l8 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 9, NO. I, JAN., 1898. 



By Rev. J. W. Horsley : A remarkable series of Helix aspersa from a hedge 

 near Dover, showing, apparently, interbreeding between var. grisea and var. zonata. 



By Mr. Thomas Edwards : My t litis edulls var. Incurva, and some curiously 

 deformed examples from Birchington, Kent ; Venus galllna, Tapes pullastra, 

 Telllna crassa, Saxlcava rugosa, Nassa reticulata, and Crepldula fornlcata (prob- 

 ably introduced with American oysters), all from Grimsby ; Bucclntim undatum 

 monst. acuminatum from the Kentish coast, also var. zetlandlca dredged off Shet- 

 land ; and H. ne/no?-alls var. rubella 00000 with a broad white peripheral band, 

 taken within the borough of Leicester. 



By Mr. J. C. Melvill : Hemlpecten forbeslanus, dredged by Captain Tyndall, 

 in 40 fathoms, off the Laccadive Islands. 



By Mr. F. Taylor : Helix nemoralls, H. pygmaa, H. aculeata, H. hisplda 

 var. hlspldosa, Succinea elegans, Hyallnla pura var. nltldosa, and Hy. radlatula, 

 from Riversvale ; Hyallnla ~nltldula and Clausllla rolphl from Bostal Wood. 



By the Manchester Museum : The new species and general collection of 

 Madras Mollusca dealt with in Messrs. Melvill and Standen's paper. 



265th (Annual) Meeting-, Saturday, November 13th, 1897. 



Prof. S. J. Hickson, F. R.S. (President), in the chair. 



Appointment of Scrutineers. 



Messrs. E. Collier and L. St. George Byne were appointed scrutineers. 



Annual Reports and Balance Sheet. 

 The Annual Report of the Council (see p. 20), the Report of the London 

 Branch (see p. 23), and the Treasurer's Statement (see p. 22) were presented and 

 adopted. 



Election of Office Bearers. 

 The Scrutineers reported that the Officers and Council nominated by the Coun- 

 cil had been elected with scarcely a dissentient vote. 

 For President : 



Mr. John R. B. Masefield, M.A. 

 For Vice-Presidents : 



Mr. R. D. Darbishire. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S.; 



Prof. Sydney J. Hickson, D.Sc, M.A., F.R.S. ; 



Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. 

 For Hon. Treasurer : 



Mr. Lionel E. Adams, B.A. 

 For Hon. Secretary and Librarian : 



Mr. W. E. Hoyle, M.A.,. F.R.S.E. 

 For Hon. Curator : 



Mr. Robert Standen. 

 For Hon. Recorder : 



Mr. Thomas Rogers. 

 For the Council : 



Mr. Edward Collier ; 



Mr. J. T. Marshall ; 



Mr. P. B. Mason, J. P., M.R.C.S., F.L.S. ; 



Mr. William Moss, F.C.A. ; 



Mr. R. F. Scharff, Ph.D. ; 



Mr. E. C. Stump. 



