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siflings the following species were oblaineil : — Vitrea pnra. Eucounliis fnlviis, 

 Piinctiini pyg)ii(i:iiiii, Pyramuiiila roltiiidata, Aiantliinula lamcUata, A. aculeaia, 

 VaUonia costata, V. exienirica, Coclilicopa lubrica, Jamiiiia cylindracea. Vertigo 

 alpestris, V. snbstiiahi, Sfihyraditn/i edeiiii/linii, Carychimn inininiitm, and Aci- 

 cilia lineata — 1,030 specimens in all. Also Succiuea oblouga fiom Meathop Marsh. 



By Mr. II. Emnietl: Series of Helix arbnsioriim from Dovedale and Trentham ; 

 //. lapicida, ClaiisiHa hideitlala, and Baka perversa from Ijeeston Tor, Staffs. ; 

 A^eritinaJIiiviatiiis, Weston, Stafis. ; Pliysa iieterostroplia, Colwich ; Pahidestrina 

 jenkinsi, Meir Hay and Thurnet Valley ; Suceinea piitris, Bewdley and Wall- 

 grange ; Spheriwn rivicola, S. corneuni, S. aiiiiiicuin, S. palliduiii, and Pupa 

 ninscontni from Staffordshire localities. 



By Mr. J. R. B. Masefiekl : PJiysa lielerostropiia from Colwich, Staffs., Aug., 



1913- 



By Mr. B. Br)'an : Umax maxiiniis, Pyraiiiidii/a riipestris. Helix virgata. II. 

 caperala, Eiiamovtaua, E'. obsciira, Jaiiiinia sccale, Claiisilialamijiata, CI. rolphii, 

 from Cheltenham ; Siieciiiea pttlris, Liimuta palitslris, I., stagnalis, Bythinia 

 ieiitaculaia, Vii.'ipara cotitecta, and Poinatias elegaiis from Norwich, 1913 ; Arion 

 hortensis, Agriolii/iax agreslis, Testacella sciititltnn, H. lapicida, Balea perversa, 

 Aiicyliis Jlnviatilis, LinuKPa pereger, Aplecta liypnornvi, Paludestrina jenkinsi, 

 Neritiiia Jltiviatilis, Dreissensia polyniorpha, Spliecrium palliduiii, and Vertigo 

 aniivertigo, Staffs. 



By Mr.. J. M. Williams : A number of very uncommon varieties of Cypriea, 

 including green forms of C. canieola and its var. rubiola ; green C. argiis and 

 specimens irregularly marked ; C. panlherina var. venlrosa ; beautiful varieties 

 of C. pyrum ; C. onyx var. aditsta ; C. errones var. coinpressa ; C. eainica var. 

 obscura ; C. cervinetta with cervus markings ; C. stolida var. crossei ; C. eribraria 

 var. ex/notitJiensis ; remarkable forms of C. ebnrnea, C. arabiea, C. lurida, C. 

 eylindriea, C. erosa, C. tessellata, C. rashleighaiia, C. cilrina, C. petiliana, C. 

 Isabella, C. pieta, C. zotiata, C. helvola, C. talpa (with exiista base), C. caput- 

 serpenfis var. '' dorso-albida," and a fine specimen of C. unibilicata, dredged alive. 

 He also showed a number of remarkable varieties of Oliva, many of them both 

 rare and beautiful. 



By Mr. T. II. Piatt : (a). North American Unios — Creiiodonta perplicata Conr. , 

 Old River, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.A. ; Qiiadriila nietanevra Raf. , Ouachita 

 River, Arkadelphia ; Q. lacJuyinosiis Lea, Ohio ; Q. kleiniana Lea, Georgia ; 

 Cyprogenia irrorafa Lea, Indiana ; P^inpsilis fallaciosa (Smith) .Simpson, Old 

 River, Ark. ; Obovaria castanea Lea, Ouachita River, Ark. (/'), South American 

 Unios — Prisodon obliijuus Schum. (~ avicularis I>k.), Brazil; P. syrniatophorus 

 Meuschen, Brazil ; Hyria corrugata Lk., Brazil ; //. riigosissima Sowb., Amazon 

 River; Telraplodon quadrilaterum Orb., Brazil; T. ainbiguus (Lam.), Sowb., 

 Parana River, Uruguay; and twenty-five species of OpistJiostoma, including a speci- 

 men of 0. grandispinosiim with eggs in mouth of shell. 



By Mr. R. Welch : Holocene molliisca from Irish sandhill pockets and shell- 

 zones in the older dunes, mostly from West Donegal localities, such as Rosapenna, 

 Horn Head, Carrickfin, Mullaghderg, Narin, and Bundoran ; Magilligan in Derry ; 

 and Whitepark Bay in co. Antrim. The feature of the collection was the great 

 number of \'ertigos, and VaUonia pukliella with Acanthinula aculeata, Puncfiiin 

 pyginceiini, Sphyradium edentuluni, Pupamuscoriim, Acme lineata, and other small 

 species. A few sets were shown of freshwater species from shell-marls, and Cran- 

 noge deposits in Down and Clare. A large amount of duplicate material, both 

 sorted and unsorted, was presented to members present. He also exhibited some 

 living specimens of Patulastrajlavida Ziegler, reared from eggs deposited by sped- 



