PROCEEDINGS : FEBRUARY 12, 1908. I45 



benthalis, and Dentalut7>i eupatrides (from Lat. 71° 22' S., Long., 16° 34' S.), the 

 four last species being from the immense depths of 1775, 2645, 1775, and 1410 

 fathoms respectively. 



By Mr. H. Beeston : I^iving specimens of Helicodotit a obvohi/a from Ditcham, 

 with periostracum in fine condition, and showing winter epiphragm in siiu. 



By Mr. Lionel E. Adams : Specimens of Cyprcea moneta engraved with girls' 

 names and sold as charms in the streets of Theodosia, on the Black Sea. 



By Mr. C. E. Wright : Paludestrina jenkinsi and Bithyniia tentaculata found 

 on the cover of the door of a condenser when overhauling the engines at the 

 pumping station of the L.C.C at Shoreditch. 



By Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall : A series oi Helicella to illustrate his note. 



By Mr. J. Kidson Taylor : Series of British Marine Shells. 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : Helix nemoralis var. ruhella-undulata from Bridle, 

 near Chorley, and a very thin var. of H. nemoralis from Isle of Man. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : Bythinia tentaculata and var. p7-odticta 1 — an 

 exceedingly long form — from the canal at Lancaster ; B. tentaculata — short fat 

 forms ; Sphyradium edentitbim var. columella ; Suecinea oblonga and var. elongata 

 from the Barnwell Gravels, Cambs. Also S. oblonga var. elongata from the Loess 

 of Achenheim, near Strassburg (e coll. Dr. Wiist) for comparison with above. 



By Rev. Lewis J. Shackleford : Valuta mamilla Gray from Western Port, 

 Victoria. The specimens of this fine Volute are mostly obtained from lobster-pots 

 into which they have been carried by a large species of hermit-crab. From the 

 same locality and same source specimens of the still rarer V. roadknightce McCoy 

 are occasionally obtained. Mr. Shackleford also exhibited two very distinctly 

 marked and fine specimens of Voluta turiieri var. dayinanii from Port Darwin, 

 N. Australia. 



369th Meeting, February 12th, 1908. 



Mr. E. C. Stump in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



"Illustrated Index of British Freshwater Shells," by Arthur G. Stubbs. "A 

 Survey of the Species and Varieties of Pupa Draparnaud {Jaminia Risso) occurring 

 in South Africa," by J. C. Melvill and J. H. Ponsonby. ^* Bythinia leachii, an 

 addition to the Irish Fauna, with some Notes on its Distribution, and also that of 

 Planorbis corneus" by R. Welch. "David Dyson: A Biographical Sketch," by 

 J. Wilfrid Jackson. "The Pyramidellid Mollusks of the Oregonian Faunal Area," 

 by W. H. Dall and P. Bartsch. "The West American Mollusks of the Genus 

 Triphoris" by Paul Bartsch. "List of Lincolnshire Non- Marine Mollusca, in 

 collection of Mr. J.. F. Musham," by J. F. Musham (from the respective authors), 

 and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Member Elected. 

 Mr. H. J. S. Stobart, Belbroughton, Stourbridge. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 

 Mr. H. F. Edgar, 14, Woodside Park Gardens, North Finchley, London, N. 



Papers Read. 

 "Note on the British Species oi Azeca," by H. A. Pilsbry. 

 "List of Mollusca from one chalk pit in Surrey," by G. D. H. Carpenter. 

 '* Limttaa glabra (Miill.) in East Sussex," by C. E. Y. Kendall. 



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