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By Mr. J. Davy Dean : Hyalinia ni/idiila var. litcens Pult. from Silverdale, 

 var. niteiis Mich., Grange : Pupa anglica Fer. from Sawry-on-Windermere ; Eua 

 obscura Mlill., Penrith ; Planorbis albiis L. and Valvata cj-is/a/a Miill. from Bank- 

 well, Silverdale ; also interesting varieties of Helix neino'aUs and Helicigoiia 

 aibiislonifii from the Furness district. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Helicella Jieripensis from Hambledon, Hants. ; scalariform 

 H. neinoralis from Portrush, Ireland ; a small dark form of Cypraa anmiliis from 

 Marquesas Islands ; and a nmnber of species of Choudropoma. 



By Mr. T. IT. Piatt : A fine series of about thirty species of Odontostoiiins, 

 Toniii^ertis, Aiictiis and Anostoiiia from Monte Video, Rio Janeiro and ISahia. 



By Mr. F. H. Sikes : A collection of mollusca from Iceland, collected in 191 2, 

 to illustrate his paper. 



The special exhibit of the evening was the genera Lanisles and Marisa, a 

 number of species being shown by Mrs. Gill and Mr. C. II. Moore; whilst Mr. 

 R. Standen showed shells and eggs of jMiiistes olivacea from Zanzibar, and Marisa 

 f(?;7/«-a;7>//5 from Trinidad, from his own collection; also fine examples of many 

 species from the " R. D. Darbishire Collection" and the " Neave Collection " in 

 the Manchester Museum. 



419th Meeting, held in Manchester Museum, Feb. 12th, 1913. 



Dr. James Cosmo Melvill in the chair. 



New Members Elected. 

 William H. Western, editor "Lancashire Naturalist," 9, Redearth Road, 

 Darwen. 



Bertram Bryan, 176, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffs. 

 Henry Emmett, 156, Moston Street, Hanley, Staffs. 

 John Chalmers, Sao Thome, Gulf of Guinea. 



Member Deceased. 



Mrs. Janet Carphin. 



Papers Read. 



^'' Eiitrochatella and its allies," by J. Cosmo Melvill, D.Sc, M.A., F.L.S. 



" Notes on three species of Cypraja," by J. Kidson Taylor. 



"The Non-Marine Mollusca of Touraine," by F. H. Sikes, M.A., F.L.S. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. F. H. Sikes : Series of Land and Freshwater Shells from around 

 Loches, Indre-et-Loire, to illustrate his paper. 



By Mr. J. Kidson Taylor : A fine series of the species of Cyprtea dealt with in 

 his paper and a number of rare species for comparison. 



By Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill; Beautiful examples of the extremely rare Volutes — 

 Volula conciiina Brod. from Japan, and V. irviiue from W. Australia. 



By Rev. L. J. Shackleford : Fine examples of Paryphanta busby i Gray, /'. 

 hochstelteri Pfr. from New Zealand, /'. atra)iuiitaria Sh. from Australia, Voliita 

 Uavicans Gmel., and the var. tissoiiana Crosse, V. iinperialis Lam., V. scapha 

 Gmel., a fine specimen with puie white ground colour; V.pacifica Sol., a large 

 aged specimen with margined lip nearly an inch wide; and V. lossiniana Bern, 

 from New Caledonia. 



In the special exhibit oi Etctroiha/ella about two-thirds of the known species of 

 this beautiful genus were shown by Mrs. Gill, Messrs. G. C. Spence, R. Standen, 

 and J. Cosmo Melvill, who read an interesting paper dealing with the exhibit ; 

 specimens from the Museum Collection were also shown. 



