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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



322nd Meeting, September pth, 1903. 

 Mr. Charles Oldham in the Chair. 



Donation to the Illustration Fund announced and thanks voted : 

 Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, £2. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 " Mollusca," " Brachiopoda," Zoological Record, vol. 39, by E. R. Sykes and 

 E. A. Smith ; " Malacological Notes," 2 parts ; " Descriptions of new Land Shells 

 from the Austro-Malayan Region," and " Cerastus dinsJiawi from Aden, etc.," by 

 E. R. Sykes; "Synopsis of the Family Astartidse," by W. H. Dall {fro7n the 

 respective authors), and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Member Elected. 

 A. D. Darbishire, B.A., Zoological Department, Owens College, Manchester. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Major E. F. Becher, R.A., 2, Berkeley Villas, Pittville, Cheltenham. 

 P. B. Nash, 135, Melfort Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey. 



Papers Read. 



" Description of a New Species o[ Modiola from Malacca," " Note on Macron 

 trochlea," by Edgar A. Smith, LS.O. 



" Physa acuta Drap. at Yiew Gardens," ^^ Helix cantiana Montagu at Tooting 

 Common, Surrey," by William Whitwell, F.L.S. 



"Note on Cassis paucirugis Menke," by Mrs. Agnes F. Kenyon. 



" Report on the Miller's Dale Ramble," by J. W. Jackson. 



Exhibits : 



By Mr. J. T. Wadsworth : Pupa anglica, P. muscorum, and P. cylindracea, 

 Derrynane, County Kerry. 



By Mr. E. H. Turner : Helix cepa, and a series of small species of Cypraa, in- 

 cluding many varietal and some abnormal forms. 



By the Rev. L, J. Shackleford : Cerastus dinshawi Sykes, from Senna ; Erinua 

 ihaanumi Ancey, Wailuku River, near Hilo, Succinea incoitspicua Ancey, Kukui- 

 haele, and a series of colour varieties of S. kiihnsi, Kaiwiki, at an altitude of 

 2,600 feet, district of Hilo, Hawaii. 



By Mrs. A. F. Kenyon : A series of varietal forms of Cassis paucirugis Menke 

 to illustrate her paper. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Ccecilioides aciczda and other species taken during the 

 Miller's Dale Ramble. 



It was decided to hold the following 



Special Exhibits at Future Meetings : 

 October r4th, 1903 - - The Genus Trivia. 

 November nth - - - British Species of Unio. 

 December 9th - • - British Species of Anodonta. 



323rd (Annual) Meeting, September 19th, 1903. 

 Held at the Rooms of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 

 Dr. R. F. ScharfT, M.R.I. A (President) in the Chair. 



Appointment of Auditors. 



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



