PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1 33 



A vote of thanks was heartily accorded the donors for 

 their gifts. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



The President showed various shells from Altadiawol, 

 Ireland, sent by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane ; also several freshwater 

 shells from Kings Lynn, 



Mr. W. Nelson exhibited several fine specimens of Limncea 

 burnetii, recently taken at Loch Skene, N.B. 



Examples of Limncea palustris from Clapham Common, 

 and Claiisilia dubia from Ingleborough. were shown by Mr. W. 

 E. Collinge ; also a specimen of Patella vulgata, which he had 

 found in a pond of fresh water at Black Hills, near Leeds, and 

 which continued to live a week in fresh water after removal from 

 the pond. 



Meeting 



HELD AUGUST 5TH, 1 886. 



Mr. J. W. Taylor occupied the chair, 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr, W. Whitwell, of Wandsworth Common, London, was 

 elected a member of the Society. 



Messrs. S. J. da Costa, of London ; and Alfred J. Jenkins, 

 of Deptford, were nominated for membership. 



DONATIONS. 



The following donations were laid on the table : — 



1. " Abstracts of the Proc. Lin. Society," New South Wales, 



for January, February, March, and April, 1886. — The 

 Society. 



2. "Report of the Smithsonian Institute" f# 1884. — The 



Trustees. 



3. " Notes on the Subgenus Cylinder (Montfort) of Conus," 



by J. C. Melvill, M.A., F.L.S.— The Author, 

 The thanks of the Society was accorded the donors for 

 their donations. 



