FROCKEmNGS : OCTOBER 12, I91S. 27 



cularia (curiously expanded forms) from Startop's End Reservoir, Tring, Herts. ; 

 Unio luinidns from River Teme, Bransford, Worcester, from Mr. C. Oldham. 



Appointment of Auditors. 



Messrs. C. H. Moore and E. R. Brown were appointed Auditors. 



Appointment of Scrutineers. 

 Messrs. F. Taylor and W. H. Heathcote were appointed Scrutineers. 



New Members Elected. 

 Harald Muckardt, E. A. Robins, A. J. E. Cave, W. Falcon, Rev. R.W. Nevill, 

 Rev. H. A. Soames. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 

 John Hill, 8, Stanley Street, Leek, Staffs. 



Edmund Ernest Perry, 6, Stuart Crescent, Wood Green, London, N. 22 (both 

 introduced by W. E. Alkins and J. W. Jackson). 



Members Struck Off the List (Rule IV.). 

 F. N. Balch, Mrs. H. D. Brainerd, S. W. Geiser, C. Gerland, A. da C. 

 Gomez, G. Humphreys, J. E. A. JoUiffe, L. R. W. Loyd, A. Macindoe, J. 

 McMurtrie, G. Penrose, L. R. Reynolds, J. Ritchie, jun., and W. T. Stonestreet. 



Election of Officers and Council. 



The Scrutineers reported that the Officers and Council for 1918-19x9 had been 

 unanimously elected as nominated by the Council (see page 2). 



Papers Read. 

 " Description of New Variety of Arion ater," by W. Denison Roebuck. 

 " Vertigo alpestris in Borrowdale, Cumberland," by Chas. Oldham. 

 " PisidiniiL parviduin. in the Great Ouse and the Severn," by Chas. Oldham. 

 " ' Ground' Clausilias," by the Rev. Dr. A. H. Cooke. 



Presidential Address. 

 Dr. A. E. Boycott, F. R.S., who was prevented from attending by military 

 duties, sent an interesting address on " Local Variation in Claiisilla bidentata." 

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

 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. Chas. Oldham : — Planorbis corneus with red-fleshed animals, Barnet, 

 Herts. Vertigo alpestris and V. pusilla, Cumberland. Helix neglecta^ Luddes- 

 down, Kent (coll. A. S. Kennard). Helix linibata, Teignmouth (coll. H. C. 

 Huggins). Pisiditim purvuluin and associated species from the Great Ouse and 

 Severn. 



By Mr. ]\L Cook -.^Helix hortensis, Northenden, Cheshire ; and a series of 

 shells from Hartlepool. 



By Mr. W. E. Alkins : — Helix striolata (white), Lillingstone, Dayrell, Berks. ; 

 and varieties of Helix from many Staffordshire localities. 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : — A fine series ol Eiicalodiutii and Ccclocentnivi. 

 By Mr. R. Standen : — Growth-stages and varieties of CypT'sa inauritiana, C. 

 pantherina, C. arabica, and Trivia europcca, ; young forms of Aporrhais pes- 

 pelicani and A. serresiamis, and many locality sets of the same ; also A. occi- 

 dentalis from Labrador, and A. seuegalensis. 



By Mr. W. H. Heathcote : — A large series of non-marine shells from many 

 localities in England and Scotland. 



