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



Resignations. 

 Dr. J. C. Cox. John S. Edwards. 



Names Struck Off. 



It was reported that the following members had been struck off the roll in 

 terms of Rule 3 : 



W. D. Crouch. W. Neville Sturt. A. Blayney Percival, 



Papers Read. 

 " History of the generic name Fusus," by W. H. Dall. 



" Nudibranchs from the Indo-Pacific, II. — Notes on Lophocenus, Lobiger, 

 Haminiza, and Newnesia," by Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G. 

 "Christian Hee Hwass, 1731-1803," by G. A. Gosch. 



" Observations on an attempt to breed from a Sinistral Helix pomatia with 

 notes on the reproduction of the dart," by J. Wilfrid Jackson. 

 " Limax tendlus in Buckinghamshire," by H. Wallis Kew. 

 " British species of Vallonia." by J. E. Cooper. 

 " Note on Vitrea cellaria^'' by Thos. Edwards. 



Exhibits. 

 By Mr. L. E. Adams : A number of Marine and Non-Marine Shells from 

 Japan ; also some toys and rude domestic utensils made of various shells and 

 extensively used by the poorer Japanese. Mr. Adams gave an interesting account 

 of his collecting experiences during a recent visit to Japan. 



By Mr. R. Cairns: A fine set of Eurifus veranyi Pfr. , from Santo Domingo, 

 Venezuela ; alt. 3,000 ft. 



By Mr. T. Edwards : Vitrea cellaria, to illustrate his note. 

 By Mr. W. Moss : A series of species and varieties of Acavus from Ceylon ; 

 also sets of Opisthostoma with enlarged photographs of the shells. 

 By Mr. C. H. Moore : A number of exotic Pelecypoda. 



By Mr. C. Oldham : Surcinea ohlonga from Inchamore, co. Meath, Ireland (per 

 P. H. Grierson, Nov. i6th, 1905), a new county record. 



Ry Mr. W. J. Hall : Shells of Helix niemoralis thinned down and in some 

 cases worn through during the lives of the occupants by wind-blown sand on the 

 dunes of Horn Head, N.W. Donegal. These form a notable example of " natural 

 sandblast," and were collected by Miss Brittain and forwarded to the Manchester 

 Museum by Mr. R. Welch, of Belfast. Also a series of calcareous deposits received 

 from Mr. Welch, illustrating the origin of some limestone rocks. The series 

 consisted of land, fresh-water, estuarine, and littoral debris, composed of fragments 

 of shells, sea-urchins, foraminifera and calcareous plants. Some of the material 

 had already become consolidated into rock, notably a shelly sand-stone from the 

 bottom of a dried-up pool at Tranarossan, Rosguil, North-west Donegal. Amongst 

 the land shells were Helix niemoralis, Helicella itala, and Succineapttfris. Amongst 

 the fresh-water Limncea stagnalis, L. peregra, Planorbis spirorbis, P. umbilicatus, 

 Valvata piscinalis, Bithynia tentaculata, Paludestrina stagnalis, and Sphmriuni 

 com'.um. The marine shells consisted of Mytihis edulis, Helcion pellucida, Anoviia 

 ephippiiim, Gibbula ut}ibilicata, Rissoa par-va, Bittium retiailatiim, Cardiiini edule, 

 Littorina littorea, L. obtusata. Purpura laHUus, and an undetermined species of 

 Modiolaria. The calcareous plants included Chara and Melobcsia. 

 It was decided to hold the following 



Special Exhibits at Future Meetings : 

 January, 1906 — The section Chloraea of Cochlostyla. 

 February, igoS— White Varieties of British Non-Marine Mollusca. 

 March, 1906— British Vertiginidae. 



