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more nodose than the usual Norwegian type, and are said to be obtained by the 

 new-fashioned trawls which have been employed since 1897 to fish in the deeper 

 waters of the North Sea. Prior to that time they were not taken by the trawlers, 

 and Mr. Smith is of opinion that this Arctic species is living in the deep waters 

 off our coasts. A remarkable abnormal form of Buccinum undalum, taken off the 

 Lincolnshire coast, was also shown. 



292nd Meeting, September 12th, 1900. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, by F. W. Hutton ; Catalogue of the 



Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum, vol. 1, 1899 (Presentel by the Trustees); 



and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 



By Mr. A. G. Stubbs: Mounted sets of Helix cantiana, Limncea peregra var. 



canlida, Valvata piscinalis var. albina from Litlington, near Eastbourne. 



New Members Elected. 



Mr. W. H. Johnson, 97, Rumford Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. 



Miss Emily P. F. Bury, 77, Elm Park Mansions, Park Walk, Chelsea, S.W. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



Mr. W. A. Cockshott. 



Resignation. 

 Mr. W. A. Gain. 



Papers Read. 



"The geological distribution of British extinct non-marine mollusca," by R. B. 

 Newton. 



" Note on Tapes pullastra," by B. B. Woodward. 



" Albinism at Eastbourne," and " Note on Eastbourne Mollusca," by A. G. 

 Stubbs. 



" Helix arbuslonim at a high altitude," and " Notes from Porthleven, Corn- 

 wall," by Rev. J. W. Horsley. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. A. G. Stubbs : The series of shells from Litlington, near Eastbourne, 

 presented to the Society's collection. 



By Mr. J. R. B. Masefield : Four specimens of Helix nemoralis from a garden 

 at Cheadle, Staffordshire. The shells are richly-coloured, and belong to the var. 

 itndulata, but are unusually thin. As they much resemble specimens from the 

 Cotswold Hills, in Gloucestershire, Mr. Masefield believes them to have been 

 introduced into the locality where found, H. nemoralis being very rare for some 

 miles around. 



By Mr. J. D. Dean : Cardinal nodosum, Aclis ascaris, Pleurotoma gracilis, 

 and other British shells from Barmouth. 



By Rev. J. W. Horsley: Land shells from Porthleven and district, Cornwall, 

 including Helix nemoralis var. castanea, hyalozonata, and albolabiata ; H. aspersa 

 var. undulala, and flam »iea ; H. virgata var. hypozona, leucozonn, alba, alba- 

 hyalozonata, and a fine example of the very rare sinistrorsa ; H. acuta var. 

 articulala of unusual size and beauty. 



By Mr. R. Cairns : Some very beautiful and rare varieties of Cypnea, including 

 a pale C. reticulata; forms of C. cribraria and allies — C. cumingi, C. peasei, C. 



