94 JOURNAI, OF CONCHOI.Or.Y, VOL. 12, NO. 3, KM.Y, I907. 



By Mr. R. Standeii: A number of land shells from Madeira, Teneriffe, and 

 Grand Canary, recently acquired by the Manchester Museum. 



By Mr. Chas. Oldham: A number of Bucks. moUusca collected by Messrs. 

 J. E. Cooper and H. Wallis Kew in the neighbourhood of Burnham, including the 

 following new county records : — Vitrea alliaria, V. radiatnla, V. ptira var. nitidosa, 

 V. crystaUina, Euconitlus fuhnts, Acanthinida aculeaia, Sphyradiiitn edentnhiiii, 

 Carychintn niinimnm, Javiinia cylindracea, Cochlicopa lubrica. Vertigo pygmcea, 

 and V. pusilla. 



As a special exhibit about two-thirds of the known species of Ariophanta were 

 shewn by Messrs. J. C. Melvill, Ed. Collier, R. Cairns, and R. Standen, and from 

 the Manchester Museum collections. 



363rd Meeting, June 12th, 1907. 



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



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



"Notes on the pairing of Umax maxiimis,''' by C. S. Carter ; ''Additions to 

 Lincolnshire Non-Marine Mollusca," by C S. Carter; "The Mollusca of the Persian 

 Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Araljian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections 

 of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1 893- 1906 ; with descriptions of new species," by J. Cosmo 

 Melvill and R. .Standen; "On a new species of Chloritis" by G. K. Gude; " On 

 a new species of Papiiina" by G. K. Gude; " On the subgenus Ccelorus Pilsbry," 

 by G. K. Gude; "A new species of Eiilota from Formosa." by G. K. Gude ; 

 " Occurrence of internal septa in Glyptostoma ftewbenyanum," by G. K. Gude 

 (front the respective authors); and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 

 New Members Elected. 



A. R. Horwood, Ivanhoe, Gwendolen Road, Leicester. 



H. G. Thornton, Kingsthorpe Hall, Nortliampton. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Vernon Howard, Carlton Lodge, Eastgate, Louth. 



S. L. Petty, Dykeland, Ulverston, Lanes. 



Resignation. 



Miss G. M. Harrison. 



Name Struck Off. 



It was reported that the following name had been struck off the list of members 

 in terms of Rule 4: — 



J. R. Redding. 

 Paper Read. 



" Nudibranchs from tlie Indo-Pacitic, HI.," liy Sir Charles Eliot. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Volutharpa pertyi, Anatina japonica, Cypricardia 

 villicata, and other Japanese marine shells ; also Vitrea put a from Castleton, 

 Derbyshire. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Zonitoides excavatus var. vitrina, collected by Mr. J. 

 Kidson Taylor in the Winnatts, Derbyshire — a new record for the Castleton 

 district ; Aciciila lintata and Acanthimtla lamellata collected during last Whit-week 

 at Grange-over-Sands, Lanes. Both species occurred abundantly in company with 

 A. aculeata, Vitrina ptira, V. radiatnla, Euconiiliis ftilviis, and Carychiuin 

 7ninimum in thick beds of beech leaves in Eggerslack Wood ; the lower layers of 

 rotting leaves were thickly permeated with the mycehum of some species of fungus 

 and amongst this the Aciciila lineata swarmed — apparently feeding upon it. 



A tine series of the various sections of Orthalicidce was shewn by members and 

 an interesting discussion followed. 



