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also a large series of typical and special habitats of both common and rare species 

 in Ireland and England, including Acicida lineata, Vertigo pustlla, /atninia anglica, 

 Succinea oblonga, Neritinajliiviatilis, Clausilia lamiiiata, Ccecilioides acicula, Helici- 

 gona lapicida, H. arbustorion, Helix koriensis, Unio f?iargari lifer, and many others. 



By Mr. A. W. Stelfox (per R. Welch) : The results of a ten days' holiday col- 

 lecting in north-west Donegal, mainly near Bunbeg, a hitherto unworked district. 

 Seventy-four boxes in all were shown, containing sixty-two species and some 

 varieties. Some exceedingly small forms of Helix 7iemoralis from the coast-dunes, 

 and a very thin form from the damp woods of Glenveigh, with a curious form of 

 Limnaa peregra var. Candida [a complete list, with notes, will shortly appear in the 

 Irish Naturalist\. 



Also, on behalf of Rev. W. A. Shaw, a sinistral Helicigona arbustotum, from 

 Maidwell Dale, Northants. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



Since the date ot the last Annual Report, ten meetings of the Society have been 

 held, from October 12th, i904^September 13th, 1905. On the date of the last 

 Annual Meeting there were 279 members on the society's list ; between that date 

 and the end of the year two new members were elected, one resigned, and two 

 died, so that the list published on the ist of January last contains 278 names. 

 Since that period sixteen members have been elected, two have resigned, two have 

 died, and two have been struck off the roll for the non-payment of their subscrip- 

 tions ; so that the list now includes 288 names, and the Council has to congratulate 

 the Society on the net gain of nine members during the year. 



Among the honorary members. Dr. R. A. Philippi, of Santiago, Chili, the 

 veteran naturalist, many of whose works are numbered amongst the classics of 

 conchological science, has died. By his loss, and by that of Dr. Eduard von 

 Martens during the previous year, the number of honorary members has been 

 reduced to eight. After careful consideration the Council has decided to recom- 

 mend to the Society the names of Professor Paul Pelseneer, of Ghent, and Dr. 

 Hermann Strebel, of Hamburg, for election in their stead. 



The ordinary members whom the Society has lost by death are : — The Rev. 

 R. W. J. Smart, M.A., Messrs. C. G. Barrett, J. G. Brass, F. P. Marrat, and the 

 Rev. John Hawell. Obituary notices of the last two have appeared in the pages 

 of the Journal. 



Since our last annual meeting five numbers of the Journal have appeared, con- 

 taining 160 pages, three plates, and a photographic group of the members present 

 at the meeting last year. 



During the year donations to the Cabinet have been received from Mersrs. 

 G. H. Clapp, J. E. Cooper, and Bartlet Span. 



There has been the usual increase in the Library, by reason of the valuable 

 publications received from corresponding societies, and, in addition, most accept- 

 able gifts have lieen presented by Prof. Sp. Brusina, and Messrs. Wm. Evans, 

 G. P. Farran, G. K. Gude, J. Simpson, E. R. Sykes, and the Secretary. 



The Library is not so much used by members as might have been expected 

 from its wealth in works and tracts relating to the descriptive and faunistic sides 

 of the science ; it is possible that this may be due to the difficulty of ascertaining 

 what the Library contains, and that a new catalogue would be a valuable help in 

 this respect. The Council has had under consideration the question of preparing 

 and issuing a new edition of the catalogue, brought up-to-date, but this has hitherto 

 been impracticable owing to the fact that none of the officers have been able to 

 spare the time necessary for preparing such a catalogue for the press. 



