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Hyalinia alliaria, Cwni Wood, Abeiystwith, co. Cardigan : T. H. Piatt. 



Helix itemoralis var. carnea 1(23)45 with extremely thin band i. Mount Mel- 

 lick, Queen's Co. : G. Fysher. 



Pyrainidula rotimdata, Hyalinia cellaria, H. alliaria, and Ancyhis fluviatilis, 

 Melmerby, Cumberland : Rev. W. Wright Mason. 



Pupa secale, Zua hihrica, Hyalinia cellaria, Hygromia hispida. Pupa cylind- 

 racea, Pyiaiiiidiila riipestris, and Helix arbtistonivi, Melmerby Scar at 1,600 feet 

 altitude, Cumberland : Rev. W. Wright Mason. 



Donations to the Autograph Collection announced and thanks voted : — 

 By E. D. Bostock : Hubert Elgar, J. W. Vaughan, A. Bavay, Silas C. Wheat, 

 and Clement Fielding. 



Member Deceased. 



John Hill, Little Eaton, near Derby. 



Papers Read. 

 " Note on the Preservation of Land Shells," by B. R. Lucas. 

 " Rossia macrosoiiia in Carnarvonshire," by Chas. Oldham. 

 " Madra stuUorwji monstr. nov. ," by Dr. W. G. N. van der Sleen. 



The Government Proposal to Close Museums until the 

 Conclusion of the War. 



The following resolution was passed unanimously, and copies were forwarded 

 to the Prime Minister and to the Secretary of the Museums Association : — 



" Resolved : — 



"That the members of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and 

 Ireland at a meeting held on February 9th, 1916, at the Manchester 

 Museum, desire to enter an emphatic protest against the proposal of the 

 Government to close the National Museums and Art Galleries for the 

 period of the war, and to take exception to paragraph 5 of the third report 

 of the Retrenchment Committee, in which that Committee considers that 

 ' the closing of the Museums and Art Galleries would be a valuable object 

 lesson in economy, and would point the way to similar economies in local 

 Museums and Galleries.' The Conchological Society is of opinion that any 

 financial economy must be far outweighed by the great national loss that ^ 

 would accompany the withdrawal of the facilities given by the public col- 

 lections to students for research purposes, to the general public (especially 

 at this time to soldiers and sailors, wounded or on leave) as a means of 

 intellectual relaxation and education, and to school children as a valuable 

 means of auxiliary instruction, and respectfully begs the Government to 

 reconsider its decision. 



" That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Prime Minister and 

 to the Secretary of the Museums Association." 



(Robert Standen, President. 

 Bernard Lucas, Vice-President. 

 Lewis J. Shackleford, Hon. Secretary. 



Exhibits. 



By Mrs. Gill : A large series of species of Ebnrna. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : A specimen of Acroptychia iitetableia Crosse and Fischer. 



In the Special Exhibit of the genus Cyclostcvia an interesting series was shown 

 by Mrs. Gill and Mr. G. C. Spence, as well as from the Manchester Museum 

 collection, 



