288 JOURNAI, OF COXCHOI.OGY, VOI,. 12, NO. 10, Al'RIL, I909. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Anostonia octodeiitatum from Parahyba, Eastern Brazil ; 

 A. depressum from the banks of the River Amazon ; and A. {Riiigicella) ringens 

 from Rio Negro, Brazil — a fine series of these remarkable land shells for comparison 

 with some equally peculiar fossils, viz. : — StropJiostoma anoviphala from Oligocene 

 of Caylus, France ; i'. atiostovtafonnis from Miocene of Normandy ; and S. (ri- 

 carinatiiin from Miocene of Hochheim, Frankfurt, in the Manchester Museum 

 collection. Also Jaminia anglica, Vitrea aystaUina, V. piira, Acanthiniila 

 acideata^ etc., from Red Brow Wood, Marple, Cheshire. 



By ^Ir. J. Kidson Taylor : A fine series of Helix ncinoralis and //. horlciisis. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore: Helix lapiirida, Vitrea piira, V. oyslallina, etc., from 

 Miller's Dale ; Pkysa heterostropha from Stalyliridge. 



By the Rev. Lewis J. Shackleford : Very dark-coloured specimens of Valuta 

 itndnlata Lam. from Snake Island, Victoria. 



378th Meeting, Jan. 13th, 1909. 



Mr. B. R. Lucas in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



" Noteson the Natural History, Geology, and Antiquitiesof Duror, Argyllshire,"' 

 by the Rev. G. A. Frank Knight. "Lincolnshire Non- Marine Mollusca : Addenda 

 to Nov. 30th, 1908," by J. F. Musham. "Descriptions and Figures of some 

 Land and Freshwater Shells from Mexico, believed to be new," by W. II. Dall 

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



Donation to Cabinet: A series of Helix caperata from Suft'olk localities by 

 Mr. G. T. Rope. 



Ne'w Members Elected. 



Fritz Haas, Zoological Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. 



G. W. Brindley, Milford, near Derby. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



Mrs. Jessie Linton, Bank House, Bedale, "^'orks. 



Resignation. 



W. Valentine Burgess. 



Papers Read. 



" On the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of South Wales," by John Williams 

 Vaughan. 



'■'■ Liiiiax tenelhcs in Worcestershire," by Chas. Oldham. 



"Addenda to Grange Mollusca," by H. Beeston. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Deformed specimen of Physa heterostropha Say from the 

 Reddish Canal. 



By the Rev. C. E. V. Kendall : Palitdestrina jcn/ciiisi from the Grand Junction 

 Canal at Leicester (vice-county 55). This shell now abounds just outside the town 

 to the south but has never been noticed before. 



By Mr. H. II. Bloomer: Specimens of Uiiio tiiinidtis from the Birmingham 

 district. A large number of specimens of this form from the Darbishire Collection 

 showing relation to U. pictonnii were also exhibited for comparison. 



There was a special exhibit of Helix caperata and its vars. by Messrs. G. T. Rope, 

 B. R. Lucas, E. Collier (a sinistral specimen from N. Devon, and very fine var. 

 allni from Springdale, I. of W.), J. Kidson Taylor (var. snliscalaris), J. W. Baldwin, 

 E. C. Slump, J. W. Jackson, C. H. Moore (var. (?/Az), and the Rev. C. E.V. Kendall. 



