28o JOURNAL OF CONCHOI.OGY, VOL. I4, NO. 9, JANUARY, 1915. 



Special exhibits of British species have been continued at our winter meetings, 

 and we are deepl)^ indebted to Mr. J. W. Taylor for his contributions on the life- 

 history, morphology, and distribution of each species. The good attendances show 

 in no uncertain manner the members' high appreciaton of Mr. Taylor's addresses. 



Many other exhibits of a varied character have been displayed and commented 

 upon by the members. 



The meetings of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union are attended, and records of 

 species kept in our record-book. 



The membership at the present time is twenty-two and two corresponding 

 members. Mr. A. Hartley is our President. 



F. Booth, Hon. Sec. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



During the past year the London Branch has held eleven meetings. Of these, 

 seven were ordinary meetings, which on the whole were well attended, and at 

 which there were many interesting exhibits. A particularly good series of the 

 genus Harpa was shown at the April meeting. 



The field meetings were at Headley, Amersham, Wendover, and Coulsdon ; 

 they were not so successful as in previous seasons. Two of the later field meetings 

 were abandoned on account of the war. 



We are again indebted to Mr. J. C. Dacie for kindly providing a room for the 

 evening meetings. j_ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^_ ^^^_ 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE 

 BRANCH. 



This Branch has held two winter meetings, and monthly field meetings during the 

 past year, but owing to the war the work has been considerably interrupted since 

 August last. 



The winter meetings were held in the Free Library, Hanley, and at the first 

 meeting most interesting series of Helix pomatia and H. aspersa were exhibited 

 and the varieties discussed, the Staffordshire specimens of the last-named species 

 being carefully compared with the type and variations noted. At the second 

 winter meeting, large series of Helix jiemoralis and H. hortensis were exhibited by 

 members, and a similar discussion followed. 



The monthly field meetings were held at various places in the county, and good 

 series of local species and varieties were collected, including pure white specimens 

 of Arion aier, which is not a common variety in the county. The most interesting 

 specimen which turned up was an enormous specimen of A r ion atervzx. rufa, and 

 a description of this slug has been submitted for publication in the Journal. 



B. Bryan, Hon. Sec. 



