PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. I4I 



The following were nominated for Membership : — Mr. H. 

 Wallis Kew, Louth ; Mr. R. Renton ; Mr. A. Shaw ; Mr. W. 

 H. Heathcote : Mr. Conrad Gerland, B.A., Ph.D. ; Mr. J. 

 Beaulah ; and Rev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., F.Z.S. 



DONATIONS. 



The following donations were announced : — 



" Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union," part 9, 

 for 1884. — The Union. 



" Proceedings of the Linnean Society, N. S. W," vol. i, part 2, 

 New Series. — The Society. 



Helix aspersa, H. nemoralts, H. horiensis, H. encetorum, 

 H. virgata, H. serkea, H. caperata, Biilimns acutus, and Plan- 

 orbis spirorbis from Newquay, W. Cornwall. — Presented by Mr. 

 J. H. James. 



Cyclostoma elegans Isle of Portland, Claiisilia rugosa var. 

 albinos, Helix rotundata var. alba, H aspersa Hampshire, H. 

 virgata Weston-super-Mare, Limncea pahistris Cheddar, L. 

 stagnalis from Selly Oak, Packington Park, Lifford, and Bor- 

 desley Green, near Birmingham ; L. peregra from Hall Green, 

 near Birmingham ; and Planorbis corneus var. albinos. — Pre- 

 sented by Mr. J. Madison, 



The thanks of the society was accorded the donors for 

 their donations. 



PAPER READ. 



" On the Shells of Newquay, Cornwall." — Mr. J. H. James. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr. J. W. Taylor showed on behalf of Mr. Ponsonby, a 

 fine collection of Helix nemoralis and H. hortensis from various 

 localities in Switzerland and Germany. On behalf of Mr. B. 

 Sturgess Dodd, a Brachiopod new to science, which he has 

 recently found at Sutton-on-the-Sea, Lincolnshire. 



The Annual Report was read by the secretary, and after 

 some discussion was unanimously adopted. 



