H. Bolton, F.R.S.E. 

 Mrs. J. Fitzgerald. 



PROCEEDINGS : MAY, 9, I906. ^5* 



Resignation. 

 Member Deceased. 



Papers Read. 



" Conchological Notes from Japan," by Lionel E. Adams. 



" Notes on British Land and Freshwater Shells in the Collection of the late 

 Thomas Glover," edited by his daughter, M. Glover. 



" Further Note on French Shell Names," by J. Wilfrid Jackson. 



" Vert/go alpestris in Westmorland," by J. Wilfrid Jackson. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Charles Oldham : Testacella haliotidea, Adlington, Cheshire. 



By Mr. John Roseburgh : Helicigona arbiistoni/n, 1,600 feet above sea-level, 

 near Loch Skewe, Dumfriesshire. A collection of shells from the counties of 

 Roxburgh and Selkirk, including the following, which are new county records : — 

 Roxburgh — Planorbis naiitileus, Faugh Hill Moss ; Vallonia excentrica, Easter 

 Langlee ; HyaUnia fnlva, Ellwyn ; Sphyradiiiin edentuliuii, Ellwyn ; Helicella 

 caperata, Melrose Road, Joppa ; Sphierium corneiini, Housebyres Moss ; Anodonta 

 cygnea. River Tweed, Rutherford Ferry. Selkirk — Helicigona arbnstorutn, Sel- 

 kirkshire ; SphcEreuiii conieum and S. nucleus Selkirk Common ; Helix aspersa, H. 

 hortensis Galashiels (in gardens); Helicella caperata Galafool; Acroloxus lacustris 

 Pot Loch; Clausilia bidentata Caddon Fool. Dumfries — Helicigona arbustoriun 

 Grey Mare's Tail. 



By Mr. F. Taylor : A number of beautiful drawings of species and varieties of 

 British non-marine shells, by Mr. A. G. Stubbs. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Buliinus maritzianus Pfr. , from Venezuela. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : A series of French Helices to illustrate his note. 

 Also a series of dwarf forms of Cypr(ta including C. lucida, 24 x 13 mm. , C. pulchra, 

 26x15 mm., C. arabica, 25x15 mm., C. stercoraria v. rallies, 34x21 mm., C. 

 turdus, 19*5 X 13*5 mm., C. erosa v. nibrites, 20 x 13 mm., C. lynx, 21 "5 x I3'5 mm., 

 C. carneola, 18*5 x 13 mm., C. caput-serpentis, 21 x 16 mm., C. caurica v. oblongata- 

 nana Melv., 22 x 13 mm., principally from East Indian localities. 



Series of Vallonia from many localities were exhibited by the President (Dr. 

 G. W. Chaster) and Messrs. E. Collier, R. Standea, J. W. Jackson, J. W. 

 Baldwin, F. Taylor, R Cairns, C. H. Moore, and J. D. Dean; also specimens 

 from the Society's Cabinets, and the Maachester Museum Collections. 



3S2nd Meeting, May 9th, 1906. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 "Land and Freshwater Mollusks," Harriinan Alaska Expedition, vol. 13, by 

 Dr. W. H. Dall ( from the author), and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 

 New Members Elected. 

 Francis Edward Adams, Carysfort, Shrewsbury. 

 Mrs. Emily J. Climenson, Shiplake Grange, Henley-on-Thames. 

 Miss Grace M. Grint, 33, Goring Road, Bowes Park, London, N. 

 Charles M. Hall, 33, Goring Road, Bowes Park, London, N. 

 Alexander Mackindoe, M.D., D.P. H., Sidmouth, Devon. 

 Marchese di Monterosato, 2, Via Grogorio Ugdalena, Palermo, Sicily. 

 Percy E. Radley, F. R. M.S. , 30, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent. 

 John Ritchie, jr., Box 2795, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. 

 M. M. Schepman, Rhoon near Rotterdam, Holland. 



