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F. L.S., as ail appiecialioii of iheir labouis and original woik in connection with 

 natural science. 



The Branch has had to mourn the loss of one of its oldest and most valued 

 members, .Mr. Wm. Cash, K.G.S., who died in December last. 



The meniheiship at the jirr-.ent time is twenty-three and three corresponding 

 members. Mr. J. V. Mushani. F.E.S., is our President. 



]'■. Boom, /Io;t. Sec. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



Since our last report only eleven meetings of this Branch have been held. 



Eight of these were ordinary meetings, and were mostly well attended. Among 

 the genera chosen as special exhibits very good series oi Ranella, Pterocera, P/iasi- 

 anella, and the British forms of Rissoa and Paliideslt-ina were shown. Besides 

 these many interesting shells were brought to the meetings, and a few original 

 notes were contributed, bearing chiefly on the special exhibits. 



The field meetings were at Yiewsley, Hampton Wick, and Plumstead Marshes. 

 No new records were made, but it was noticed that Plsidium siipinuin was quite 

 scarce at Hampton Wick, where it was abundant in 1908. 



The war has naturally made it impossible for some — and difficult for other- 

 members to attend the meetings, so that our report is not so good as it might have 

 been in normal circumstances. j y^. Cooi'ER, Hon. .Sec. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE 



BRANCH. 



Chiefly on account of the war, the Branch has only held two winter meetings and 

 one field meeting during the past year. One new member has been elected. 



At the January meeting, held in the Free Library, Hanley, the I'resident, Mr. 

 J. R. B. Masefield, ^^.A., exhibited on behalf of Mr. H. Overton an interesting 

 collection of mollusca obtained from sifting soil from a dejnh of four feet during 

 excavations of the Roman encampment at Wall, near Lichfield. Thirty-five species 

 were exhil)ited, including a specimen of Vertigo pusilla, which is a new species for 

 Staftordshire. A noticeable feature was the absence of Helix poinalia. 



The field meeting held in July took the form of a ramble to Sideway and 

 Trentham, the canal being worked en route ; fifteen species of freshwater mollusca 

 were obtained, including fine examples of Physa heferostropha. Individual work 

 done by members during the past year has resulted in new localities being recorded 

 for several species of local mollusca. In May last, Mr. B. Biyan recorded a 

 flourishing colony o{ Aria 11 ater (Linne) var. all>a near Longton, Staffordshire. A 

 very large specimen of the same variety (six inches in length) with bright yellow 

 fringe to foot-sole was found by Mr. Harold Daltry, in his garden at Madeley, 

 Staffordshire, nth August, 1915 B. Bryan, Hon. Sec. 



