TAYLOR : MOLLUSCA OK AUDRUICfJ, PAS-DE-CALAI??. II7 



catalogues Unio pictoriim, U. rostrata, U. tiimida, U. batava and 

 U. arciiata. 



Anodonta cygnea (L.). — The collection contained two small 

 and immature shells from the Audruicq Canal ; they distinctly show 

 the strong concentric umbonal sculpture, and I could detect no trace 

 of the anterior and posterior muscle scars which are so distinct in the 

 adult. The var. veniricosa C. Pf. is represented by an olive-green 

 shell as is var. piscinalis Rossm. Bouchard-Chantereaux cites 

 Anodojiia anafina, A. intermedia, A. cygnea and A. ventricosa. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE 

 CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The present is the Forty-Third Annual Report of the Society. During the past 

 twelve months we have lost eight members by death, seven by resignation, and three 

 names have been struck off the roll, making a total loss of eighteen. Twenty-one 

 new members have been elected (including two at this meeting). The membership 

 of the Society now stands at 290 (including eight honorary members), as against 287 

 at the last annual meeting. 



The deaths that the Society has to deplore are those of the Rev. Canon A. M. 

 Norman, a former President of the Society, and one of the chief authorities on 

 marine invertebrata ; Dr. H. R. Simroth, a former Honorary Member ; Alan 

 Owston ; D. J. MacLeod ; James N. Milne ; S. Lister Petty ; Dr. G. H. Broad- 

 bent ; and W. Denison Roebuck, a past President and Honorary Member and 

 Hon. Curator. Mr. Roebuck was also one of the founders of this Society, as well 

 as one of its most faithful and enthusiastic adherents. 



Obituary Notices of Canon Norman and of Mr. Roebuck have already appeared 

 in the Journal of Conchology, and wherever possible the Council has sent letters 

 of condolence to the relatives of the deceased members. The two vacancies in the 

 list of Honorary Members have not yet been filled. 



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

 the attendances have been well maintained. About twenty notes and papers have 

 been read before the Society, some of which have already been published in the 

 pages of the Journal. In addition to numerous smaller Exhibits, the following 

 Special Exhibits have been held ■.—PUurodonte (sensu stricto), Tellina, British 

 Piirpuj-a, British Littoriiia, British Ena and Balea, Obelisctis, Stilifer, Oleacina, 

 and Streptaxis. 



As foreshadowed in the last Annual Report the Council has been compelled 

 further to curtail the issue of the Journal, as it was not found possible to publish 

 more than two numbers this year. This curtailment is to be regretted, but the 

 rise in the cost of production rendered it absolutely necessary ; otherwise the 

 Society would have been faced with a severe financial crisis. Further measures of 

 economy in the issue of the Journal would be detrimental to the interests of the 

 Society and to Conchology in general, and in order to maintain even the present 

 curtailed issue it will be necessary to have a considerable increase in revenue. After 

 due consideration the Council has decided that the only means of bringing this 



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