308 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr.- A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., sent for exhibition speci- 

 mens of Trophon truncatus Strom, and the rare variety scalaris 

 Jeff. The variety was dredged by Mr. Somerville in October 

 last off Soay Isles, lona, in forty fathoms of water, and is new 

 to the British fauna in its restricted sense. 



Mr. F. R. Fitzgerald exhibited examples of Limncea peregra 

 from six different localities. Helix revelata from Guernsey, col- 

 lected by Mr. J. R. B. Tomlin ; Planorbis corneus from near 

 Birmingham, Helix nemoralis from Bex, Switzerland, and H. 

 aspersa var. unicolor from Horn Dean, Hants. 



Meeting 



HELD AT THE MUSEUM, MARCH 7TH, 1888. 



Mr. J. W. Taylor, Vice-President, in the chair. 

 The correspondence for the month was brought before the 

 meeting. 



DONATIONS. 



The following donations were laid on the table and the 

 thanks of the Society accorded to the donors : — 

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



series, vol. ii., part 3. 



List of the names of contributors to the first series of the "Proc. 



Lin, Soc, N.S.W.," with titles of and references to papers 



and exhibits contributed by each. — By the Society. 

 List of shells collected by Jno. Rattray, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., on the 



west coast of Africa and the adjacent islands, by W. E. 



Hoyle, M.A., F.R.S.K— By the Author. 

 " Die Bivalven Nieder-Andalusiens," by Dr. W. Kobelt. — By the 



Author. 



List of the Shells of Mergui and its Archipelago, collected by Dr. 



Jno. Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., by Prof. E. von Martens, 



M.D., C.M.Z.S.— By the Author. . 

 Specimens of Assiminea gray ana from near Faversham. — By 



Miss Fairbrass. 

 Limncea truncatula, from a ditch near Newark Castle, Selkirk 



N.B., 1886 ; Balea pei-versa, from a stone wall near Selkirk, 



Selkirkshire, N.B., 1886; Lininaa peregra, Helix arbus- 



J.C, V,, April, 1888. 



