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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



477th Meeting, held at the Manchester Museum, Dec. nth, 1918. 

 Mr. R. Standen in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : — 

 " Manual of Conchology," part 97, by H. A. Pilsbry (presented by the author). 

 " Shells as Evidence of the Migrations of Early Culture," by J. Wilfrid Jackson 

 (presented by Mr. Edward Collier). 



New Member Elected. 

 T. O. Barllett. 



Candidate Proposed for Membership. 



Taswell Edward Belcher, " Trefloyne," Sandringham Road, Parkstone, Dorset 

 (introduced by Edward Collier and J. Wilfrid Jackson). 



Members Resigned. 



E. Arnold WaUis and Sydney Ash. 



Member Deceased. 

 The Rev. Canon Alfred Merle Norman, F.R.S. 

 Paper Read. 



*' Unauthentic Records of Theba cantiana (Mont.) monslr. sinistrorsuin in 

 England," by J. Davy Dean. 



Exhibits, 

 By Mr. R. Standen : Helix aspersa killed and expanded by a new and im- 

 proved method. 



By Mr. J. Ray Hardy : Cochlicopa hibrica and var. ; also five white examples 

 of Pyramidula rotundata from Gatley Carrs, Cheshire. 



In the Special Exhibit Tellina, large series were shown by Messrs. C. H. 

 Moore, J. G. Kitchen, J. Ray Hardy, Mrs. Gill, and the Manchester Museum. 

 It was decided to have the following Special Exhibits : — 

 January 8th - - British Purpura. 



February 12th - - British Littorina. 



March 12th. - - British Ena and Balea. 



478th Meeting, held at the Manchester Museum, January 8th, 1919. 



Mr. R. Standen in the chair. 



New Member Elected. 



Taswell Edward Belcher. 



Candidates Proposed for Membership. 



James A. Grieg, Curator, Bergen Museum, Bergen, Norway. 



O. Nordgaard, Director of the Biological Station, Trondhjem, Norway (both 

 introduced by H. Schlesch and J. W. Jackson). • 



John Hugoe Matthews, 6, York Road, Chorlton-cum- Hardy, Manchester. 



Arthur Tindell Hopwood, 9, Stamford Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 

 (both introduced by J. W. Jackson and R. Standen). 



Paper Read. 



" Brachypodella oropouchensis sp. nov., from Trinidad, West Indies," by G. C. 

 Spence. 



