226 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 
CONEROLOGICAL SO Cliiiy 
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
248th MEETING, APRIL 12th, 1896, 
Held in the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 
Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 
Science Gossip, vol. 2, Nos. 22 and 23; Records of the Australian 
Museum, vol. 2, No. 7. 
New Member elected: 
Mr. William Valentine Burgess, 13, Groby Road, Chorlton-cum-ITardy. 
Candidates Proposed for Membership : 
Messrs. A. Blayney Percival, Graham Renshaw, and John Rhodes. 
Exhibits : 
Mr. I*. Taylor exhibited yal¢nia alléarva and var. viredula, H. nitida, 
LT, excavata and var. vitrina from Bardsley near Oldham; also yalinza 
glaber from Marple. 
Alteration of Time of Meeting: 
After considerable discussion, it was resolved that the time of the 
ordinary meeting be changed from the first Wednesday to the second We1- 
nesday in each month, and that the meeting commence at 6-30 p.m. 
249th MrErinc, May 13th, 1896. 
Held in the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 
Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 
Science Gossip, vol. 2, No. 24; The Naturalist, Nos. 249 and 250; 
The Irish Naturalist. vol. 5, No.6; Journal de Conchyliologie, vol. 43, 
No. 2; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Nos. 305-309; Proceedings of 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Oct, and Dec., 1895 ; 
KKiener, Monographs of Strombus, &c., 2 vols. (from My. R. D. Darbishire). 
New Members elected : 
Mr. A. Blayney Percival, Somerset Court, Brent Knoll, Somerset. 
Mr. Graham Renshaw, Sale Bridge House, Sale. 
Mr. John Rhodes, F.E.S., 360, Blackburn Road, Accrington. 
Candidates Proposed for Membership : 
Rey. Addison Crofton, and Mr. Harry Simpson Wallace. 
J.C., viii., July, 1806. 
