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doiiglasics Gray, China ; N. caffer Krauts, Algoa Bay, South Africa ; Psetidospatha 

 tanganyicensis Smith, Lake Tanganyika ; Grandidieria btirtoni Woodward, Lake 

 Tanganyika. 



By Mrs. Gill : — Unio, Anodonia, and allied genera ; Tellina radiata from 

 Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Brae, Cuba and Antilles ; T. elegans. Gulf 

 of Mexico. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Fossil Unionida, on behalf of himself and the Man- 

 chester Museum. The series included the type specimens of Unio kendalli J. W. 

 Jackson, the earliest true Unio, from the TvOwer Estuarine Series, Saltwick, 

 Whitley, Yorks ; Capt. Brown's type specimens of Unio humatus and Alasmodoji 

 vet list lis from the Upper Estuarine Series, Gristhorpe, Yorks. ; various species of 

 Unio from Wealden beds, near Hastings ; and a fine specimen of Archanodonta 

 jiikesii from the Upper Old Red Sandstone, Kiltorkan, Kilkenny. 



By Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin : The type specimens and drawings o. five new 

 marine species from S. Thome ; some rare species of Marginella, including M. 

 ehctrina Sow., M. anmdata Rve. , M. cessaci V^Qch&hx., M. daz'aj'i Dauiz., M. 

 gloriosa Jouss., M. fischeri Pall., ]\I. hirasei Bavay, M. fiihninata Kien., M. tri- 

 cincta Hinds, i1/. iJ^szw? Jouss., M. deliciosaB&v^iy, M. pulvis ]o\.\ss., M. pachia 

 Wats., M. etataV^Siis., M. brachia^^X.?,., M. anxia Hedley, M. la:ta Jouss., 

 M. guillaini Petit, and M. triflicata Gask. ; and a number of the less common 

 species of Bulimimis, including B. pharangensis Fruhst. , B. ponrctus Mllff. , 

 B. featheri Tomlin, B. spraiti Pfr. , B. colonus Mllff., B. hunanicola Gred. , 

 B. selayerensis Smith, B. gansuiciis Gred., B. boothi Tomlin, B. boivini Mor. , B. 

 toewUFh., B. hyemalis Heude, B. szee/tenj'i Btig. , Sttnogyropsis potanini Mllff., 

 and numerous species of the Ovella section. 



By the Manchester Museum: Shells of the Hawaiian Islands; Partula ; Amphi- 

 dromtis; Harpa ; Anostoina; Acavns; Papui?ia ; Ufiionidce of Lakes Tangan- 

 yika and Nyassa ; the " Lodder Collection " of Tasmanian moUusca ; and 

 Unionidds from the " R. D. Darhishire Collection." The general collections 

 exhibited in the shell gallery were open to inspection, and also the special exhibits 

 o{ Spottdylus, Xenophora, Boring Mollusca, Shell sections. Edible Mollusca, etc., in 

 the side gallery. 



The principal business of this Special Meeting, held in lieu of the 

 ordinary February Meeting, was the 



Presentation of an Illuminatp:d Address 

 to Mr. John W. Taylor on attaining his seventieth birthday. 



The President of the Society, who had come specially from London 

 for the occasion, made the presentation in the following words : — 



"We have assembled to-day to offer our heartiest congratulations 

 to Mr. John W. Taylor on having attained his seventieth birthday. 

 I venture to think that the occasion should also be utilized for 

 offering this gentleman our deepest homage and respect as one of 

 the leaders of conchological science in this country, especially in 

 connection with the study of the British I-.and and Freshwater 

 Shells, which he has so successfully pursued during the greater 

 part of his career. Mr. Taylor's published researches form numer- 



