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Mr, Baker Hudson sent examples of Helix virgata var. 

 subalbida from Coatham ; Limncsa peregra var. ovata from 

 Marton ; Planorbis spirorbis monst. scalaris from Levisham ; 

 and several species from the Falls of Clyde, Lanarkshire. 



Meeting 



HELD OCTOBER 7TH, 1 886. 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., presided. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. Jas. W. Wood, and Mr. Wm. Turner were elected 

 members of the society. 



DONATIONS. 



The following donation was announced, and thanks voted 

 to the donor : — 



Specimens of Pupa dolium from Brugg, Canton Aargau, by 

 Dr. Rudolf Hsensler. 



PAPERS READ. 



" Notes on Slugs from Merionethshire.' — Mr. F. G. Fenn. 



" Notes on the Epidermis or Periostracon of certain species of 



Mollusks."— Mr. Geo. S. Tye. 

 " Helix obvoluta."— Mr. W. Jeffery. 



Discussion ensued on Mr. Fenn's paper, when the president 

 and Mr. Taylor expressed their opinion that the specimen 

 which Mr. Fenn considered as a variety of Limax cinereo-niger 

 was only an example of Limax maximus. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



In illustration of his paper Mr. F. G. Fenn sent a number 

 of specimens collected in Merionethshire, including some 

 examples of Limax cinereo-niget: 



The general exhibits were very numerous, including shells 

 from North Italy collected and sent by Mr. Tomlin of Chester. 

 Specimens from King's Lynn and other places were shown on 

 behalf of Dr. Plowright. Mr. Jeffrey, of Tenby, sent a very 

 small specimen of Helix pisana, 1 1 mm. diameter. 



