PROCEEDINGS : OCTOBER II, I913. I51 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



F. Rhodes, 113, Ileaton Road, Manningham, Bradford (introduced by Messrs. 

 F. Booth and Alfred Hartley). 



Dr. Fred Baker, Point Loma, California, U.S.A. (introduced by Messrs. J. R. 

 le Brockton Tomlin and L. J. -Shackleford). 



Greevz Fysher, 78, Chapel Allerton Terrace, Leeds (introduced by Messrs. 

 J. W. Taylor and F. Booth). 



Professor G. W. Carr, University College Museum, Nottingham (introduced by 

 Messrs. R. J. Welch and J. W. Taylor). 



Reports. 



The various Reports, adopted at the Council Meeting, were taken as read. 



Election of Officers and Council. 



The Scrutineers reported that the Officers and Council for the year 1913-14 had 

 been unanimously elected as nominated by the Council (see p. 130). 



Honorary Member. 



On the motion of Mr. J. R. le Brockton Tomlin, seconded by Mr. John W. 

 Taylor, M. Ph. Dautzenbeig, of Paris, was unanimously elected an Honorary 

 Member of the Society in place of Dr. l^inney, U.S.A., deceased. 



President's Address. 



The Rev. Prof H. M. Gwatkin, M.A., D.D., gave his Presidential Address 

 on "Some Molluscan Radulre. " 



Prof. A. E. Boycott moved and Mr. John W. Taylor seconded " That the best 

 thanks of the Society be given to Professor Gwatkin for his intensely interesting 

 address." The motion \Vas passed unanimously and with acclamation. 



Votes of thanks to the Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University and the Vice- 

 Chancellor of Leeds University and the Authorities of Manchester Museum for 

 the use of rooms for the meetings of the Society, were moved and seconded by 

 ]\Iessrs.' Collier and Welch respectively. 



These votes were passed unanimously. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Edward Collier : Helix, section Cepiva ; all the species of this section, 

 with many named varieties, except the rare aimopJiila Bgt. and vicaria Westl., in 

 illustration of his paper in J. of Conch., vol. 14, p. 118. Helicigoim, section 

 Arianta ; specimens oi A riant a arbusloruin L. , and nearly all the known varieties 

 from many places on the continent, mostly from the Billow collection; also Arianta 

 athiops Biz., from Transylvania. 



A large series of ClaiisiliiV from China and Japan. Living specimens of Heli- 

 cogena vulgaris Parr., and Cepcca vindolwncnsis Fer. , from Odessa, South Russia ; 

 also Cepcea nemoralis L., and Candidiila caperafa Mont., from near Lisbon. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson (on behalf of Dr. G. Hickling) : Series of shells and 

 drawings, showing extraordinary variation in a single 5'ptc\es^Flano7l)is mulli- 

 for/iiis (Bronn) from Upper iNIiocene freshwater limestone, Steinheim, Wurtemberg. 



By Rev. L. J. Shackleford : Voliila niainilla Gray, taken from lobster-pots, 

 Western Port, Australia ;. and Voluta concinna Brod., dredged ofl" Kii, Japan. 



By Mr. J. Ray Hardy : Three drawers of the Genus Obba — a fine series, nearly 

 all the known species being represented — chiefly from the Biilow, collection. 



By Mr. IL Beeston : A series of land shells, collected by sifting debris, from 

 Eggerslack Wood, Grange-over-Sands, August 13th, 1913. From one pint of 



