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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



433rd Meeting, held at the Museum, Manchester, June lOth, 1914. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 



"Anatomic des Clausilies danoises : i. — Les organes genitaux," by C. M. Stein- 

 berg. "Catalog of Mollusca of South Carolina," by W. G. Mazyck. "A Review 

 of South African Land Mollusca belonging to the Family Zonitidje — Part iii.," by 

 Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen. "On the Anatomy of Comis tidipa L., and C. 

 textile L.," by H. O. N. Shaw. " Malacologiske notiser : i. — Nudibranchiater 

 fra Bergens biologiske stations akvarier. ii. — Nogen mollusker fra Bergenskysten," 

 by J. A. Grieg. "On a Collection of Non-Marine Mollusca from the Southern 

 Sudan," by Jane Longstaff : " With Descriptions of Three New Species," by H. B. 

 Preston; and "Notes on Veronicella nilotica" by G. C. Pobson (fro7Ji the 

 respective authors) ; and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donation to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 



By Mr. J. Davy Dean : A large number of Voucher specimens, chiefly from the 

 Cardiff district. 



New Member Elected, 



Herbert W. Worsfold, 28, Melody Road, Wandsworth, S.W. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



W. G. Mazyck, Hon. Curator Charleston Museum, S. Carolina, U.S.A. 

 (introduced by E. Collier and J. W. Jackson). 



Rev. John McMurtrie, M.A., The Manse, Skene, Aberdeenshire (introduced 

 by E. Collier and R. Standen). 



Dr. W. G. N. van der Sleen, Eindenoutstraat 63, Haarlem, Holland (introduced 

 by R. Standen and L. J. Shackleford). 



Exhibits. 



I5y Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : Helicella virgata, H. itala, Hygrojiiia hispida and 

 H. rufescens from Avebury Circle, Wilts ; Helicella gigaxii from North Berwick, 

 Haddingtonshire (first record for Scotland) ; Claiisilia plicata from Dornoch, E. 

 Sutherland (doubtfully indigenous — no record of any introduction) ; CI. plicata 

 from Sweden and Budapest, for comparison ; a large series of Holocene shells from 

 the Glastonbury Lake Village, including : — Lij/uiaa stagtialis, L. pereger, Z, 

 aiiricjilaria, L. pahistris, Planorbis Kuibilicatus, PI. voitex, PI. contortus, PI. 

 fontanus, PI. albus, PI. crista, Physa fontinalis, Bithynia teiitaculata, B. leachii, 

 Valvata pisciiialis, V. cristata, Acroloxus lacjistris, Spharium cojneiitn, Pisidittm 

 pulchellum , and one land shell, viz. : Vallonia excentrica. 



By Rev. L. J. Shackleford : Marginella bifasciata Lam. and M. cleryi Petit, in 

 fine live condition from Goree. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Holospira goniostoma Pfr. and H. minima v. Marts., 

 from Sonora, Mexico ; Helix aspersa, a small form from sandhills, Rye, Sussex — 

 the smallest measuring only 27x24 mm.; and a small form of H. virgata from 

 Lydd Marsh, Kent, showing considerable variation in markings. 



In the Special Exhibit of the Genus Neritina, fine series of the British and 

 foreign species were shown by Messrs. E. Collier, J. W. Jackson, and Mrs. Gill. 

 The Manchester Museum collections were also exhibited. 



