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Proceedings of the 

 conchological society of great britain & ireland. 



267th Meeting-, January 12th, 1898. 



Mr. R. D. Darbishire in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



The Nautilus, vol. n, no. 8 ; Journal de Conchyliologie, index to vols. 21-40 ; 

 Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 3, no. 3 ; The Annals of Scottish Natural 

 History, no. 25 ; The Irish Naturalist, vol. 7, no. 1. 



Donations to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 



From Mr. A. G. Stubbs : Beautiful specimens of Helix pulchella H. rotundata, 

 and Vitrina pellucida var. depressinscula, from Tenby ; Helix lapicida, Buliminus 

 obscums, Fupa seeale, Clclusilia laminata, type, and var. albina from Cranham 

 Woods, near Gloucester. 



New Members Elected. 



Mr. Frederick James Partridge, n, Duchess Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 



Mr. John Davy Dean, 29, Manley Road, Alexandra Road South, Manchester. 



Mr. Arthur S. Poore, 47, Griffin Road, Plumstead, Kent. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Messrs. Francis R. Clifton ; Walter E. Collinge ; E. B. Landis, M. D. 

 Resignations. 



Rev. W. C. Hey ; Rev. G. G. E. Storrs ; Mr. Walter Garstang ; Mrs. Julia 

 Hodgson. 



Papers Read. 



" Mr. J. T. Marshall's Criticisms : An Answer," by G. W. Chaster. 



"Notes on the Land Mollusca of Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire"; and "Helix 

 nemoralis monst. sinistrorsum in Lancashire," by R. Standen. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Helix nemoralis monst. sinistrorsum from Lancashire 

 (Mr. R. Wigglesworth's collection). 



By Mr. T. Rogers : A new species, Endodonta waterhousia Hedley, from 

 Lord Howe Island ; also Vitrea lunti E. Sm. ; Sophina trinitaria E. Sm. ■ 

 Guppya halhicinata E. Sm. ; and Ccecilioides minutissima Guppy, from Trinidad. 



268th Meeting, February 9th, 1898. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



A Catalogue of recent Cephalopoda, Supplement, 1887 — 96, by W. E. Hoyle ; 

 On the Marine Mollusca of Madeira, with descriptions of thirty-five new species and 

 an index-list of all known sea-dwelling species of that island, by Rev. R. Boog 

 Watson ; the Eleventh Annual Report of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, 

 and their Biological Station at Port Erin, by W. A. Herdman ; Life Conditions of 

 the Oyster : Normal and Abnormal, second Report of the Committee, drawn up by 

 Prof. Herdman and Prof. Boyce ; Land und Susswasserkonchylien von Kukenthals 

 Reise, by W. Kobelt ; Catalogue of the Hadfield Collection of Shells from the 

 Loyalty Islands, parts 2 and 3, by Melvill and Standen ; (all from their respective 

 authors). The Nautilus, vol. II, no. 9; the Journal of Malacology, vol. 11. nos. 

 3 and 4, Sept. and Dec. 5, 1897 (issued Jan. 22nd, 1898) ; the Naturalist, no. 493 ; 

 the Irish Naturalist, vol. 7, no. 2. 



Donations to Cabinet announced and thanks voted: 



By Mr. A. G. Stubbs : A series of Saxicava rugosa, and var. pholadis from 

 Giltar, Tenby ; and Thracia papyraeea from Pendine. 



