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By Mr. J. Madison : Some large Sphcerium corneum var. scaldiana from the 

 Worcester Canal reservoirs at Cofton. 



By Mr. R. Welch : Hydrobia ienkinsi and var. carinata from Carrigans-on-the- 

 Foyle, Co. Donegal. 



New Members Elected. 



Mr. Francis R. Clifton, 24, Park Street, Stoke Newington. 



Mr. Walter Edward Collinge, F.Z S., Mason University College, Birmingham. 



Mr. E. B. Landis, M. D. , English Church Mission, Chemulpo, Corea. 



Resignation. 



Mr. Harold Barke. 



The late Archdeacon Anson. 



The Chairman said he was certain all the members present would sympathize 

 with his feelings of regret at the death of Archdeacon Anson, who, though not a 

 member of the Society, had taken great interest in the study of conchology and had 

 been instrumental in obtaining the Lifu Mollusca collected by the Rev. James and 

 Mrs. Hadfield. 



Letter Read. 

 The following letter to the President was read : — 



" International Congress of Zoology, 1898. 



" 3, Hanover Square, London, W. 

 "January 10th, 189S. 

 " To the President of the Conchological Society. 

 "Sir, 



" We beg to call your attention to the forthcoming meeting of the 

 International Congress of Zoology, which will commence its meeting in 

 Cambridge on August 23rd, 1898, under the presidency of the Rt. Hon. Sir 

 John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. 



" It is expected that the Congress, which is international in character as 

 well as in name, will be attended by eminent zoologists, representing every 

 branch of zoological science, from the Continent, from America, and from 

 the Colonies. 



"A detailed programme of the proceedings will be forwarded to you at 

 a later date. Meanwhile we venture to express our hope that your Society will 

 be able to assist in defraying the expenses of the Congress by making a dona- . 

 tion from its funds. We shall further be much obliged to you if you will take 

 the earliest opportunity of announcing the date and place of meeting to the 

 members of your Society, and will extend to them the cordial invitation of the 

 Executive Committee to be present. 



"We remain, Sir, 



"Your faithful servants, 



" F. Jeffrey Bell \ 



" G. C. Bourne I Secretaries." 



" Adam Sedgwick J 



Papers Read. 



"The Mollusca of the Falkland Islands," by J. Cosmo Melvill and R. Standen. 

 "Note on Terebra eximia Dh.," by R. Standen. 



Exhibits. 



By the Manchester Museum : The collection of marine shells from Lively Island, 

 Falklands, dealt with in Messrs. Melvill and Standen's paper. 



By Mr. R. Standen: Specimens of Terebra eximia Dh., from Madras (Manch. 

 Mus. Coll.) and Borneo, to illustrate his note. 



