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By Mr. F. Taylor : A large series of Litloriiia rudis from ihe Mumbles, 

 Swansea l^ay : males and females — as shewn by dissection, but not exhibiting any 

 sexual distinction in the shells such as is claimed by some observers. 



By Mr. J Davy Dean : Limncea pereger monst. sinistrorsuni from the Chara 

 Marl deposit at Ilale Moss, Westmorland. 



A large series of Planorbis spirorbis and P. vortex was exhibited by Messrs. 

 R. Welch, J. W. Jackson, E. C. Stump, J. Ray Hardy, J- Laycock, Wm. White- 

 head, C H. Moore, E. Collier, and R. Standen ; and specimens from the collections 

 of the Manchester Museum and the Society were also shewn. An interesting 

 discussion followed. 



359th Meeting-, February 13th, 1907. 



Mr. Edward Collier (vice-president) in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 "Franklin Bicentennial Celebrarion" (/r^w the American Philosof^htcal Society); 

 " Outline of the Natural History of our Shores," by J. Sinel {from the publishers, 

 per Mr. J. W. Taylor) ; " Descriptions of Fifteen Terrestrial Mollusca from South 

 Africa," by J. C. Melvill and J. H. Ponsonby {from the authors) ; and the usual 

 periodicals received in exchange. 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 

 Vertigo moulinsiana from Cothill, Berks., from Mr. H. C. Napier. 



New Members Elected. 



Walter Gyngall, 13, Gladstone Road, Scarborough. 



Silas C. Wheat, 987, SterHng Place, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 

 R. A. R. Priske, 9, Melbourne Avenue, West Ealing, IMiddlesex. 



Resignation. 

 E. H. Turner, 42, S pring Gardens, Manchester. 



Papers Read. 



" Notes on the Mollusca of Wilts.," and " Colonel George Montagu," by E. W. 

 Swanton. 



" Latiriis fimebris n.sp. , from the West Indies," by H. B. Preston. 

 " The Land Shells of Lundy Island," by J. R. le B. Tomlin. 

 " Vertigo mojiliiisia7ia in Berkshire," by H. C. Napier. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin : A series of shells from Lundy Island to illustrate 

 his paper. 



By Mr. H. B. Preston : The type specimen of the new species of Latirtis 

 described in his paper. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Some unusually marked examples of Gibbiila itmbilicata 

 from Lydstep, near Tenby. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A series of Madeiran land shells recently presented to the 

 Manchester Museum by Professor G. A. Wright, including many species described 

 by Lowe. 



Large and representative series of Helicella itala and H. caperata from many 

 localities in the United Kingdom were shown as a special exhibit by Messrs. 

 Edward Collier, C. H. Moore, B. R. Lucas, J. W. Jackson, J. W. Baldwin, W. 

 Whitehead, C. T. Carter, and J. D. Dean ; also examples from the Society's 

 Cabinet. 



