436 МВ. Т. А. DYMES ОХ THE 
The twelve masses, which I arranged in three rows of four each (see 
Diagram), contained altogether 133 seeds. 
Diacram to show the arrangement and the fate of the 19 masses. 
| | 1 (b) | 2 (а) 3 (5) 4 (b) 
5 | 
E | | — 
5 À 5 (à) | 6 (b) 7 (d) 8 (b) 
7 | 9 (a) 10 (a) 11 (4) 12 (с) 
= | 18 (6) 14 (4) | 15 (b) 16 (d) 
7 | 
ES < — ИИ — — 
S| 17 (o 18 (5) | .. 19 (e) 
+ | Е m | uM 
| (a) = intact .......,,...,. sos. 3 
= broken .................. £ 
lVate........ (0) roke п М 
| (с) = missing ...,....,,...... ee t 
(d) = reduced to single seeds ..,, 4 
19 masses, 
At 11.30 р.м. that evening one //eli aspersa was feeding upon the strip 
of one mass (No. 3 of 9 seeds) and one Feliz rufescens upon another 
(No. 9 of 12 seeds), and the next morning (July 4th, at 10.30 a.m.) three 
of the seed-masses were broken into two portions: one of these was the one 
attacked by Helix aspersa the previous night (No. 3 of 9 seeds) ; the other 
broken ones were No. 1 of 14 seeds and No. 6 of 12 seeds, both of which 
had presumably been visited by the last-mentioned species. Five seed- 
masses had been nibbled at one end only, and had lost from one to three 
seeds apiece. Three were still whole: one of these was the one that had 
been attacked by Мей rufescens (No. 9 of 12 seeds in the Tables, and 
No. 4 in the Plate). Two others bore no traces of having been visited ; 
they were No. 2 of 12 seeds (Pl. 36. fig. 5) and No. 10 of 14 seeds (РІ. 36. 
fig. 1). 
This accounts for 11 out of the 12 masses, and the 12th was missing 
altogether, nor could I find it, although | searched carefully for it; it was 
No. 12 of 9 seeds. It should be noted that it disappeared from one end of 
the last row. 
At 5.30 P.M. there was no change; the three conspicuous untouched 
masses were still in the same position. 
The weather had been very dry, and by way of attracting the snails 
