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CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



25cth Meeting, June loth, 1896. 



Held in tlie Manchester Museum, Owens College. 

 Mr. J. C. Melvill, President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library announced and thanks voted : 



Science Gossip, Nos. 24 and 25, Feb. and June, 1S96 ; Irish Naturalist, 

 vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 ; The Naturalist, Nos. 250 and 251, May and June, 

 1S96 ; Journal de Conchyliologie, vol. 42, No 3 ; Naturalists' Journal, 

 No. 48, June ; La Feuiile des Jeunes Naturalistes, Nos. 308 and 309 ; 

 Devonia, part, 4, 1896 ; Proceedings Royal Society of Queensland, part 2, 

 vol. xi. ; Proceedings Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, part 3, 

 Oct. -Dec, 1895. 



New Members elected : 



Rev. Addison Crofton, M.A., Linton Court, Settle, Yorkshire. 



Mr. Harry Simpson Wallace, Art Gallery, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Exhibits : 



Mr. C. Oldham exhibited Helix nemoralis v.a/bo-lahiata, Deep Dale, Bux- 

 ton, Arion ater v. albo-iatej-alis, Liniax maximtis v. ferriissaci, Helix itala, 

 Hyalinia nitida, LiintitEa peregfa v. mantinia, Planorbis giaber, PL 

 sJ>i?-orbis (with epiphragm). Vertigo a)2tivertigo, V. substriata, V. pygnima, 

 all from Abersoch, Carnarvonshire. 



Mr. Lewis Shackleford exhibited a very fine series of Voluta, including 

 V. tmdtilata, V. August, V.pacifica (very fine), T. Gilntheri (the only one 

 in England), F. Kreuslerce, and V. fulgetruw. 



Mr. J. C. Melvill exhibited Valuta pukhra, Australia ; V. festiva 

 Australia; /'. (7;///Va, Sooloo Archipelago; V. delcssertiana,\\e5\. Indies; 

 V. junonia, Mexico. 



The Manchester Museum showed seventy species of marine shells 

 from Sydney, lately received from Mr. Arnold Henn, of Sydney, includino- 

 Drillia angasi, D. beraiidiana, Mangilia jacksoniana, Catithanis austyalis, 

 Alitra rJiodia, Crosseia concinna, Scalai'ia Jiikesiana, Sy7-]iola tincta, Olivella 

 triticea, 0. nynipha, JVefitula hicida, Nassa glans, and many others. 



Mr. E. Collier exhibited Z^. (Cklo7-ea) thersites Pfr., Mindoro ; H. 

 {Papuina) Tayloriana Bttg., New Guinea; H. (Papuiiia) RoUesiana Sm., 

 New Guinea ; H. {Papuina) Loiiisiadensis Forbes, Louisiade Islands ; 

 H. {Obbitta) columbaria Sow., Philippine Islands; H. [Molleiidorffia) t7-i~ 

 sinuata Mrts., China. 



