PROCEEDINGS : !SlAY IO, 1 899. 219 



By Mr. L. J. Shackleford : A series of Buliminns dux Pfr. from Israelite Bay, 

 S. Australia. 



By the Rev. Addison Crofton : Turritcl/a tereb' a, varieties and local forms, from 

 Whitebank and Giltar, Tenby; Mil f 3rd Haven; Isle of Man ; and Scalloway. 



By the Rev. H. A. Hudson: Turritella terebra from Red Wharf Bay and Tenby. 



By Mr. J. D. Dean : Helix nemoralis, varr. rubella and eastanea, from Mapple- 

 ton, Derbyshire; and H. hortensis var. arenicola. 



By Mr. R. Cairns: Bulimus auris-vulpina from St. Helena; and Dcntaiium 

 abyssorum. 



By Mr. F. Taylor: Ampullar ia pinei Dall. ; and Unio pinti Wright, newly 

 described species from Aripeka, Florida. 



280th Meeting, May ioth, 1899. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



The Irish Naturalist, vol. 8, no. 5 ; the Naturalist, no. 508 ; Science Gossip, 

 vol. 5, no. 60 ; the Journal of Malacology, vol. 7, no. 2 ; La Feuille des Jeunes 

 Naturalistes, ser. 3, no. 343 ; Journal de Conchyliologie, vol. 46, no. 4, and vol. 

 47, no. 1 ; the Nautilus, vol. 12, no. 12 ; Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Queensland, vol. 14 ; Marine Shells from the Andaman Islands, by J. C. Melvill 

 and E. R. Sykes ; Vie et Travaux de Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, by Messrs. 

 Poyard and Fischer ; Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and 

 Philosophical Society, vol. 43, part 1. 



New Members Elected. 



Mr. Hugh Lamont Orr, 29, Garfield Street, Belfast. 



Mr. James C. Blackshaw, 158, Penn Road, Wolverhampton. 

 Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



Mr. Frederick Darnbrough. 



Member Deceased. 

 Mr. Sylvanus Hanley. 



Papers Read. 



"A contribution towards a list of the land and freshwater mollusca of Cumber- 

 land and Westmorland," by W. J. Farrer. 



" Obituary notice of the late Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse " (adapted from 

 the French memoir of C. Poyard and H. Fischer), by Clara Nordlinger. 



"Note on the genus Herviera," by J. Cosmo Melvill and R. Standen. 



Exhibits. 



By Captain W. J. Farrer : An interesting series of the more notable species and 

 varieties mentioned in his paper. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Herviera isidella M. & S., H. gliriella M. & S., and Ccecum 

 vertebrale Hedley, all from Uvea, Loyalty Islands ; Helix trailli Pfr. from Borneo; 

 a large series showing considerable variation ; and a stunted form of Limncea stag- 

 nalis L., with inflated lip, from Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



By Mr. F. Taylor : A series of remarkably fine Paludestrina jenkinsi, and its 

 variety carinata, from the canal at Droylsden, Lanes. This is the first record of 

 the occurrence of this shell in Lancashire. 



On behalf of the Manchester Museum were shown some very choice examples 

 in perfect condition of the gigantic Lunatia lewisi Gould, from California ; Car- 

 dium Alans Brocchi, from Algiers ; C. costatum L. , from East Africa ; and C. 

 ringens Ch., from Gambia. 



