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with the family, and their regard for one who was so long a member of the 
Society, and so well-known a conchologist. 
Papers Read : 
A paper by Mr. Edward Collier entitled ‘ Notes on a Conchological 
Excursion to the West of Ireland’ was read and is printed in the present 
number of the ‘ Journal of Conchology.’ 
A couple of notes by Mr. G. W. Chaster, M.R.C.S., on ‘ Massa reticu- 
lata var. minor,’ and ‘On the occurrence’ Pu/sel/um lofotense Sars in the Irish 
Sea,’ were read, and appeared in the last number of the ‘ Journal’ (see p. 11). 
A couple of notes by Mr. Robert Standen, on ‘ Hel?x asfersa monst. 
stmistrorsum, and on ‘ Vertigo substriata var. albina’ were read, and were 
printed in the last number of the Journal (pp. 11, 23). 
Three notes by Mr. Lionel E. Adams, B.A., on ‘ Helix vermiculata in 
Staffordshire,’ on ‘ Helzx hortensis var. luteolabiata, a variety new to science, 
in Northamptonshire,’ and on ‘ Large specimens of Helix ertcetorum in 
Northamptonshire. ” 
Exhibits : 
On behalf of Mrs. Crowther was shown a series of cut sections of Welzx 
nemoralis and H. arbustorum ; large examples of Limnca peregra from Cannon 
Hall pond, near Barnsley, 5. W. Yorks., showing inflation of the shell-whorls 
by the animals at a time when there was excessive growth of plant-life ; and 
a fine series of Szecczzea elegans from a pond close to the beach of Falmouth 
Bay, Cornwall, so close to high-water mark that only the pathway or road 
intervenes, and the pond is subject to occasional influxes of salt-water. 
The Recorder showed some drawings and photographs of Carychtum 
minimum and var. curta found at Edenhall, near Penrith, Cumberland; there 
were about eight examples found by Mr. J. Charles Smith, by whom the 
photographs and drawings were executed. 
The President showed on behalf of Mr. Edward Collier examples of 
Liguus virginicus and Helzx picta in illustration of polychromatism, and cut 
sections of Hel¢x nemoralis to show the thickness to which it is possible for 
the shell to attain. 
He showed on behalf of Mr. J. Ray Hardy an example of Helix aspersa 
var. flammea from Scarborough; and on behalf of Mr. Robert Standen 
monstrosities of Planorbis albus from the canal at Burnley, 1888; and 
examples of P/. spzvorbzs from a ditch at Birch, near Manchester, 1889. 
On behalf Mr. Charles Oldham he showed Planorbis nautileus var. 
crista from Khos Neigir, Anglesea, 1892, and monstrosities of the same 
species collected at Hale, Cheshire, on the 15th of September, 1888. 
On behalf of Mr. W. H. Heathcote he exhibited a large number of 
interesting specimens, as follows :—Scalariform specimens of Limn@ea peregra 
from Grimsargh, Lancs. W., 1887; scalariform examples of Planorbis spirorbts 
from Tarleton, Lancs. S.; //. zautilews from Whittingham, Lancs. W., 
Charnock Moss and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs. S., and Lofthouse, Yorks. S. W. 
(Geo. Roberts); examples of Lzmzuea stagnalzs collected in Drinkwater 
Park, Prestwich, Lancs. S., showing distortions caused by the chemical 
refuse which was formerly allowed to run into the lake ; also examples col- 
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