l80 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 9, NO. 6, Al'RIL, 1899. 



277th Meeting - , February 8th, 1899. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill in the Chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 

 The Irish Naturalist, vol. 8, no. 2 ; the Naturalist, no. 505 ; Science Gossip, 

 vol. 5, no. 57 ; Journal of Malacology, vol. 7, no. I ; Feuille des Jeunes Natura- 

 listes, ser. 3, no. 340 ; the Nautilus, vol. 12, no. 9 ; Journal of Applied Microscopy, 

 vol. 1, no. 11. 



Donation to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 

 Clausilia semidentiailata Pfr., from Asia Minor, by Mr. J. Bliss. 



New Members Elected. 



Mr. John Edward Crowther, Portland Street, Elland. 



Mr. Cecil B. Crampton, M.B.,C.M., 17, Parsonage Rd. ,Withington, Manchester. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 Mr. T. A. Appleton ; Mr. H. Brooksbank ; Mr. A. E. Wilson. 



Resignation of Member. 

 Miss J. E. Linter. 



Papers Read. 



" Corrosion of Shells in Cabinets," by L. St. G. Byne, with a Prefatory Note by 

 J. Cosmo Melvill. 



" Vertigo pusilla Midler in Lancashire and Westmorland," by R. Standen. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. C. Melvill : Two beautiful specimens of Cochlostyla damahoyi Pfr. , 

 one of them being the type, from the collection of the late Mr. Patrick Dalmahoy, 

 W.S., of Edinburgh, who died in 1873. This specimen was procured at the sale 

 of Mr. Dalmahoy's effects on Oct. 10th, 1873, at Stevens' Auction Rooms. Mr. 

 Melvill drew attention to the erroneous spelling of the specific name by Pfeiffer 

 {Proc. Zool. Soc, 1856, p. 328), which has been copied by Paetel, Clessin, Tryon, 

 and others, and which ought to be 'da/wahoyi,' instead of 'damahoyi.' 



By Mr. Thomas Rogers : Specimens of Pararhytida dictyoides Pfr., from New 

 Caledonia ; Chlorites rehsei von Marts., and Papuina brumeriensis Forbes, New 

 Guinea ; and Paptiina ramsdeni Angas, Solomon Islands. 



By Mr. Edward Collier : Physa heterostropha Say, taken near Birmingham ; 

 and Clausilia perversa var. albina from Barnt Green, Worcestershire. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Vertigo pusilla, from new localities in Lancashire and 

 Westmorland ( exhibited on behalf of Mr. A. W. R. Roberts ) ; Pyramidula 

 cockerelli Pils. ; Polygyra rhyssa Dall ; and Polygyra ashmimi Dall, New Mexico. 



A series of diseased shells from various collections, private and public, was 

 shown in illustration of Mr. Byne's paper. 



278th Meeting, March 8th, 1899. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill in the Chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 



The Irish Naturalist, vol. 8, no. 3 ; the Mollusca of Dorsetshire, by J. C. 

 Mansel-Pleydell {from the author); the Nautilus, vol. 12, no. 10 ; Journal de 

 Conchyliologie, vol. 46, no. 2 ; the Naturalist, no. 506 ; Science Gossip, vol. 5, 

 no. 58 ; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, ser. 3, no. 341. 

 New Members Elected. 



Thos. Alfred Appleton, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., 46, Britannia Rd., Fulham, S.W. 



Hugh Brooksbank, M.B., B.C., B.A., College Road, Windermere. 



Arthur Ernest Wilson, 228, Victoria Street, Grimsby. 



