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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



332nd Meeting, June 8th, 1904. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 Alexander Frew, M.B., CM., 12, St. James Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow. 

 C. A. Benn, B.A. , F. G. S., Pudleston Court, Leominster. 

 Rev. W. A. Shaw, Hazelbeech Rectory, Northampton. 



Papers Read. 

 " The Conchological Differences between the various Genera and Sections of 

 the Sub-Family Pupininse," by Edward Collier. 



" Testacella scutulum in Worcestershire," by J. Madison. 

 " Scalariform Natica catena" by Bartlet Span. 



Resignation. 

 G. A. Booth. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. Madison ; Testacella scictiilum, from King's Norton, Worcestershire. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Tortitlosa tortuosa Chem. , Nicobar Islands; Fusus poly- 

 gonoides Lam., Red Sea ; Rapa bulbns Wood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa ; and 

 Coliwibarium pagoda Less., Nagasaki, Japan; a fine series from the Manchester 

 Museum collection. 



By Mr. J. D. Dean : Sepiola scandica, from Southport, also coloured drawings 

 of the same from life. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Fine series of Pomatias elegans, and var. ochrolmca, 

 Clausilia bidentata and var. cravenensis, C. laminata, Jaiiiuiia cylindracea. Vertigo 

 pygmcea, V. piisilla, V. siibstriata, Sphyradiut)i edentiilum and var. columella, Ena 

 obscura, Vitrea cellaria, Euconulns fulvus, Pnncttim pygmcEiim, and Acanthinula 

 aculeata, all from Silverdale, Lancashire. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Hygromia concinna, Physa fonfiiialis, Planorbis albus, 

 and Limncea truncatula from Compstall and Romiley ; Vitrea alliaria and var. 

 viridula, V. nitidiila, V. crystallina, Zonitoides excavatuSj and Vivipara vivipara, 

 some of these, though adult, did not contain embryos, query, males — all from 

 Bardsley ; Acroloxics lacustris, Pisiditmi obtusale, P. gassiesiamwi, and Physa 

 fontinale, from Middlewood ; Helix nemoralis var. roseolabiata and Ciicilioides 

 acicula, from Miller's Dale. 



A very fine series of the genus Pupina and its allies were shewn by Mr. Edward 

 Collier and Mr. R. Cairns. The specimens from the "Layard"and general col- 

 lections in the Manchester Museum were also exhibited. 



333rd Meeting, September 14th, 1904. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 " L'influenza dei mezzi come causa di variazioni e di dispersioni nei molluschi," 

 by Dr. R. Bellini {from the author) ; " Handbook to the Natural History of Cam- 

 bridgeshire," by J. E. Marr and A. E. Shipley {fro7)i the secretary) ; and the usual 

 periodicals received in exchange. 



