Proceedings : January io, 1917. 187 



Member Deceased. 



Rev. Prof. H. M. Gwatkin, D.D., M.A. 



Paper Read. 

 " List of Sussex Marine MoUusca observed during the years 1912-1914," by 

 Major H. C. Winckworth, R.A.M.C, and R. Winckworth, F.R.G.S. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : A series of Papuina. 



By Mr. W. H. Davies : A curiously distorted Unio tnmidus from the canal at 

 Worsley, Lanes. 



By Mr. R. Standen : Eggs and shell of Prosopeas achatinacemn Pfr. from Java. 



By Mr. W. Denison Roebuck: An ornamented ' Chank-Trumpet ' {Turbinella 

 /^r/zw L.) purchased by himself at Benares, India. Mr. J. W.Jackson briefly 

 explained the role played by these shells in Hindu temple-worship. 



By Mr. Arthur Smith (per Hon. Recorder) : Testacella haliotidea Drap. from 

 garden at Lincoln. 



By Rev. G. A. Frank Knight : A specimen of the rare form, sub-var. bifasciata 

 of Helicigona arbustoruin L. , from the Isle of Lismore. 



By Mrs. Gill : A series of Thais, section i. 



In the special exhibit oi Helicella " heripensis " a large and interesting series of 

 locality sets was exhibited by Messrs. J. D. Dean, J. A. Hargreaves, B. R. Lucas, 

 E. Collier, J. W. Jackson, Rev. C. E. Y. Kendall, Rev. S. Spencer Pearce, Dr. 

 R. F. Scharff, and the Conchological Society. Mr. W. Denison Roebuck exhibited 

 a coloured map of the known distribution of the species in the British Isles. 



458th Meeting', held at the Manchester Museum, Jan. loth, 1917. 



Mr. E. Collier in the chair. 



Additions to the Library announced and thanks voted : 

 " Two New Land Shells from the Western States," by Paul Bartsch {from the 

 author) ; and the usual periodicals received in exchange. 



New Members Elected. 



Dr. W. Horton-Smith, M.B. 

 Henry Simpson Wallace. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



William James Wintle, F.Z.S., 18, Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. (intro- 

 duced by G. K. Gude and James E. Cooper). 



Paper Read. 



"Description of a New Species of Terebra from the Mekran Coast, Arabian 

 Sea," by James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., D.Sc. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Subuliiia {Itiopiatia) meneliki Preston, from Harar, 

 Southern Abyssinia ; 5". totistriata Pils. , from Soke, Senegal ; and others. 



By Mr. W. H. Davies : A large series of shells collected at Buxton, Derbyshire, 

 including a H. arbustoruin with a peculiarly channelled suture. 



By Capt. W. J. Farrer : Hemiplecta neptuniis Pfr. , from Siam. 



In the special exhibit, Helicophanta, many species were shown by Messrs. 

 Spence, Collier, Lucas, Standen, and the Manchester Museum. 



