I48 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 9, NO. 5, JANUARY, 1 899. 



A. G. Stubbs : "Observations on Abnormality in Planorbis spirorbh and other 



freshwater shells at Tenby." 

 J. Cosmo Melvill : "Note on Scalaria fimbriolata. Melv." 

 Rev. J. W. Horsley : " Hyalinia cellaria in Walworth." 

 J. Cosmo Melvill : "Note on Cyprcea rashleigkana." 

 W. E. Collinge : ' ' Note on a new variety of Testacella maugei Fer. " 

 L. E. Adams : " Note on Clausilia carulea Fer. in Hants." 

 Rev. A. Harm : " Note on Pahidestrina jenkinsi near Middlesborough." 

 A. G. Stubbs : " Observations on Limncea peregra." 

 J. E. Cooper : "Note on Valvata cristata." 



L. E. Adams : " Pahidestrina jenkinsi Smith in two new Irish localities." 

 L. E. Adams : "Arion ater var. rubra Band, new to Britain." 

 R. Welch : "New county records for Ireland." 



Four numbers of the Journal, containing 12S pages and four plates, have been 

 issued since November last. Since the Annual Meeting of 1897, volume viii. of the 

 Journal has been completed by the addition of a title-page, a fairly full subject index 

 and a list of explanations of plates, printed on separate sheets, to be bound oppo- 

 site the plates themselves. This arrangement is a new departure in the history of 

 the Journal, and it must be stated that the additional cost was not inconsiderable, 

 amounting to about ^3. 



The publication of the Journal in its new form has involved a further outlay in 

 this department, and it is most desirable that a marked increase in the membership 

 of the Society should take place in the immediate future, so that the Council may 

 be justified in continuing the increased expenditure. The average cost of each 

 number of the Journal in its old form was about £9, while it now amounts to about 

 ^n 10s. 



Considerable loss having been sustained by the Society on account of the sending 

 of Journals to members whose subscriptions were in arrears, and who were ulti- 

 mately declared defaulters, the Council decided in April last : — 



" That the first three numbers of the Journal for each year be sent to those 

 members who are not in arrear as regards the previous year's subscription, and that 

 when the October number is ready for publication a notice, under cover, be sent 

 to all members who have not then paid the current year's subscription, and that the 

 Journal be not forwarded till payment has been made." This arrangement will 

 therefore come into operation in the year 1899. 



With regard to the Society's Library, it is satisfactory to note that more than 

 the usual number of serials and other books and papers have been received this 

 year, and that a complete card catalogue of the Library, on the Dewey decimal 

 system, has been prepared under the supervision of the Librarian, and presented to 

 the Society by him. 



During the past year considerable use has been made of the Society's Collec- 

 tions, both by local members and others residing at a distance who chanced to 

 visit Manchester. The Curator has, during the year, mounted portions of the 

 collections in glass-topped boxes, and only a small proportion now remains unavail- 

 able for ready reference. The Society is again indebted to Mr. A. G. Stubbs for 

 further additions to the fine series of specimens presented by him. 



LONDON BRANCH.— Annual Report. 



Since the last report eleven meetings of this branch have been held ; of these, 

 five were field-meetings, viz., at Tottenham, Barnes Common, Swanley, Hampton 

 Wick, and Abbey Wood. The meeting at Barnes, on June 4th, 1898, was well- 

 attended, and a number of freshwater species were collected. The Swanley 



