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specimens with golden nacre and attached pearls ; {i) a set of small but perfect 

 pearls ; {c) a series of young shells from earliest stages of growth, by Mr. R. 

 Standen. Specimens of U. margaritifer, U. tumidiis, and U. pictorum, from the 

 "Oldham" Collection, were shewn to illustrate locality variation ; and a series of 

 very large and ponderous shells, from a pond at Ward End, near Birmingham 

 (" Darbishire " Collection) were interesting as shewing an apparent connection 

 between U. tumidus and U, pictorum. 



326th Meeting, December 9th, 1903. 



Mr. Edward Collier (Vice-President) in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 



By Miss J. E. Linter : Tornatellina pepontim Gld. , T. macrophala Ancey, T. 

 abbreviata Ancey, Maui, Sandwich Islands. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



"A short account of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Haselmere, Surrey," 

 by Ch. Pannell {from the author') ; Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoolo- 

 gischen Gesellschaft, 1889- 1903 {from the Society); and the usual periodicals 

 received in exchange. 



New Members Elected. 



Miss Gwynedd Scott, West Quarter, Hexham. 



J. R. Redding, 173, Clonliffe Road, Dublin. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Fred Booth, 43, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Yorks. 



Henry William Parritt, 8, Whitechapel Park, Upper HoUoway, London, N. 



Resignation. 

 W. H. Johnson. 



Member Deceased. 



P. Brooke Mason, J.P., M.R.C.S., F.L.S. (Past President). 

 Papers Read. 



London Branch ; Annual Report. 



" The Marine Mollusca of Tenby and Neighbourhood : Further Contributions," 

 l)y J. Williams Vaughan. 



" Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Brecon," by J. Williams Vaughan. 



" Freshwater Shells of Naples and the Neighbourhood," by Raffaele Bellini. 



" Report on the Droylsden Ramble," by Fred Taylor. 



" Succinea oblonga Drap. var. alba n.," by C. E. Wright. 



^^ Sepia burnupi n.sp. from Natal," by W. E. Hoyle. 



"The Structure and \Ai&-Yi\%to\y oi Anodonta cygnea: a Resume," by W.J. Hall. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. C. E. Wright : Succinea oblonga and var. alba from Braunton Burrows, 

 near Ilfracombe ; Atnphipeplea glutinosa var. alba, Deal, Kent ; Helix hortensis 

 var. undulata, Weekley, Northants ; var. bi/narginata, Rothwell ; var. citrino- 

 zonata, Kettering, Northants ; and H. caperata var. ochroleuca, Tenby. 



By Mr. F. F. Laidlaw : Shell and animal of Volva birostris L., Cape Patani. 



By Mr. A. Leicester : Testacella scutulum from garden at New Ferry, Cheshire. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Neptunea antiqua var. striata, dredged in forty fathoms, 

 off Limerick ; Vivipara vivipara, River Soar, Kegworth, Leicestershire ; very large 

 Unio pictorum, from German Pool, Poynton ; Limncea palustris var. albida, from 

 Whittingham, Lanes. : Gundlachia beddomd Petterd, Tasmania ; Pompholyx effusa 

 Lea, Klamath Lake, California ; Lanizia carinata Jouss. , Isle of Bourbon ; Lithotis 

 rupicola, Bladford, India ; and a set of Melanopsis dufouri Fer. , from Morocco ; 

 upon the decorticated apex of the shell an alga has grown, the filaments of which, 



