190 LIST OF SHELLS. 



course of a very short time had the entire swarm rendered perfectly quiet 

 and manageable by the application of chloroform. Having by this ingenious 

 device been made completely harmless, they were carefully parcelled up 

 and delivered to the owners. It may not be generally known that by the 

 application of chloroform, Bees may be rendered innocuous, and while in 

 this state, that the honey may be taken from them — a process which, it 

 must be allowed, is much less revolting than the common practice of 

 destroying them altogether. — Northern Daily Express. 



[Having been for some years a subscriber interested in "The Naturalist," 

 I send the above for insertion, hoping that some of your readers may be 

 able to inform the public how the application of chloroform should be 

 made to be effective, and thus save the lives of thousands of these most 

 interesting and useful insects. — Isaac Hartas, Wrelton Hall, Pickering, 

 Yorkshire, June 26th., 1858.] 



LIST OF SHELLS 

 FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WATERFORD. 



BY MR. J. FAYLE. 



Cyclas cornea. — Common. 



C. lacustris. — Ballynakill, Newport's Pond. 



Pisidium pulchellum . — Common . 



P. nitidum. — Rare. 



P. amnicum. — Kilraacow. 



Unio margaritiferus. — Kilmacow. 



Paludina stagnorum. — Ballynakill. 



Bithynia tentaculata. — Common. 



Valvata piscinalis. — Mill Pond at Kilbarry. Rare. 



V. cristata. — By the Cork road. Rare. 



Arion hortensis. — Common. 



A. atur. — Common. 



Limax agrestis. — Common. 



L. arborum. — Common. 



L. flavus. — Common. 



Vitrina pellucida. — Pretty common. 



Zonites cellarius. — Common. 



Z. aliarius. — Not common. Cromwell's Rock, Billinamona. 



Z. nitidulus. — Common. 



Z. purus. — Gall's Rock, Snow Hill. Not common. 



Z. radiatulus. — Common. 



Z. nitidus. — Rare. 



