26 JOURNAL OK CONCHOLOGY, VOL. l6, NO. 1, JANUARY, I919. 



Member Resig-ned. 

 Dr. Fred Baker. 



Member Deceased. 



Frederick Darnbrough. 



Papers Read. 



"Rare Shells in ' Shell- Pockets ' in the Wirral Sand-Dunes," by J. Wilfrid 

 Jackson. 



" Reproduction of Pahtdesirina Jenkinsi" by A. E. Boycott. 



" Notes on Kentish Mollusca," by H. C. Huggins. 



" Valvata (Cincinna) alpestris Blauner in Denmark," by Hans Schlesch. 



Exhibits. 



By Mr. E. R. Brown : H. virgata and H. cantiana from Rudston, E. Yorks. 



By Mr. M. Cook : H. virgata and H. cantiana from Hartlepool. 



By Mr. J. G. Kitchen : Helix cantiana from Clifton, Bristol ; H. aspersa from 

 Weston-super-Mare ; H. striolata var. rubens, H. hispida, and V. cellaria from 

 Preesall, Lanes. ; Claiisilia bidentata var. tumidiila, P. muscorum, Vallonia 

 excentrica, Vitrea rogersi (young), and Peringia uIvcb from Knott End, Fleetwood. 



By Mrs. Gill : South American Biilimi. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Helix aspersa (very dark vars. ), and H. virgata vars. 

 leucozona, rufulozonata, lidessens and nigrescens from Meols, Wirral coast, Cheshire; 

 Peringia ulvcc from near the type locality. Estuary of the Dee ; numerous fossil 

 shells from " shell-pockets " on the Wirral sand-dunes, including Vertigo pygiitcea, 

 V. antivertigo, V. angiistior, V. pusilla, V. minietissima, Clausilia bidentata. 

 Pupa cylindracea, P. nucscorum, Phytia myosotis var. denticulata, Peringia uIvce, 

 etc. ; Bythinella steinii (var. from Carniolia), and B. scholtzii (from Breslau), for 

 comparison with Amnicola taylori {itoin Droylsden, Lanes.). It was pointed out 

 that B. scholtzii had impressions of many solitary egg-capsules on the shell, re- 

 calling in shape and size those of A. taylori ; the shape, of the shell, too, is closely 

 similar. 



It was decided to have the following Special Exhibits : — 



November 13th - - Pleurodonte, Section I. 

 December nth - - Tellina. 



475th Meeting (Annual Meeting), held at the Manchester Museum, 

 Oct. I2th, 1918. 



Mr. R. Standen in the chair. 



The following members and friends were present : — Messrs. E. Collier, B. R. 

 Lucas, C. Oldham, W. H. Heathcote, F. Taylor, G. H. Taylor, E. R. Brown, 

 C. H. Moore, G. C. Spence, W. H. Davies, W. E. Alkins, M. Cook, E. D. Bos- 

 tock, J. G. Kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson, and Mr. and Mrs. Gill. 

 Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 

 Papers from Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen, Messrs. A. W. Stelfox, C. 

 Hedley, and J. R. le B. Tomlin ; also " Brachiopoda : British Antarctic ('Terra 

 Nova') Expedition, 1910," by J. Wilfrid Jackson {from the author): and "An 

 Introduction to the Theory of Statistics," by G. Udny Yule (presented by Dr. A. 

 E. Boycott). 



Donations to the Cabinet announced and thanks voted : — 

 Helix hortensis from Idmiston, Wilts., with decided nemoralis facies as to shell, 

 but proved by dissection to be hortensis, from Dr. A. E. Boycott. Limncea auri- 



