332 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
var. A/onnardi from Lake Constance, and a specimen of var. a/picola Westl. 
named by Westerlund himself, and purchased from the Morelet collection. 
By Mr. J. Ray Hardy: A fine series of Claustlia perversa from many 
stations in Kerry, Antrim, Sligo, and elsewhere, showing variability in form 
from var. gractfis in the south to var. ¢umzdiula in the north. 
256th MEETING, DECEMBER 9th, 1896. 
Held in the Manchester Museum, Owens College. 
Mr. Edward Collier in the chair. 
Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted: 
The Naturalist, no. 257, Dec. 1896; Journ. and Proc. Roy. Soc. New 
South Wales, vol. 29, 1895; Journ. and Proc. of the Hamilton Association, 
no. 12, 1896; Memoirs and Proc. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. 41, 
part 1, and List of Members; The Irish Naturalist, vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 
1896 ; Armature of Helicoid Land-shells, part 2, by G. K. Gude (from the 
author) ; La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, series 3, no. 314, Dec. 1896. 
New Member elected : 
Mr. Roland Garnett, 175, Lee Street, Oldham. 
Candidates Proposed for Membership : 
Rev. Thos. Cook and Mr. A. S. Kennard. 
Resignation : 
Mr. A. Chopin. 
Papers read: 
““Obituary Notice of the late David Robertson, LL.D.,” by W. E. Hoyle. 
““ The Marine Shells of Scilly,” by J. T. Marshall. 
** Shells collected at Corbeyrier, S. Aigle, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, 
in September, 1896,” by Edward Collier. 
Exhibits : 
Mr. Edward Collier exhibited specimens of Hyalinia glaber var. Bar- 
raudt Mog., A. witidula, H. pura, HA. crystallina, H. fulva, Helix 
rotundata, H. obvsluta, H. personata, H. hispida, H. aculeata, H. villosa, 
HI. incarnata, Hl. fruticum, H. strreella, H. arbustorum, H. nemoralis, 
H. hortensis, H. sylvatica, H. pomatia, Hf. ericetorum, H. candidula, 
Buliminus montanus, B. obscurws, Cronella lubrica, Pupa secale, P. 
avenacea, Clausilia laminata, C. parvitla, C. cruciata, Pomatias septem- 
spiralis and var. alba, in illustration of his paper. 
Mr. F. Taylor exhibited Pistdéum fontinale from Oldham Park, P. 
pusillum from Felton Hill near Oldham, and Valvata piscinalis, also an 
abnormal shell of Amalia margtnata from the Isle of Man. 
Mr. R. Standen exhibited Acme Zineata and var. alba, Pupa anglica and 
var. pallida, and Hyalinia alliaria var. viridula from Helen’s Bay, county 
Down, Ireland, collected by Captain W. J. Farrer. 
It was resolved that members should be invited to bring or send to the 
January meeting examples of Australian Ae/éces of the group 1. fraseré. 
J.C., viii., Jan. 1897. 
