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gathering are as follows : Spharium corneum (a small bivalve), 

 many examples ; Valvata piscinalis and Limncea peregra, both also 

 plentiful; Planorbis parvus, and Succinea putris, two examples and 

 one respectively. In connection with the Conchological Society's 

 scheme of authentication, specimens have been shown to Mr J. YV. 

 Taylor, Leeds, who confirms my identifications. The Planorbis 

 and the Succinea appear to be additions to the " Mid-Ebudes " 

 (vice-county 103) list. AVilliam Evans, Edinburgh. 



An additional locality for Succinea oblonga in the 

 Forth Area. From flood refuse on the north bank of the Forth 

 opposite Craigforth, above Stirling, I was fortunate enough to shake 

 out a specimen of Succinea oblonga, Drap., on the 28th of March 

 last. The shell has been submitted to Mr J. W. Taylor, who is of 

 opinion that it is really S. oblonga as I surmised. The spot where 

 it was found being on the north bank of the river, which there forms 

 the boundary between the counties of Stirling and Perth, the record 

 must be assigned to the latter (vice-county 87). There are very few 

 recorded localities for this rare species in Scotland, and it is of 

 interest to note that one of them is eight or nine miles farther west 

 in the same vice-county. William Evans, Edinburgh. 



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