proceedings: jtjne 8, 1898. m 



By Mr. Ed. Collier: Three fine examples of Limncea palustris var. albida, from 

 Sandwich (E Coll. Miss Hele). 



By Mr. R. Standen : A fine series of Buccinwn undatiim type, and varr. 

 acuminata and carinala, dredged of the Isle of Thanet (E Coll. T. Edwards) ; 

 Lacuna divarica'a, Jiissoa parva var. interrupta, fine specimens, and Modiolaria 

 discors, all dredged off Port Erin, Isle of Man, by the Rev. Lewis Shackleford. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : A set of very fine examples of Marginella cleryi Petit, 

 M. bifasciata Lm., M. splendens Rv. , and M. pseudofaba Sow., all from Senegal. 



By the Secretary : A selection of the mollusca mentioned in the report upon the 

 Society's excursion to Staffordshire, and collected by the members present upon 

 that occasion. 



By Mr. R. Welch : A fine collection of Irish specimens illustrating the new 

 "County records" dealt with in his paper, and also many interesting locality sets, 

 comprising Hyalinia draparnaldi from near Belfast (diagnosed as really this species 

 from examination of the radula by Mr. W. Moss) ; Hy. cellaria var. albina, Cashel 

 Rock, co. Tipperary ; Hy. alliaria var. viridula, Great Skellig, Kerry ; Hy. 

 nilidula, Kenbane Head, co. Antrim ; Hy. nitidula — a very thin form of type and 

 var. hclmii, Dernasliggan, co. Galway ; Hy. radiatula and var. viridescenti-alba 

 from Belvoir Park, co. Down ; Kenmare, co. Kerry, and Delphi, co. Mayo ; Hy.fulva, 

 marsh, near Killough, co. Down ; Hy. crystallina, Crow Glen, co. Antrim, and Delphi, 

 co. Mayo ; Helix rotundata var. alba, Killough, co. Down ; H rupestris, Fore, 

 Westmeath ; Knockninny Hill, co. Fermanagh ; Annaghdown, co. Galway ; 

 Ballygally Head, co. Antrim, and Kenmare, co. Kerry; H. lamellata, Mucksna Wood, 

 Kenmare, Kerry ; H. aspersa, Cashel, Tipperary ; H. nemoralis vars. , Cashel, 

 Valencia Id., co. Kerry (a fine series of thin shells showing much variety of colour 

 and banding : (vars. albolabiata, castanea, undulata, olivacea, and rubella) ; a thin 

 pellucid form with broad white sutural band from Falls Road, Belfast ; var. conica, 

 Killard Point, co. Down ; and a set of thin, dwarfed, but richly-coloured forms 

 from dunes, golf links, Newcastle, co. Down ; H. hortensis, Downpatrick Cathedral 

 yard, co. Down — the only authentic locality in Ulster (except Portsalon) for this 

 species ; H. arbustorum, Kenbane, co. Antrim ; H. rufescens, Westport Demesne, 

 co. Mayo ; H. hispida, Derrykeighan, N. Antrim, Cranfield Point, Lough Neagh ; 

 and subscalariform specimen, Glenariff, co. Antrim ; H.fusca, Portaleen Glen, Tor, 

 co. Antrim, Cave Hill, Belfast ; H. ericetorum type and vars. alba and hyalozonata, 

 Rathlin Island, Kenbane ; vars. leucozona, lentiginosa, and abnormal specimens from 

 Portsalon, co. Donegal; H. caberata (intersecta), Magilligan Point, Portsteward, 

 and Malahide; H. virgata, the Saint's Walk, Great Aran I. ; H.pisana and var. alba, 

 Drogheda, Meath Coast ; H. acuta, Portrush, Portsteward ; H.aculeata, "pockets," 

 Sand dunes, Portstewart ; H. limbata — a Pyrenean species, probably introduced 

 with nursery plants — found feeding on roadside, Belmont, co. Down ; Pupa 

 cylindracea, Ballyrudder, co. Antrim, Dernasliggan, Leenane, co. Galway ; var. 

 cttrta, Kenmare, Kilmore, co. Cavan ; P. anglica, Mucksna Wood, Kenmare ; 

 P. muscorum, Portsalon, co. Donegal ; Vertigo pygmcea, Orlock Point, co. Down ; 

 banks of River Lagan, Belfast ; V. substriata, Portstewart, co. Derry ; Claicsilia 

 bidentata {perversa), subscalariform, Whitepark Bay, co. Antrim ; Succinea pulris, 

 a small form from Kenmare ; Planorbis albus, Ballynahinch, co. Down ; P. 

 spirorbis, Glasmoss and Newcastle, co. Down, Cloonee, Kenmare ; P. carinatus, 

 Quoyle River, Downpatrick, co. Down; P. contortus, Killough, Downpatrick, and 

 Bryansford, co. Down ; Glaslough, co. Monaghan ; Physa Jontinalis, Ballynoe and 

 Killough, co. Down ; Paludestrina jenkinsi and var. carinata, Culmore and Bann 

 River, co. Derry ; Hydrobia ventrosa, Larne Lough ; Limncea peregra — small and 



