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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



Ten evening meetings and two field excursions were iield. The evening meetings 

 were well attended, and the exhibits of both foreign and British species extensive 

 and interesting. 



The branch was again indebted to Mr. A. S. Kenuard, this season's President, 

 for his valuable notes on British non-marine species, and lor his continuing dis- 

 course on the early British conchologists. 



The branch has sustained a loss in the resignation by Mr. J. E. Cooper of the 

 Hon. Secretaryship owing to business pressure. He has filled the post with 

 unvarying success for the last twenty-six years. 



J. C. Dacie, Ho7i. Sec. 



REPORT OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE BRANCH. 



Owing to distance it is difficult to get a large attendance at meetings. However, 

 on November 8th, 1919, four members met at Oakamoor, and under the leadership 

 of Mr. W. E. Alkins made an excursion through Oakamoor, Three Lows, North 

 Wood, and Ramsor Limestone Quarry. Twenty-five species of mollusca were 

 obtained, including B. perversa, L. glabra, S. lacustre (large), H. caperata, H. 

 fitsca, and E. obscicra. During the year, although no new species has been found, 

 one new variety has been recorded, viz. : — Z. iiitidus var. viridescens. The honour 

 of this " find " fell to the lot of Mr. Alkins (/. of Conch., vol. xvi, p. 52), but 

 further specimens have since been taken by others. New localities have also been 

 recorded for some species. B. Bryan, Hon. Sec. 



496th Meeting, held at the Manchester Museum, Nov. loth, 1920. 



Mr. R. Standen in the chair. 



Papers Read. 



" Helix aspersa var. exalbida at Westbury-on-Trym," by D. Bacchus. 



'■'■ Milax gagates in Gloucestershire West," by D. Bacchus. 



" Polita rogersi in Leigh Woods, Somersetshire North," by D. Bacchus. 



" Liniax tenellus Miill. in Wales," by H. Watson, M.A. * 



" Notes on Kentish Mollusca," by Canon J. W. Horsley. 



'■'■ Liinax cinereo-niger in Kent," by H. C. Huggins. 



" Helix aspersa m. sinistriDii near Sittingbourne," by H. C. Huggins. 



^' Helix hortensis var. arenicola near Sittingbourne," by H. C. Huggins. 



Principal Exhibits. 



By Mr. J. W. Jackson : Ancylus fluviatilis var. albida-gihbosa from Dove Dale 

 (Staffordshire side) opposite Dove Holes, associated with L. pereger and the water 

 flea, Gammarus piilex. 



By Mr. R. Harrison : A. cygncza from Whitvvorth Park Lake, Manchester. 



By Mr. A. K. Lawson : A. cygncva from Dupplin Loch, Perthshire. 



By Mr. J. R. Hardy : Testacella haliotidea (living) from fields off Barlow Moor 

 Road, Chorlton-cum- Hardy. 



By Mr. J. K. Taylor : Band variations of Helix noiioralis (163 forms), and 

 H. hortensis (74 forms). 



By Mr. G. C. Spence : Species of Gorilla. 



