14 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 12, NO I, JANUARY, I907. 



from brick earths near Rochester, Kent ; series of Chara-marl shells from the 

 lacustrine deposit at Hawes Water, Silverdale, Lancashire ; Hygromia rufescens, 

 H. hishida, Succinea oblonga, etc., from the deposit at Hale Moss, Westmorland, 

 (all coll. J. W. J.). A very fine series of the large heavy forms of Helix itemoralis 

 and //. aspersa from the famous deposits at Dog's Bay, Roundstone. Connemara 

 (coll. Mr. R. Standen, September, 1906). Helix neinoralis, Helicella itala, etc., 

 from Rosapenna dunes and Tranarossan, Ireland (coll. R. Welch). 



By Mr. C. E. Wright : Helix nemoralis from Inish Mac Dara, Killinure, 

 Maumeen Lough, Dog's Bay, Claregalway, Aranmore, and Drogheda ; H. 

 aspersa var. tenuis and mnjcr from Roundstone ; Helicella virgata and var. alba 

 (two examples with extended lips) from Dog's Bay ; H. barbara and var. alba, and 

 H. pisana var. alba, from Drogheda ; H. itali and varieties from many Irish 

 localities, including a very beautiful form, with the shell rose-pink in colour, from 

 Roundstone. 



By Mr. Thos. Edwards : A series of Helices from Leicestershire, including 

 Helix nemoralis vars. hyalozonata, olivacea, biinarginata, roseolabiata, rubella, with 

 white band round periphery, and a six-banded form ; H. aspersa var. exalbida ; 

 Helicella virgata, a series varying from very large to the smallest forms, and H. 

 itala var, lutescens both from Kent. Unio tumidus var. ponderosa Pascal, from a 

 pond at Wistow Park, Leicestershire, also Anodonta cygnea from the same place. 



By the Manchester Museum : [a) Selections from the Townsend collection of 

 Persian Gulf Mollusca, including the fine collection of Cypraeidse, Contis clytospira 

 Melv. and Stand., Pecten towiisendi Melv., Rostellaria delicatula Nevill, and many 

 other rare forms, {b) Series of Acaviis, Chlorcea, Corasia, Papuina, Attiphidroimis, 

 Partiila, Eucalodiiim, Helicarion, and Vitrina ; European locality sets of Helix 

 nemoralis, H. Jiortensis, //. arbustorwn, H. pisana, and the section Pomatia[e coll. 

 R. D. Darbishire). [c) The fine collection of Tasmanian Marine Mollusca re- 

 ceived (per Miss M. Lodder) from the Victoria Museum, Launceston. (</) A small 

 collection of land shells found underneath the foundation walls of the Roman 

 Castrum, Deansgate, Manchester, in 1898, by Mr. Charles Roeder, also some from 

 excavations at Hanging Bridge, near Chetham's College ; the shells are in good 

 preservation and interesting historically, as they date back to the first century A.D. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



It is with great satisfaction that the Council records the fact that during the 

 past year there has been an increase of twenty-two in the Society's roll of members. 



On the date of the last Annual Meeting there were 288 members on the 

 Society's list ; between that date and the end of the year six new members were 

 elected, three resigned, and three were struck off the list for the non-payment of 

 their subscriptions, so that the list published on the ist of January last contains 288 

 names. Since then twenty-nine new members have been elected, four have re- 

 signed, and three have died, leaving on the list at the present time 309 names. 



During the past year ten meetings of the Society have been held, from October 

 2ist, 1905, to September 12th, 1906. 



The proceedings at these meetings are recorded in our numbers of \\\& Journal, 

 containing 126 pages and three plates, as well as the title-page and table of contents 

 to complete the eleventh volume. An index has, as usual, been compiled by the 

 editor. 



Among the honorary members the Society has to deplore the loss of its veteran 

 colleague, Mr. Wm. Nelson, of Leeds, He was one of the original founders of the 



