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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



424th Meeting', held at Manchester Museum, Sept. loth, 1913. 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck in tlie chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 

 " New Land Shells from the Philippine Islands," by P. Bartsch. " Diagnoses 

 of New Shells from the Pacific Ocean," by W. H. Dall. "The Philippine Mol- 

 lusks of the Genus Dimya" by P. Bartsch. " Some New Hawaiian Cephalopods," 

 by S. S. Berry. " The Giant Species of the Molluscan Genus Lima, obtained in 

 Philippine and Adjacent Waters," by P. Bartsch. " Sur la ponte et le Developpe- 

 ment du Vignot {TAttorina litlorea)" liy M. Caullery and P. Pelseneer. " Deux 

 Mollusques Parasites de Moliusques,'" by P. Pelseneer. " L'llermaphroditisme 

 chez les Lamellibranches," by P. Pelseneer. " The Variation of /'/a;/^;(5/.f iimlti- 

 forniis Brown," by G. Ilickling {from the respective authors). " Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca [of Ilkley]," by J.' W. Taylor (presented by W. Denison Roebuck) ; 

 and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 

 Aplecta hypmviun, Viewsley, Middlesex, J. E. Cooper ; Planorbis cornetts, 

 Hereford, Apr., 191 3, A. E. Boycott; Hyalinia helvetica, Treharris, Glam., May 29, 

 1913, W. J. R. Firth ; Zua Inbrica, Wicken Fen, Cambs., 1913, J. E. Black ; Zua 

 Inbi-ica, Speyside near Newtonmore, Easterness, 191 3, J- E. Black ; Zita hibrica 

 var. hyalina. River Nith near Dumfries, 1913, J. E. Black ; ryratnidula rotnndata, 

 Thornielee, co. Peebles, 1913, J. E. Black ; Hyalinia radiatula, Peebles, hillside, 

 880 feet, 1913, J. E. Black ; Hyaliitia raJiatiila, shore of Loch Cuaich, near Dal- 

 whinnie, Easterness, 1913, J. E. Black. 



New Members Elected. 



Mrs. E. Fordred. H. F. D. Bartlett, F.E.S. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Edward N. Dalton, 62, The x\venue, Highams Park, Chingford (introduced 

 by J. jNIoorcock and J. E. Cooper). 



W. H. Ingrams, The School House, Shrewsbury (introduced by J. W. Jackson 

 and L. J. Shackleford). 



Bertram Pickard, Tregenna, Mansfield (introduced by W. Chas. Cattell and 

 C. E. Wright). 



Member Deceased. 



William Moss. 



A resolution of condolence with Mrs. Moss and family was passed, and an 

 intimation was made that an obituary would be published as early as possible. 



Papers Read. 



Obituary Notice : Hugh Lamont Orr, by R. Welch. 



Obituary Notice : D. D. Baldwin, by J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A. 



Obituary Notice : Rev. G. W. Taylor, D.D., by J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A. 



" Note on Urocoptis {Bactrocopiis) rosea Pfr.," by G. C. Spence. 



" Descriptions of Two New Species of Marginella from South Africa," by 

 J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A. 



Exhibits. 



By Prof. A. E. Boycott : Hyalinia Incida and its eggs, from Port Madoc, 

 Carnarvon. 



