PROCEEDINOS : OCTOBER I3, I917. 253 



Donations to the Autograph Collection announced and thanks voted : — 

 John Emmet, J- Haggar, W. F. de Y. Kane, J- E. Ilarting, R. Charles, H. 



Crowther, F. R. Fitzgerald, R. Howse, J. McMurtrie, and George Roberts. 



Donor : W. Denison Roebuck. 



Donations to Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 



Nerit'uia fliiviatilis (large form) from Sharpness Docks, from Chas. Upton. 



Also a numlier of voucher specimens, per the Hon. Recorder. 



Appointment of Auditors. 



Messrs. F. Taylor and C. H. Moore were re-appointed Auditors. 



.Appointment of Scrutineers. 



^Messrs. G. C. Spence and C. H. ]\Toore were appointed Scrutineers. 



New Member Elected. 

 H. P. W. Giffard. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



J. H. Adams, Lemain, Looe, Cornwall (introduced b)' C. P. Hurst and R. 

 Standen). 



Wm. H. Whitelock, Rosedale, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 

 (introduced by J. R. le B. Tomlin and J. W. Jackson). 



Resignation. 



Thomas Scott. 



Members Deceased. 

 Albert Wood. 

 James Crawford. 



Members Struck Off the List (Rule IV). 

 W. R. Butterfield, E. Dupont, J. Laycock, A. J. Moore, R. Murdoch, P. B. 

 Nash, V. V. Ramanan, J. B. Rosevear, T. Taylor, Rev. R. E. Thomas, and R. 

 Woodcock. 



Election of Officers and Council. 



The Scrutineers reported that the Officers and Council for 1917-1918 had been 

 unanimously elected as nominated by the Council (see p. 225). 



Papers Read. 



"On the Recent Misapplication of the Names Pisidiutn nitichim and P. pnsilhtin 

 of Tenyns," by A. W. Stelfox, M.R.I. A. 



" On a Colony of CocJiIicopa lubrica Midler," by the Rev. S. S. Pearce, M.A. 



■'The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Audruicq, Pas-de-Calais," by J. W^. 

 Taylor, IM.Sc. 



" Umax cine7eo-7iiger, its Variation in Savernake Forest, and Description of a 

 New Variety," by W. Denison Roebuck, M.Sc. 



" Discovery of Liniax tetielliis in the New Forest," by W. Denison Roebuck, 

 M.Sc. 



Presidential Address. 



Dr. A. E. Boycott, F. R.S., who was unable to attend the meeting, sent a most 

 interesting address on " The Habitats of Freshwater Mollusca." 



A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the President for his address. 



The Society's best thanks were also voted to the authorities of the Manchester 

 Museum for permission to hold meetings on their premises. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore : A collection of forty-six species of non-marine shells 

 obtained within four miles of the Stalybridge Town Hall. 



