PROCKEUINGS : DEC. 9, I908. 287 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. Thomas Taylor : A series of Diloina nigerr'una Chem., Ptupuia 

 biconica Hiilton, and Littorina mauritiana Lam. from Wellington Harbour, New 

 Zealand. 



By Mr. G. D. II. Carpenter: A living example of Testacella haliolidca from 

 Eton, Bucks. — a new locality for this species. 



By Mr. R. Standen : JMurex deniidatus Perry, Zeinira australis Sow., Lotorhiiii 

 subdistortuiii Lam., and jSIyadora ovata Reeve, dredged in West Port Bay, 

 Victoria, by C. J. Gabriel ; Cancellaria agalma Mel v. and Stand., from Gulf of 

 Oman ; Bythoceias iridescens from Lake Tanganyika ; and a large group of Perna 

 ohlicjua Lam. in situ on branch of mangrove, from Jamaica (Manchester Museum 

 collection). 



By Mr. J. W. Baldwin : Helix {Dorcasia) prtinuiii Fer. from Queensland. 



By Mr. Kidson Taylor : Varieties of Helix, Hygroi/iia, and Vitrea ; also 

 Atuylus Jluviatilis var. nlbida, Bithynia leacJiii, Pisidiuiii gassiesianuiii, etc., from 

 Yorkshire localities. 



By Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson : Series of specimens from Kendal and Great 

 Milton to illustrate his papers : Paludestrina jenkinsi from Warnemiinde, Meck- 

 lenburg, Germany ; Clausilia bidentata with the last whorl disjointed, from 

 jNIarple; free and attached pearls of Mytilus edttlis from the raised beach, Udde- 

 valla, Sweden ; Helix poinatia and dart extracted from matrix filling interior of 

 shell, from Loess deposits near Endingen, Kaiserstuhl near Freiburg. 



By Mr. E. Collier : Specimens of Helix nemoralis from North-West Donegal 

 to illustrate his paper. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : Land and freshwater and marine shells from Tenby. 



By Mr. Charles Upton : The following new records for Gloucestershire : — 

 Eiiconulics fulvus, Putictuiii, pygincBum, AcantJuitula actileata 2iX\dJaininia aiiglica; 

 also two very large Vivipara contecta, alt. 54 mm., breadth 38 mm., and two 

 Planorbis coiiieiis var. albinos showing traces of spiral bands, Chalford, Glos. 



377th Meeting, Dec. 9th, 1908. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 



" Notes on Cheshire Land and Freshwater Mollusca," liy J. Wilfrid Jackson. 



" Manual of Conchology," part 77, by H. A. Pilsbry [from the respective aiifhors) ; 



and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Members Elected. 



Alljert J. Moore, 9, Brook Street, Hull. 



George H. Weaver, 31, Devonshire Road, Palmer's Green, London, N. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



Y\\\z Haas, Zoological Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. 

 G. W. Brindley, Milfeird, near Derby. 



Resignation. 



J. T. Wadsworth. 



Papers Read. 



"Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Scarborough District,"' by J. A. Hargreaves. 

 " On a Fossil Dart and Epiphragm o[ Helix poinatia found in the Loess Deposit 

 of the Rhine Valley," by J. Wilfrid Jackson, F.G.S. 



'■'■ Liinax tenelliis in Buckinghamshire and llertfordsliirc," by C. Oldham. 



