PROCEEDINGS : OCTOBER t4, I916. 183 



Presidential Address. 



Mr. R. Standen gave his Presidential Address on " The Calcareous Eggs of 

 Terrestrial Mollusca." 



The Society's best thanks were voted to Mr. Standen ; and the usual vote of 

 thanks was passed to the authorities of the Manchester Museum. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. R. Standen : A large series of Molluscan Eggs, with the parent, and 

 embryonic shells of many species, to illustrate his address. 



By Mr. E. Collier: Fifty-one species of shells collected at Gryon-sur-Bex (4,000 

 feet altitude), Vaud, Switzerland, during July and August, 19 14. 



By Mr. Fred Taylor : "Love-Darts" and shells of fifteen species of British land 

 shells ; Helix hortensis and varieties, including var. roseozonata from Llandovery, 

 South Wales. 



By Mr. J. W. Taylor : Living specimens of Helix cartusiana from Lewes, col- 

 lected by Mr. C. H. Morris. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Series of Eucalodium, including E. anomalum Strebel, 

 E. gigas Mts., E. redicosta Pfr. , and E. crosseannm Pfr. ; type specimens of Limi- 

 colaiia abinsiensis, and var. aurea S. and S. ; a series of Helices, including living 

 H. lucortim and H. vindoboneiisis, collected under shell-fire, near Salonika, in 

 September, 1916. 



By Mr. W. H. Davies : Models of the animals of I/elix aspersa, H. nemoralis, 

 H. arbustorum, and H. lapicida. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : A large series of land and freshwater shells from the 

 United States. 



By Rev. Canon J. W. Horsley : Specimens of Limneea, Planorbis, and Physa, 

 from Monte Lake, British Columbia. 



By Mr. C. P. Hurst : Clausilia rolphi var. albina Schmidt, from hedgebank, 

 near Bagshot, Shalbourne, June loth, 1916. 



By Mrs. Gill : Norrisia norrisi, Latiaxis mawcs, Rostellaria powisi, Lampsilis 

 ptirpurata, Scalaria pretiosa, series of Ovulutn, Clanculus, Cylindrella, and other 

 genera. 



By Mr. W. J. Davey : Helix aspersa and var. exalbida from St. Lawrence, Kent. 



By Mr. J. R. B. Masefield : Living specimens of Geomalacus maculosus, adult 

 and young, from South of Ireland. 



By the Manchester Museum : A number of drawers of marine, land and fresh- 

 water shells from the reserve collections. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The present is the thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Society. During the 

 twelve months which have elapsed since our last annual meeting we have lost four 

 members by death, five by resignation, and four names have been struck off the roll 

 in accordance with Rule IV., making a total loss of twelve. On the other hand, 

 nine new members have been elected ; so that our membership now stands at 318. 

 The deaths that the Society has to deplore are those of Mr. John Hill, known 

 to many members as a genial correspondent and enthusiastic collector ; Dr. Kobelt, 

 who was elected an honorary member in 1878 ; Mr. J. Ponsonby-Fane ; and Mr. 

 Edgar A. Smith, who both joined the Society in 1886. The obituary of Mr. E. A. 

 Smith, so long the custodian of the conchological collections in the British Museum, 



