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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



281st Meeting, June 14th, 1899. 

 Mr. Thomas Rogers in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 The Irish Naturalist, vol. 8, no. 6 ; the Naturalist, no. 509 ; Science Gossip, 

 vol. 5, no. 61 ; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, ser. 3, no. 344; the Nautilus, 

 vol. 13, no. 1 ; Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, 1897-98 ; 

 Societe Royale Malacologique, Brussels, Annales, 1890-95, Bulletin, Tome 34, nos. 

 1, 2, Memoires, Tome 34, no. 1 ; Australian Museum Records, vol. 3, no. 5 ; Pro- 

 ceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, vol. 9, part 4. 

 New Member Elected. 

 Mr. Frederick Darnbrough, Croft Villa, Eaglescliffe, Yarm-on-Tees. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell ; Mr. J. W. Vaughan ; Mr. W Neville Sturt. 



Papers Read. 

 " Description of new species of South African Marine Shells," by E. A. Smith. 

 " Biographical Notice of Sylvanus Hanley," by E. A. Smith. 

 " Note on Petricola pholadiformis" by J. E. Cooper. 

 " The Corrosion of Shells in Cabinets : Supplement," by L. St. G. Byne. 



Discontinuation of the Summer Meetings. 

 It was resolved that no meetings be held during the months of July and August. 



Gift of Portrait. 

 It was resolved " that the best thanks of the Society be voted to the relatives of 

 the late M. Crosse for their generous gift of copies of his portrait to accompany 

 the obituary notice read at the May meeting." 



Exhibits. 

 By Mr. R. D. Darbishire : A fine series of Pedicularice from various localities. 

 By Mr. R. Standen : Pedicularia californica in situ on Allopora. 

 By Mr. R. Cairns : Leucorhynchia tricarinata, Lifu (the third known). 

 By Mr. W. Moss : Hyalinia drapamaldi from Lucerne. 

 By Mr. J. E. Cooper : A fine series of British Petricola pholadijormis. 



282nd Meeting, September 13th, 1899. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences, Bulletin no. 2, Fortieth Annual Report ; the Irish 

 Naturalist, vol. 8, nos. 7-9; the Scottish Naturalist, no. 31; the Naturalist, nos. 

 510-512 ; Science Gossip, nos. 62-64 ; Manchester Microscopical Society, Annual 

 Report, 1898 ; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, nos. 344-347 : Journal de Con- 

 chyliologie, vol. 47, no. 2 ; the Nautilus, vol. 13, nos. 2-5 ; Transactions of the St. 

 Louis Academy of Sciences, vol. 8, nos. 8-12, vol. 9, nos. 1-7; Societe Royale 

 Malacologique, Brussels, Annales, Tome 32, 1897, Bulletin, Tome 34, nos. 3-6 ; 

 Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 vol. 43, part 4 ; Biographical Notice of H. T. Soppitt, by C. Crossland ; Synopsis 

 of the Recent and Tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies, by 

 W. H. Dall ; Tunicata of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., by W. A. Herd- 

 man ; La Faune Malacologique du Congo, by Hugo de Cort ; Manchester Museum 

 Report, 1 898-99 ; Armature of Helicoid Land Shells, by G. K. Gude ; Report on 

 the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon 

 to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89, by J. C. Melvill and R. Standen ; Further Con- 



