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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



379th Meeting, February loth, 1909. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



" Thoughts on Natural Philosophy and the Origin of Life," by A. Biddlecombe, 

 and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donation to Cabinet announced an<l thanks voted : 



By Mr. J. E. Cooper : A set of Pisidinm siipinum A. Schmidt from River 

 Thames at Hampton Wick. 



New Member Elected. 



Mrs. Jessie Linton, Bank Plouse, Bedale, Yorkshire. 

 Papers Read. 



"Non-Marine Mollusca found in the Parish of Mortehoe, North Devon." by 

 Mrs. G. B. Longstafif, F.G.S. 



" Notes on the Mollusca of the Valley of the Colne," by J. E. Cooper and A. 

 Loj'dell. 



'■'■ Pisidinm supinuiu A. Schmidt living in the Thames," liy J. E. Cooper. 



" Vertigo alpest7-is Alder. Its distribution in North Lancashire and West- 

 morland and its association with Vertigo piisilla Miill." — Supplementary Note — by 

 J. Davy Dean and the Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall, B.A. 



" Vallonia excentrica Sterki in West Norfolk," by the Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall, 



B.A. 



Exhibits. 



By Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall : Jaminia miiscorum from Burnham Market, East 

 Norfolk ; and Vallonia costata and F. excentrica from various Norfolk localities to 

 illustrate his note. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A large collection of small West Indian ATarine Shells, 

 formerly belonging to the late Mr. R. D. Darbishire, and specially interesting on 

 account of the labels shewing that they had originally been collected by Prof. C. B. 

 Adams, and mostly named by Mr. Hugh Cuming. 



By Messrs. J. E. Cooper and A. Loydell : A series of the Mollusca of the Colne 

 Valley to illustrate their paper (mostly additions to the Census) : Vitrea scharffi, 

 Harefield ; Vitrina pellncida, Harefield ; Punctiiin pygniiEuni, Harefield ; Acan- 

 thinula aciileata, Harefield; Vallonia ptilchelIa,Y\e\vs\ty; V. excentrica, Harefield; 

 Vertigo antivertigo, Yiewsley; Palndestrina jenkinsi, Uxbridge; Pomafias elegaiis, 

 Harefield ; Pisidiu/n henslowianuin, Uxbridge ; P. casertanum, Uxbridge ; P. 

 nitidiim, Uxbridge; P. sjipinum, Hampton Wick. 



By Miss A. L. Massey : Pahidestrina jenkinsi from Ben Head, co. Meath ; 

 Leuconia bidentata from Rush, co. Dublin, and from Malahide estuary ; and 

 Alexia denticulata from Portmarnock. 



By Mr. E. Collier : Fine specimens of Helicella acuta from various localities. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : L. pereger var. ovata from Millbrook, Stalybridge. 



380th Meeting, March loth, 1909. 



Mr. y. Cosmo Melvill in the chair. 



The Librarian reported the usual periodicals received in exchange. 

 Donations to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : 



By Mrs. J. Carphin: Helix caperata from Craigleith, near Edinburgh, and 

 Valvata cristata from Davidson's Mains. 



