PROCEEDINGS : SEPTEMBER 1 3, I905. 267 



Appointment of Scrutineers. 



Messrs. J. R. B. Masefield and C. E. Wright were appointed Scrutineers. 



Honorary Members Elected, 

 On the nomination of the Council, the following gentlemen were elected 

 Honorary Members of the Society : — 



Professor Paul Pelseneer, of Ghent ; 

 Dr. Hermann Strebel, of Hamburg. 



New Members Elected. 

 Miss Amy C. S. Foster, 45, Belsize Square, London, N.W. 

 Alan Owston, Yokohama, Japan. 

 Geo. T. Rope, Bloxhall, Tunstall, Suffolk. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 Mrs. Miller Maxwell, Bangholm Bower, Goldenacre, Edinburgh. 

 Walter Godfrey Poole, South Lawn, Godalming, Surrey. 

 Lawrence R. Reynolds, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 



Annual Report and Balance Sheet. 

 The Annual Report of the Council (see p. 269), and the Treasurer's Balance 

 Sheet for 1904 (see p. 187), together with the Interim Balance Sheet up to October 

 15th, 1905 (see p. 270) were presented and adopted. 



Reports of the Leeds and London Branches. 

 The Reports of the Leeds Branch and of the London Branch (see p. 271, 272) 

 were presented and read. 



Election of Officers and Council. 

 The Scrutineers reported that thirty-four valid papers had been received, and 

 that all had voted unanimously for the list of names nominated by the Council. 

 The Officers and Council on the list (see p. 258) were therefore declared to be duly 

 elected. 



Address. 

 After an adjournment for Tea, the members joined the Liverpool Biological 

 Society in order to hear an Address from Prof. W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 on "The Visit of the British Association to South Africa." 



Afterwards the thanks of the Society were voted to Prof. Herdman for his 

 address, to the Liverpool Biological Society and to the authorities of the University 

 of Liverpool for their courtesy and hospitality. 



Exhibits. 



By Dr. G. W. Chaster : yamznia triplicata Stud., an addition to the British 

 terrestrial moUusca ; series of the British species of Vertigo zx\A Jaminia ; abnormal 

 forms of Limncea peregra ; white-shelled varieties of British moUusca, and typical 

 forms Cl the same ; series of Succinea oblonga from its known British and Irish 

 statioris ; and Limntea involuta. 



Ly Mr. Louis B. Breun : A drawing of Sphcerium rivicola with three siphons. 



By Mr. A. G. Stubbs : A fine series of Helix pomatia, colour varieties and 

 growth stages, from Gallows Hill, Hertford ; sets of Pisidia and Pahidestrina 

 ' lentrorsa, from Southwold, Suffolk ; Pahidestrina jenkinsi from (i) the New River, 

 Hoddesden, (2) near Eastbourne, (3) neighbourhood of Yarmouth ; many of these 

 have coronets of spines instead of the thread-like keel of var. carinata ; P. stagnalis 

 of enormous size, some with twisted spires, from Southwold ; also water-colour 

 drawings of Helicella virgata and its most striking varieties. 



By Mr. Thos. Bird Hall : A very choice series of Cyprcea, Conus, Marginetla, 

 Cassis, Harpa, Murex, Strombus, and Terebellimi, including some unusually beau- 

 tiful forms of Cypicea tigris, C. ce7-vus, and C. scotti, one of which is perhaps the 



