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a fine specimen of the latter being sinistral — from Buxton ; 

 type shells from Marple, Cheshire ; and specimens of H. 

 rotundata var. alba. 



Correspondence from Messrs. Somerville, Duncan, Brazier, 

 Galizia, Melvill, and Mrs. Dyer was brought before the 

 meeting. 



Meeting 



HELD OCTOBER 6tH, 1 887. 



The President, Mr. J. W. Taylor, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and duly 

 confirmed. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Rev. Churchill Babington, D.D., V.P.R.S.L., F.L.S., &c., 

 of Cockfield Rectory, Suffolk, proposed by Rev. Carleton Greene, 

 M.A. ; Mr. Thomas Hey, Bloomfield Street, Derby, proposed 

 by Mr. J. A. Hargreaves. 



PAPER READ. 



A short account of the Marine Shells of Filey, collected 

 during a few weeks stay in August and September, 1887, by 

 Rev. Carleton Greene, M.A. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



The President exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Brockton 

 Tomlin, B.A., Pupa ringens, Z. purus, &c., from Amlwch, 

 Isle of Anglesea, and B. acutus var. bizona from Guernsey. 



On behalf of William Whitwell, a large collection of Land 

 and Freshwater shells from Margate, Folkestone, Minster, and 

 other localities. Also a large number of shells from sand 

 dredged from the Thames at Chelsea, including Pisidium 

 henslowana, P. corneus, P. vortex, P. albus, &c. 



On behalf of Mr. W. H. Heathcote, specimens of Unto 

 margaritifer, from the River Lune at Halton. 



On behalf of Misses Laura and Katharine Mason, Vertigo 

 pygmea, Helix caperata, &c., from Chapel Sandhills, Lincoln- 

 shire. 



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