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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



437th Meeting', held at the Museum, Manchester, Dec. 9th, 1914. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Additions to Library announced and Ihanks voted :— 



" Littoral Marine MoUusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia," by J. B. Hender- 

 son and P. Bartsch. 



" A New Pearly Freshwater Mussel of the Genus Hyria from Brazil," by L. S. 

 Frierson. 



" Report on Land and Freshwater Mollusca observed in Hertfordshire in 1908 

 and 1909"; "id., 1910"; "id., 1911"; "id., 1912," by Charles Oldham— (//-^w 

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



Donations to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 



By Mr. A. J. Arkell (per the Hon. Recorder) : — Plauorbis fontanus, from 

 Bucklebury Common, Bradfield, Berks., June 23rd, 1914. 



By Mr. Charles Oldham :— A fine sinistral Helix aspersa, and a beautifully 

 mounted series of the Carnarvonshire shells illustrating his papers. 



Papers Read. 



" White Varieties ol Helicella gigaxii" by Charles Oldham. 



" Reversed Helix aspersa in Carnarvonshire," by Charles Oldham. 



" Conchological Notes from Chili and Brazil," by Lionel E. Adams, B.A. 



" List of Mollusca collected by Lionel E. Adams, B.A. , during a Recent 

 Journey in Chili and Brazil, with Descriptions of Six New Species," by H. B. 

 Preston, F.Z.S. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : — A series of marine shells from Peru, etc., to illus- 

 trate his papei ; also some beautiful photographs of the scenery, taken by himself, 

 showing the wild character of the country where the specimens had been collected. 



By Mr. A. W. Stelfox (per Prof. Boycott) : — Helix itemoiulis x hortensis 

 parents and their assumed hybrid progeny ; the latter are decidedly nemoralis in 

 darts, mucous glands, etc. 



By the Rev. Lewis J. Shackleford : — A collection of Australian and Tasmanian 

 species of Alarginella, including amongst others many of the more recently 

 described — M. agapeta Wats. var. ; M. allporii Ten.-Wds. ; M. altilabra May ; 

 AI. angasi Braz. ; M. beddoniei Pett. ; J\I. cratericula Tate and May ; M. cypne- 

 aides Ten. - Wds. ; I\f. connectans May ; AT. dentiens May ; M. diplostrepta May ; 

 M. Jlindersi Prit. and Cat. ; J\L gabrieli May; M. gatliffi. May; M. geviiuata 

 Hedley ; J/, hedhyi May ; M. iuieqiiidens May ; M. indiscreta May ; M. incoii- 

 spicua Rve. , and var. ; RI. keniblensis Hedley ; M. mayi Tate ; 31. ovtilum Sow. ; 

 yl/. Stanislaus Ten.-Wds. ; J\I. subbulbosa Tate; JM. schoutanica'^lz.y ; M. stilla 

 Hedley; M. triile/itata Talc ; and A/, vercei MiLy. The following were also ex- 

 hiiiited : — M. ebiirnea Preston, from Ceylon; AI. gruveli Bavay, co- types and 

 specimens just recorded from Mossamedes, Angola. 



In the Special Exhibit of the Genus Rauella, an almost complete series of the 

 known species was shown. Mr. C. II. Moore gave an interesting description of 

 the more remarkable features of some of the species, together with details of their 

 life-history so far as it is known. An interesting discussion followed. 



