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penger. The members were unsuccessful. Examples of L. staqnalis, L. palustris, 

 Planoibis corneus, and P. carinaius were amongst the species recorded. The 

 members were kindly entertained to tea on this occasion at the Parade Restaurant 

 by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, after which a visit was made to his residence to 

 inspect his many curios. 



The August meeting took the form of an Excursion to Ilkley, for a visit to the 

 habitat oi Azrca tridens var. crystaUina, Hygroinia fiisca, etc., near Addingham. 

 This outing was a very successful one from a conchological point of view, a number 

 of species being observed and collected, mostly of uncommon occurrence. 



The September meeting was held at Grassington, for a further investigation of 

 Grass Woods for the newly re-established British slug, Limax tenelltis. A thorough 

 search in several parts of the wood failed to secure this species, the probability 

 being that this wood is not of sufficient age to have been in existence at the time 

 of the supposed retirement of this slug from more congenial habitats to its present 

 fastnesses in the primiiive pine-clad forests. A good number of other species of 

 slugs was observed in addition to the land shells recorded. 



The October meeting was held at Otley, and was a total failure, both in 

 regard to attendance and the discovery of mollusca. The only two finds of the 

 ramble were slugs, viz., Arion minimus in abundance in all stages of growth, and 

 one Limax Levis, both occurring in a wood on Leeds Road. 



No papers were given during the year, but the exhibit.s at the winter meetings 

 were many and varied and of an interesting character. In regard to the species 

 of British shells exhibited, Mr. J. W. Taylor has always had some instructive 

 knowledge to impart, in regard to either the exhibit, the character of the shell, or 

 the morphology of the animal, which has really been of more value than the mere 

 exhibition of the shells themselves. 



No new species has been added to the Yorkshire area during the year, which 

 has a fairly complete list so far as the mollusca indigenous to the north of Britain go. 



The club has been officially represented at the meetings of the Y.N.U., and 

 reports of their investigations have appeared in the Naturalist, for which the thanks 

 of the members are due to Mr. W. Denison Roebuck and Mr. J. E. Crowther. 



The membership at the beginning of the year was twelve. The death of Mr. 



W. Nelson in January deprived the club of one of its founders and time-honoured 



members. The funeral took place at Burmantofts Cemetery, and the club was 



represented by Mr. W. Hutton and its two secretaries. A vote of condolence with 



the widow and children was passed at a subsequent meeting, the sympathy of the 



members being conveyed to Mrs. Nelson by letter and gratefully acknowledged. 



T. Castle, President. 



F. Booth, \ 



T T^ ^ ( Hon. Sees. 



J. E. Crowther, J 



366th Meeting, November 13th, 1907. 

 Mr. B. R. Lucas in the chair. 



Donation to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 " Observations on the Genus Unio," by Isaac Lea (from Dr. J. H. Ashwortli) ; 

 and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Members Elected. 



Dr. Paul Bartsch, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 



H. H. Bloomer, 35, Paradise Street, Birmingham. 



John Brooks Henderson, jr. , i6th Street and Florida Avenue, Washington, D.C. 



Reginald Thomas Hindley, 59, Collingwood Avenue, Muswell Hill, London, N. 



John F. Musham, Blenheim House. South Park, Lincoln. 



