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the oesophagus. It is true that the radula of Neivnesia is not asco- 

 glossan, but the teeth fit into one another and are not unlike those of 

 Phyllobraruhus. On the other hand N'ewnesia differs from the 

 Lophocercidse in having no parapodia, no buccal crop, no internal 

 seminal duct but an external seminal groove. In spite of these 

 differences it appears to me to illustrate how the Lophocertidce may 

 have been developed from the Bullacea. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



348th Meeting, January loth, 1906. 



Mr. Alfred Leicester (Vice-President) in<the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 The usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Members Elected. 



James R. Plant, M.I^.C.S., D.P.H. , 107, Hinckley Road, Leicester. 

 Clement L. Wragge, F. R.G.S., F. R. Met.Soc, etc., 26, Jasper Road, Upper 

 Norwood, S. E. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



W. Ruskin Butterfield, Corporation Museum, Hastings. 



F. H. Sikes, 13, Mornington Avenue, West Kensington, VV. 



Resignations. 



Rev. H. Glanville Barnacle. W. O. Dyson. Geo. H. Parke. 



It was reported that between the sending to press of the Proceedings of the last 

 meeting and the end of the year Mr. W. Neville Sturt had paid his subscription and 

 tendered his resignation, and it was resolved that the resignation be accepted, and 

 Mr. Neville Sturt's name expunged from the list of those removed from the Roll 

 in terms of Rule 3. 



Member Deceased. 



R. C. Chaytor. 



Papers Read. 



" On the danger of using corrosive sublimate to sterilize highly-polished shells," 

 by B. R. Lucas. 



" On the Radula of Vitrina 7-ogersi compared with that of other Species of the 

 Genus," by W. Moss. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. A. Mayfield : Specimens of Helix aspersa from Claremont, Capetown, 

 H. pisana from Grass at Hout Bay, Capetown, Faludesti-ina from Aldeburgh. 



By Mr. F. B. Jennings : A series of examples of Cypi-cea obvelata Lam., from 

 Tahiti, 1904, collected by Mr. C. L. Wragge ; also a lai-ge white variety of the 

 same, unlocalized, for comparison. 



By Mr. B. R. Lucas : Examples of Cyprica to illustrate his paper ; also 

 Sphterium rivicola from Shropshire Union Canal, Chester ; Hygroinia hispida and 

 var. albida from Barnton ; larva of Ocypiis olens feeding upon Viti-ina pellucida 

 from Whoolton, co. Durham ; two varieties of Cyprcza inappa ; and Valloiiia 

 exceiitrica from below Barnton. 



By Mr. W. Moss : A large series of British Vitreiv from many localities ; also 

 many foreign species, to illustrate his paper. 



