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By Mr. Fred Taylor : — Local freshwater shells. 



By Mr. C. H. Moore -.—Ranella and Cerithium. 



By Mr. J. G. Kitchen : — Local land and freshwater shells. 



By Mrs. Gill : — Cochlostyla. 



By Mr. W. H. Davies: — Reversed Helix virgata from Llandudno ; H. nemoralis 

 from Peronne, France. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : — -Ring Cowries ( Cypnca annulus) used as money in the 

 markets of Ibadan, West Africa. 



By Dr. A. E. Boycott: — S&n&a oi Claicsilta bidentata to illustrate his address ; 

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

 but proved by dissection to be hortensis. 



By Mr. E. R. Brown : — Varieties oi Helix virgata from Rudston, Yorkshire. 



By the Manchester Museum : — A number of drawers of Continental Helicidic ; 

 Succinea ; Partula ; Aniphidroinus ; Purpura lapillus from many localities (from 

 the R. D. Darbishire collection) ; Cyprcva and Ovula (Townsend collection). 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The present is the Forty-Second Annual Report of the Society. Since our last 

 annual meeting we have lost eight members by death, four' by resignation, and four- 

 teen names have been struck off the roll in accordance with Rule IV., making a 

 total loss of twenty-si.x;. On the other hand, seventeen new members have been 

 elected (including six elected at this meeting). The membership of the Society 

 now stands at 287 (including ten honorary members). 



The deaths that the Society has to deplore are those of the Rev. F. H. Wood, 

 Mrs. L. J- Smith, Messrs. E. Pattison, J. W. Roberts (killed in France), E. D. 

 Marquand, H. Champ, J. Moorcock, and F. Darnbrough. 



The usual monthly meetings have been held at the Manchester Museum, and 

 despite the extra duties entailed upon members by the war, these have been fairly 

 well attended. In addition to general exhibits, the following special exhibits have 

 been \i&\A -. — Chloritis, Caiiucna, Turriciila {Mitridtc), Natica, Area, Pteropoda, 

 The r sites group of Helix, and Macrocerainus. 



Some twelve*or more papers and notes have been read, several of which have 

 already been printed in the Journal. 



The XVth volume oi ihz Journal of Cone ho logy is completed with the September 

 number, and comprises ten numbers in place of the usual twelve. This curtailment 

 has been occasioned by the increased cost of printing and the paper shortage owing 

 to the war. The Council have under consideration the advisability of a further 

 curtailment in the near future, as it is feared that the finances of the Society will 

 not be sufficient to meet the ever increasing cost of publication. In this connexion 

 the Council wish again to emphasise the fact that authors wishing to have illustra- 

 tions to their papers must be prepared to meet the cost of the same. 



It is satisfactory to record that the Lancashire and Cheshire Faunal scheme has 

 been largely assisted by local members of the Society, and several important dis- 

 coveries have been made during the last twelve months. The most noteworthy are 

 the re-discovery of Planorbis dilatatus in the Bolton Canal, near Clifton Junction, 

 by Mr. W. H. Davies, and the discovery of Amnicola taylori (including a reversed 

 example) in the Stockport Canal, near Reddish, by Mr. F. Taylor. 



The Library, which has been fairly well used, has received several notable 

 additions, the chief donors during the year being Drs. W. H. Dall, H. A. Pilsbry, 



