158 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 11, NO. 5, JANUARY, I905. 



" Testacella haliotidea \a.r. Jlavescens Moq.-Tand. ," by the Rev. S. Spencer 

 Pearce. 



^^ Pisidium nitidum var. splendens Moq.-Tand., in West Lancashire," by J. 

 Wilfrid Jackson. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : Examples of land and freshwater shells from Venice 

 and the River Weser, to illustrate his notes. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A fine series of Dreissensia polyviorpha, small clumps of 

 shells of all ages, in situ, on shells of living Anodonta and small stones projecting 

 from the mud of a reservoir at Butterley, Ambergate, near Derby, collected in 

 October last, by Mr. Thomas Hey. Also specimens of Litmuza stagnalis with 

 umbilicus, shewn to illustrate Mr. W. H. Hutton's note. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : Pisidium nitidum var. splendens, P. obtusale, and 

 P. gassiesiatiiiin, from Hawes Water, Silverdale, Lancashire, to illustrate his paper; 

 Clansilia larninata, an elongate form, alt. 20 mm., from Oakwood, Romiley ; also 

 CI. bidentata var. parvula, 8 mm. by 2 "5 mm., from Ravensdale, Derbyshire. 



On behalf of Mr. R. W^elch : Helicella itala, living, from Rosapenna, Co. 

 Donegal, Ireland, shewing large size combined with rather high spire, as compared 

 with the large flat forms from Dover, Folkestone, etc. ; also living specimens of 

 Helix nemoralis and Helicella barbara from the same locality. The whole illus- 

 trated by photographs of their habitat among the sand dunes. 



A fine set of the two British species of Vivipara was exhibited by Messrs. 

 Collier, Oldham, Stump, Jackson, Moss, and Standen, from most of the present 

 known and " historic" localities, and an interesting discussion took place. 



337th Meeting, December 14th, 1904. 



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

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Member Elected. 

 J. R. Charnley, F.Z.S., The Avenue, Moor Park, Preston. 

 Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 W. Harrison Hutton, 44, Dial Street, Leeds. 

 W. G. Reynolds, 15, Alfoxton Avenue, West Green, London, N. 



Members Deceased. 

 R. A. Philippi (hon. member) ; C. G. Barrett ; Rev. John Hawell. 



Papers Read. 

 " Notes on a Chara and Shell- Marl Deposit at Hawes Water, Silverdale, Lanca- 

 shire," by J. Davy Dean and J. Wilfrid Jackson. 



" Note on the Name Glycymeris" by W. H. Dall. 



" Conchological Notes from the United States," by Lionel E. Adams. 



" New Records for West Lancashire," by J. Davy Dean. 



" Vallonia excentrica Sterki in Ireland," by Charles Oldham. 



Exhibits. 

 By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : A series of Semi-Fossil MoUusca from the Hawes- 

 water Chara-Marl Deposits, recent shells from the same vicinity, and a set of photo- 

 graphs, to illustrate Messrs. Dean and Jackson's paper. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : A series of land and freshwater shells, from the United 

 States, to illustrate his paper. 



By Mr. J. D. Dean : Shells, from West Lancashire, mentioned in his note. 



