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marine shells from the Indian Ocean, dredged by Mr. Townsend, Captain Shopland, 

 and Mr. G. H. Booley — all new and shortly to be described. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Ten specimens of Buccinum undatnm monst. sinistrorsum, 

 dredged off Isle of Thanet, Kent, in 20 — 50 fathoms (ex coll. T. Edwards) ; also 

 Aporrhais pes-pelecani, varieties and locality series from Isle of Man, Teignmouth, 

 Brora, Loch Fyne, Rothesay, Larne, etc. ; A. mac-andrea from Shetland ; A. 

 sencgalensis ; and A. occidentalis from Labrador. 



By Mr. Thos. Rogers : A series of Helix virgata and its varieties, collected in 

 Britain, contrasted with a similar set of forms collected in France, to which spe- 

 cific names have been assigned by French conchologists. 



By Mr. Edward Collier : A collection of Cochlostyla, 140 species, including 

 C. connect ens, C. dactylus, C. evanescens, C.fuliginata, and C. versicolor, received 

 by him from Dr. von Mollendorf. 



By Mr. J. Ray Hardy : A drawer of the British Teredines and Xylophagie, with 

 examples of their borings in oak, spruce, mahogany and other timber. 



By Mr. T. Bird Hall : Remarkably fine Cyprcea scotti, C. decipiens, and Harpa 

 conoidalis. 



By Mr. Fred. Taylor : A fine series of land and freshwater mollusca from the 

 Ashton-under-Lyne district. 



By Mr. C. E. Wright : A beautiful and extensive series of Helix nemoralis and 

 H. hortensis, including a sinistral example of the latter, and choice varieties of both 

 species, all from the neighbourhood of Kettering. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Many choice varieties of the genus Cyprcea. 



By Mr. Wm. Blake : Patella vnlgata covered with a remarkable parasitic 

 growth of the young " cups" of a large alga, Himanthalia lorea. 



From the Society's Cabinet : A number of drawers of land and freshwater 

 'shells, and the fine series of Tenby land shells presented by Mr. A. G. Stubbs. 



By the Manchester Museum : Eight drawers of recent additions to the Museum 

 collections, namely, very full and illustrative sets of Glandina, Streptostyla, 

 Streptaxis, Ennea, Sagda, Cochlostyla, several sections of Helix, Terebra, 

 rare Pelecypoda from China and Japan, a choice set of exotic Brachiopoda, a collec- 

 tion of marine shells from Lively Island, Falklands, a series of the section Cylinder 

 of Conns, and the seven new species described in Messrs. Melvill and Standen's 

 paper on " Madras Mollusca" (see p. 30). 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1896—97. 



In handing in the second Annual Report since the removal of the Society's head- 

 quarters to Manchester, it is pleasant to be able to record a year of sustained 

 activity in all departments of the Society's work. 



The Annual Meeting has been unavoidably postponed to a later date than last 

 year and the report therefore extends over a period of 14 months and covers 11 

 monthly meetings. 



In April last a letter was drawn up by the President and Secretary and circu- 

 lated among suitable persons inviting them to join the Conchological Society ; partly, 

 at all events, as a result of this letter, thirty-one new members have been elected 

 since the last annual meeting. Against this increase must be set the loss of five 

 members by death and eight by resignation, while no less than seven have been 

 struck off the list for non-payment of their subscriptions, showing a net gain of eleven. 

 There are now on the list 10 honorary members and 233 ordinary members, of whom 

 92 are resident abroad, making a total of 243. 



