PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 27 1 



" The Collectors' Manual of British Land and Freshwater 

 Shells"; by Lionel E. Adams, B.A. — The Author. 



" Tableau des Mollusques de la France " ; by J. R. Draparnaud 

 Purchased. 



PAPERS READ. 



" A Day amongst the Limn^eidae," by Mr. W. Nelson. 



" On Vertigo alpestris in Yorkshire," by Mr. J. W. Taylor. 



" Notes on Hogg's List of Shells found in the Neighbourhood 



of Stockton-on-Tees," with a copy of the list itself, by Mr. 



B. Hudson. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Examples of Ve/tigo alpestris from Bingley were shown by 

 Mr. W. D. Roebuck, and the president exhibited a collection 

 of the shells of the Azores. 



Annual Meeting. 



HELD DECEMBER 15TH, 1887. 



The President, Mr. J. W. Taylor, presided. The minutes 

 of the November meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The correspondence was taken as read. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, F.L.S., and Mr. Alfred C. de Conti 

 Gatto, Valletta, Malta, were duly elected members of the 

 society. 



The following were nominated for membership : Mr. Philip 

 B. Mason, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., F.E.S., F.R.M.S., Burton-on- 

 Trent, and Mrs. A. Evans, Thrupp, near Stroud, by Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor ; Miss L. C. Jones, Clifton, Bristol, by Mr. E. J. Lowe ; 

 aud Mr. F. Akers, Mabgate, Leeds, by Mr. W. E. CoUinge. 



Messrs. W. E. Clarke, F.L.S., and J. A. Hargreaves were 

 appointed to act as scrutineers. Mr. F. R. Fitzgerald was 

 elected to audit the accounts. 



DONATIONS. 



The following donations were laid on the table : — 

 "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales," 

 vol. ii. part 2. — The Society. 



