XIV. PROCEEDINGS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The eighth meeting of the Society was held in Univer- 

 sity College on Friday, 11th May, 1894, Dr. J. Newton, 

 President, in the chair. 



1. Exhibitions of drawing of some new and rare species 



of Copepoda, by Mr. Andrew Scott, and of the 

 Reproductive Organs of some Marine Algae, by 

 Miss F. Phillips, were laid before the Society. 



2. Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S., stated that in the "Natural 



History of Lancashire, Cheshire -and the Peak in 

 Derbyshire," by Dr. Charles Leigh, published in 

 1700, there are many objects figured, including the 

 following ten marine shells from the Cheshire 

 Coast. That this was the earliest local list there 

 could be no doubt. 

 Mussel Shells, showing Germination of Pearls 



= Mytilus edulis. 

 Turbo = Turritella terebra. 



Dr. Leigh remarks that " In this Shell I never 

 saw any Fish, but I presume it quits its shell when 

 by storms it is forced from the Bottom of the 

 Sea, where I do conjecture is its natural abode." 

 Curvirostrum = Venus chione. Sea Coasts, Cheshire. 

 Pectunculus = Scrobicularia piper uta ,, ,, 



Pap- Shell or Patella = Patella vulgata ,, ,, 



Buccinum = Murex erinaceus Near Hilbre Island. 

 Trochus = Trochus zizyphinus ,, ,, ,, 



Buccinum = Purpura lapillus ,, ,, ,, 



Buccinum = Littorina littorea ,, ,, ,, 



Concha veneris = Gyprcea Europea ,, ,, 



The recent names are added in italics to Dr. 

 Leigh's names, but the shells are so badly drawn 

 that the determination of several is doubtful. 



3. Prof. Herdman communicated an unpublished letter of 



the late Prof. Edward Forbes to the late Dr. 



