PROCEEDINGS. OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 33 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LEEDS BRANCH. 
Since the last Annual Meeting of the Society a Branch has been formed 
at Leeds, with Mr, William Nelson as President, and Mr. Henry Crowther 
as Hon. Secretary, for the first year. 
Papers read : 
Crossgates meeting, October ioth, 1895, Mr. William Nelson, on 
“Limnea peregra.” 
Huddersfield Meeting, January 11th, 1896, Mr. Joseph Whitwham, on 
“‘The Distribution and Variation of Freshwater Mussels.” 
Leeds meeting, February 22nd, 1896, Mr. Hy. Crowther, on ‘‘ Some 
Chemical and Physical Properties of Molluscs.”’ 
Horsforth meeting, July 4th, 1896, Mr. John W. Taylor, on ‘‘ The 
Internal Organisation of Limnea peregra.” 
The Annual Meeting was held at the Leeds Museum, on Saturday, 
November 28th, 1896, the President, Mr. Wm. Nelson, in the chair. The 
annual report, presented by the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Hy. Crowther, dealt 
with the formation of the new Leeds Society by the original founders of the 
Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, whose head-quarters 
are now at the Manchester Museum. Four original contributions had been 
made to the Society during the year, by Messrs. W. Nelson, J. Whitwham, 
Hi. Crowther, and J. W. Taylor, on ‘‘Limmea peregra as a species,” 
“‘Variation of British Usiontde,” ‘“‘ Some Chemical and I’hysical Properties 
of Molluscs,” and ‘*‘ The Internal Organization of Lzmea peregra.” Mr. 
A. G. Stubbs contributed a paper on ‘‘He/¢x pisana at Tenby.” 
The average attendance was twelve. 
As the officers are changed annually, those retiring do not seek re- 
election; Mr. J. W. Taylor was elected President, and Mr. Wm. Nelson 
Hon. Secretary. 
An exhibit of unique British land and freshwater shells was made on 
behalf of Mr. A. G. Stubbs, of Tenby, which included two double-mouthed 
shells, one of Pupa cylindracea from Tenby, and of P. secale from Gloucester. 
The meeting concluded with a lecture, illustrated by lime-light views, by 
Mr. Henry Crowther, on ‘‘ The Yorkshire Home of Uno margaritifer.” 
HENRY CROWTHER, Hon. Sec. 
LONDON BRANCH. 
MEETING, NOVEMBER 6th. 
Held at Walham Green, by invitation of Mr. Wm. C. Smith, when a 
pleasant evening passed in looking over Mr. Smith’s collection. This 
comprised a considerable number of marine species, some very large 
Uniones (from North America), and a few good Helices. We noticed the 
curiously-flattened 7e/lidora burnetti Brod, and Sow. from California. The 
