266 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. II, NO. 9, JANUARY, I906. 



Papers Read. 



"Nudibranchs from the Indo-Pacific : I., Notes on a Collection dredged near 

 Karachi and Muskat," by Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G. 



"Reversed Shells in the Manchester Museum," by R. Standen. 

 "Note on Crepidulafornicata L. ," by J. E. Cooper. 

 "Do Swans eat Anodonta cygneal " by Mrs. Jessie M. Blundell. 

 "Faunistic Notes," by the Rev. Canon J. W. Horsley. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Ed. Collier : Heticella caperata, shewing great diversity of form, includ- 

 ing var. ornata and a curious subscalariform specimen, also Patella vulgata, and a 

 number of littoral marine shells, all from Croyde Bay, N. Devon. 



By Mr. J. D. Dean : Vertigo alpestris from Devil's Bridge, Kirby Lonsdale, 

 Westmorland, the first record of this species for that county. 



By Mr. R. Welch : Calliostovia zizyphinus and var. lyonsi, from shore of Ards 

 Peninsula, near Portaferry, inside mouth of Strangford Lough, and on Rock Angus, 

 in the entrance channel. They occur along a shore area about three miles long, at 

 low water mark. About seven of the variety are present for one of the type, and 

 one hundred living specimens of the variety were picked up in one hour's search. 

 The variety lyonsi is recorded in the British Association Dredging Report, 1857-8 

 as "Dredged, 7-20 fms., rare, Castle Ward Bay, Strangford Lough." 



By Rev. L. J. Shackleford : A fine set of Bulimus auris-vulpina, from St. 

 Helena. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Ancylus fluviatilis, large, but very thin and fragile, from 

 a well at Stalybridge ; Vitrea cellaria. Vertigo pusilla, V. alpestris, V. pygmcea, 

 /aminia cylindracea, from Grange-over-Sands ; Vertigo pusilla and V. alpestris, 

 from Cark, Lancashire. 



By Mr. F. Taylor : Siucinea oblonga and var. alba, Vertigo edentula, and V. 

 pygmaa from Braunton Burrows ; Helicigona lapicida and a beautiful set of var. 

 albina from Lynmouth ; Helicella virgata and var. alba, from Barnstaple. 



By Mr. Chas. Oldham : Limncea auricularia var. acuta, from Budworth Mere, 

 near Northwich. 



By Mr. W. Whitehead : Succinea oblonga, Braunton Burrows ; Helicigona 

 lapicida type and var. alba, Lynmouth ; Helicella virgata type, vars. lutescens and 

 alba, Barnstaple. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Cyprcea pantherina, a fine series of varieties, and C. 

 tnauritiana var. calx-equina M. and S. 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : Helicella itala, type and varr. albida, grisea, and 

 leucozona, all of an extremely dwarfed form, from Monsal Dale, Derbyshire ; H. 

 virgata, type and many varieties, H. cantiana, Helicigona lapicida. Helix aspersa, 

 H. hortensis, from Clevedon, Somerset ; Vitrea pura, V. crystallina, Pyraniidula 

 rotundata, Hygromia hispida, Cochlicopa lubrica, Clausilia bidentata, Ena obscura, 

 Pomatias elegans, from the Gorge, at Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. 



345th (Annual) Meeting, October 2ist, 1905. 



Held in the Zoological Department, University, Liverpool, in conjunction with 

 the Liverpool Biological Society. 



Dr. G. W. Chaster (President) in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Appointment of Auditors. 

 Messrs. J. Wilfrid Jackson and J. T. Wadsworth were reappointed Auditors. 



