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Newfoundland ; d/odiola vagina from Moreton Bay ; Raeta wrdulata and 
R. canaliculata from S. Carolina; Platyodon cancellatum from California ; 
Gastrochaena gigantea from Mauritius; Aemzcardium cardissa, and Myo- 
chama anontoides. 
255th MEETING, NOVEMBER IIth, 1896. 
Held in the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 
Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, Vice-President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 
Transactions Royal Society South Australia, vol. 20, part 1, 1896; 
Insular Land Shell Faunas, especially as illustrated by the data obtained by 
Dr. G. Baur in the Galapagos Islands, by W. H. Dall; Irish Naturalist, 
vol. 5, no. 2, Nov. 1896; The Naturalist, no. 256, Nov. 1896; Journal of 
Malacology, no. 3, vol. 5, Sep. 1896; Science Gossip, new series, vol. 3, 
no. 30, Nov. 1896 ; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, no. 313, Nov. 1896 ; 
Armature of Helicoid Land Shells, by G. Kk. Gude (from the author ). 
New Members elected : 
Mr. John Linton, 157, Muntz Street, Smallheath, Birmingham. 
Mr. Harold Barke, 195, Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, 
Manchester. 
Rev. W. T. Stonestreet, 12, Wellington Street, Higher Broughton, 
Manchester. 
Candidate Proposed for Membership : 
Mr. Roland Garnett. 
Papers Read: 
“Notes on the Land Shells of Ballycastle district, county Antrim, 
Ireland,” by Robert Standen and John Ray Hardy. 
‘*“ Notes on some Shells dredged off Rathlin Island and Ballycastle, 
county Antrim, Ireland,” by G. W. Chaster. 
Mr. Edward Collier read an interesting letter from Mr. E. L. Layard 
relating to the Zznea found in some Irish loughs. 
Exhibits : . 
By Messrs. Rk. Standen and J. Kk. Hardy: A collection of the Land 
Shells of Ballycastle, county Antrim, in illustration of their paper. 
By Dr. G. W. Chaster : Specimens of the principal species mentioned 
in his paper, including Adeorbis sp. nov., Portlandia pusilla Jeft., Homa- 
locyra polyzona Brus., and many others. 
By Mr. A. G. Stubbs: A fine series of /elzx pisana from Tenby, Helix 
rufescens type, vars. rubens and alba from Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester, var. 
alboctusta from Waterwynch, and var. depfressa from Wreck Field, Tenby. 
These were presented to the Society by Mr. Stubbs, and the thanks of the 
meeting were voted to him for this valuable addition to the collection. 
By Mr. Edward Collier : Limnea peregra var. lacustris and Pisidium 
pustllum from stomach of trout taken in an Irish lough, Limnea auricularia 
