMB£R I6, I902. 2^9 



Specimens '" are now in my hands, and since their destination may become 

 of interest, I should be obliged by your insertion of this note. 



Yours very truly, 

 The Secretary, the Conchological Society. E. R. Sykes. 



159, Queen Street, Hurst, 

 Dear Sir, Ashton-under-Lyne, 7th Oct., 1902. 



With reference to Mr. Sykes' letter, I still think that I have some of the 

 original specimens collected by Mr. Rogers. They were in a small pill box, 

 and marked in Mr. Rogers hand-writing "New?" evidently before they had 

 been definitely named. 



Now, as to the way these shells came into my possession. After Mr. 

 Preston had taken away the collection, Miss Rogers told me that there were 

 a number of boxes mostly full of shells which had been shown to Mr. Preston, 

 but which he said only contained rubbish, and were of no use to him. Miss 

 Rogers very kindly gave me permission to go through these and select what 

 I wanted from them. The specimens of Flanorbis dilatatus were among the 

 "rubbish." The notice in the y^«;'«a/ should read "some of the original 

 specimens," and with this emendation I think it is correct. 



I am, yours very truly, 

 W. E. Hoyle, Esq. Robert Cairns. 



Papers Read. 

 " Self-Fecundation in Flanorbis vortex,''' by W. II. Chadwick. 

 "Additional Notes on the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Surrey," by Chas. 

 Pannell, jun. 



" The Land Shells of the Turton District," by J. W. Baldwin. 

 " The Association of Helix nevtoralis and H. hortensis" by the Rev. S. Spencer 

 Pearce. 



" The Association of Helix neinoialis and H. hortensis,"' by R. Welch. 

 " Claiisilia bidentata and Balea perversa," by R. Welch. 



Exhibits. 



By Mrs. J. M. Blundell : A very fine, thin, almost colourless form of Sticcinea 

 putris from a ditch at Oaksey, near Cirencester, and series of S. piitris and S. elegans 

 from a neighbouring locality. 



By Mr. B. R. Lucas : Some good sets of Vertigo niiniitissima and Atnalia 

 soiverbyi from Portland, Dorset ; V. piisilla, Helix pygnicea, Azeca tridens, and 

 Hyalinia piira from Winston, Dorset ; V. pygmaa from South Molton, Dorset ; 

 and Bythinia leachi, LimncEa peregra, and L. glutinosa from Deal, Kent ; all col- 

 lected during the past season ; also Valuta sophice Gray from Thursday Island. 



By Mr. F. Taylor : Clausilia cravenensis, sections showing different aspects of 

 the clausium in situ ; and contents of the gizzard of a Shelduck, consisting solely 

 of Pahidestrina stagnalis. 



By Mr. W. E. Hoyle : A small squid ( TracheloletUhis behni) taken about ninety 

 miles west of Slyne Head, Co. Galway, and furnishing the first record of the species 

 in the British area. 



By the Manchester Museum : A portion of a collection of Pendine marine 

 shells, recently presented by Mr. A. G. Stubbs. 



It was decided to hold the following Special Exhibits for future Meetings : 

 b January 14th, 1903 - Locality series of British Clausiliae. 



■ February nth ,, British Helix virgata and its Varieties. 



B March nth ,, British Species of Flanorbis. 



