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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



454th Meetingf, held at the Manchester Museum, Sept. 13th, 191 6. 



The President in the chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 



" On Two Species of Plsidium (fossil) New to Ireland " ; "The Non-Marine 

 Mollusca of South Galway," both by R. A. Phillips {front the aiilhor). 



" On Some Cretaceous Brachiopoda and MoUusca from Angola, Portuguese 

 West Africa," by R. BuUen Newton {from the author). 



"(Obituary Notice of) Edgar Albert Smith, I.S.O." (not signed), (from R. 

 Bullen Newton) ; and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



Donations to the Voucher Collection (per Hon. Recorder) announced and 

 thanks voted : — 



From Mr. J. Williams Vaughan : Paltidestrina Jenkiitsi, a few from Brecon and 

 and Newport Canal, in Llanwenarth parish, Monmouthshire, 7th July, 1916. 



From Mr. Alex. Ross : Heiix aspersa, a few, and H. nemoralis, a few, Isle of 

 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, 17th July, 1916. 



From Mr. H. Beeston : Clausilia laniinata, two, Hyden Wood, near Clanfield, 

 Hants South, i6th May, 1916. 



From Miss Annie C. Jackson : Hyalinia cellaria, three from Swordale, Ross 

 East, 7th June, 19 16. 



From Mr. G. Bathurst Hony : Helix nemoralis var. libellula 12045, o^^^j Bulford 

 Ranges, Wilts. South, 1916. 



From Mr. Chas. Oldham : Hyalinia alliaria, Clausilia bidentata, Pyramidula 

 rotundata, all from 2,000 feet altitude, at Cwm Idwal, Carnarvonshire, 24th Tune, 

 1916 ; Hygroinia granulata, from Ceint, Anglesey, 21st June, 1916. 



Member Deceased. 

 E. A. Smith, LS.O. 



New Member Elected. 



Hamilton E. Quick, M.B., B.S., B.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. 



Papers Read. 



"Obituary Notice— Edgar Albert Smith, I.S.O.,"by J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.L.S. 



" Note on Conus traversianus Sm.," by J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S. 



" Sinistral Zzww^rt pereger and Its Progeny," by J. A. Hargreaves. 



"Description of a New Rissoid Shell from South Africa," by J. R. le B. Tomlin, 

 M.A. 



" Note on Helix pisana at Swansea," by Capt. Hamilton E. Quick, R.A.M.C. 

 The following resolution was passed : — 



" That we, the Council and Members of the Conchological Society 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, desire to place on record the profound 

 sense of loss with which we have heard of the decease of Mr. Edgar A. 

 Smith, and our appreciation of the invaluable services he has rendered 

 not merely to us, as a Society, but to the whole scientific world. 



"That we hereby tender to his widow and relations our most 

 respectful and sincere sympathy in their bereavement." 



