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near Lancaster, and from Chatham — the former being remarkably heavy and solid, 

 although from the millstone grit formation — contrasted with the latter, from the 

 chalk, which were unusually thin, almost approaching var. tenuior in texture. 



By Mr. F. Taylor: On behalf of Mr. A. G. Stubbs — A set of water-colour 

 drawings of varieties of British shells. 



By Rev. L. J. Shackleford : Stronibtis biibonius, Contis genuanus, Siphonalia 

 buxea, Cyprcea pida, C. hirida, C. spurca, and series of Triton, Pecten, etc., all 

 from Cape Verde Islands. 



By Messrs. H. Beeston and C. E. Wright : A series of North-Devon mollusca 

 to illustrate their paper. 



By Mr. R. Standen: Hyalinia (Polita) glabra Studer, Switzerland (from the 

 Crosse collection), compared with Whalley examples of Vitrea rogersi Woodward 

 {from the Oldham collection), showing the specific difference most markedly; 

 Caracolina asttirica Mich, and C. constricta Boub., from Spain; Trigonostoina 

 /io/oj'ijr/if^'a Stud. , Switzerland; T. diodonta Muhlf., Servia; Petasia bidens Chsm., 

 from France; Unto scobinata Lea, Cambodia, and U. spinosa Lea, Southern 

 States of America ; Vitrina {Seiinlimax) diaphana Drap. , from Trieste ; and a 

 living specimen of Planorbis cottiplanatus m. scalariforme, from Didsbury. 



A large series oi Litnncea palicstris was shewn from the "Oldham" and "Darbi- 

 shire" collections in the Manchester Museum, the latter being especially rich in fine 

 series of the very large specimens obtained by M. Hazay, near Budapest, Hungary. 

 Local examples were shewn by various members. 



329th Meeting, March 9th, 1904. 



Mr. Edward Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 " The Nudibranchiate Molluscs of Ballynakill, etc.," by G. P. Farran {from the 

 author) ; and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 

 New Members Elected. 

 Miss A. L. Massy, 9, St. James Terrace, Malahide, County Dublin. 

 W. R. Sherrin, 38, Fielding Road, Chiswick, London, W. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 Professor Raffaello Bellini, R. Scuola Tecnica, Chivasso, Turin. 

 George Hubbard Clapp, 325, Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. 

 Arthur H. Gray, 509, Exchange Buildings, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. 

 Frederick B. Jennings, 152, Silver Street, Upper Edmonton, London, N. 

 Thomas Taylor, 4, London Road, Blackpool. 

 Resignations. 

 The Rev. A. B. Kendig, D.D. 

 Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. 



Paper Read. 

 An account of the celebration of the seventieth birthday of Hermann Strebel in 



Hamburg. 



Exhibits, 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Fissurella volcano, Acvic^a patina, A. scabra, A. sctituni, 

 A. pelta, A. spectrnni, A. incessa, A. persona, and A. paliacea ; Crepidttla rugosa; 

 Crucibulum spinosnm ; and Lottia gigantea, from Californian localities. 



By Mr. R. D. Darbishire : A fine series of Pecten viaxiimis, from Brixham, 

 shewing remarkable variation in colour of interior of shell, varying from pure white 

 to deep purple red. 



By Mr. R. Standen (on behalf of the Manchester Museum) : {a), Btucinum 

 undatum v. flexuosum, and a bi-operculate specimen of this species, from 90 faths. 

 off Unst. Shetland ; (/'), a series of shells dredged from brackish water in Kiel 



