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Honorary Member. 



It was also reported that a letter had been received from M. Ph. Dautzenberg, 

 of Paris, through the President of the Society, expressing his great pleasure in 

 having been elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 



Papers Read. 



"Snail Shells as Lamps in Italy," by S. Lister Petty. 



"Notes on the Candidula Section of Helicella," by J. Wilfrid Jackson. 



Exhibits. 



By Messrs. J. C. Melvill and R. Standen : The interesting series of Falkland 

 Island Mollusca collected by Mr. R. Vallentin and described in the Amtals and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., Jan., 1914. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Isocardia cor L. , Peden opercnlaris L. , and var. Untaia 

 A2i.C., Scaphander lignariHs L. , Aporrhais pes-pelicani L. and others, dredged in 

 the Bay of Biscay, off the Spanish coast, November, 1913. 



By Mr. J. Kidson Taylor : Two beautiful specimens of Cypraa kiiensis Rob. 



By Mr. J. C. Melvill : A fine example of Conns natalis Sowb. ( = natalensis 

 Sowb. emend.), from S. Africa. This species is textile in its markings, and has a 

 very strong superficial resemblance therefore to one of that group, but it is in reality 

 more allied to C. rosacens, tinianns, etc., which would be classed as of the section 

 Chelyconus. The textile pattern appears in other sections of Conns — in the Alar- 

 ihorei, for instance, it is seen in C. arachnoides, pepliim, etc., in the Leptoconi \n 

 acttminatjis and am mi rati sl^. and also in clytospira M. & St., first, indeed, described 

 in Aug., 1899, as of the Textile group, and then transferred to Leptoconns. 



The special exhibit of the evening was the "Candidula Section of Helicella," 

 and a large numljer of species was exhibited by the Manchester Museum (" Layard " 

 and "Crosse" collections), Messrs. J. Wilfrid Jackson, J. Davy Dean, E. Collier, 

 J. R. le B. Tomlin, B. R. Lucas, and the Rev. Canon J. W. Horsley. Mr. J. W. 

 Jackson read some notes on the more familiar forms of this Section, and brought 

 forward conclusive arguments against the inclusion of II. candidula Studer in the 

 British List. This species, or rather its var. alpicola, has recently been reported 

 fossil at Woodston {a7iiea, p. 83), but Mr. Jackson points out in his paper that this 

 identification is incorrect. 



Owing to the large number of forms in this Section it was decided to defer the 

 discussion of the remaining species until a later meeting. 



429th Meeting, held at the Museum, Manchester, Feb. nth, 1914. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted :— 

 "Notes on Mollusca collected in the North-West Falklands by Mr. Rupert 

 Vallentin, F.L.S., with Descriptions of Six New Species," by J. C. Melvill and 

 R. Standen. " Die Unioniden des Gebietes zwischen Main und deutscher Donau 

 in tiergeographischer und biologischer Hinsicht," by F. Haas and E. Schwartz. 

 " Northern and Arctic Invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum 

 (Riksmuseum), vi. Prosobranchia, 2 Semiproboscidifera," by N. H. Odhner (pre- 

 sented by the respective authors) ; " Guide to the Exhibition of Specimens illustrating 

 the modification of the Structure of Animals in Relation to Flight," by W. G. 

 Ridewood ; " Catalogue of the British .Species of Pisidium (recent and fossil) in the 

 Collections of the British xMuseum (Natural History)," by B. B. Woodward [pre- 

 sented by the Trustees of the British Mnseuin) ; and the usual periodicals received 

 in exchange.' 



