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I also forwarded a specimen of the nest to Mr. K. Saunders, who sub- 

 mitted it to Mr. Sladen ; he remarked that the nest was similar to that 

 of other surface builders, but that the only other nest oi B. smithiamis 

 which he had seen, and which came from Shetland, was built on 

 twigs of heather of moss and lichen. As regards wasps, my experience 

 agrees with that of Mr. R. M. Barrington (/. N., Sept., '97.) I have seen 

 scarcely any, and even when Mrs. Johnson was making jam they failed 

 to put in an appearance. Several friends have remarked to me on the 

 absence of wasps this 3'ear. I should be disposed to blame the excessive 

 rainfall of the first six months for this scarcity. I suspect queens and 

 all were drowned. 



W. F. Johnson. 



MOLLUSCS. 



Land and Freshwater iviollusca from Great Kfllary 



and Westport. 



During a short visit with some friends to I^eenane, at Baster, I 

 collected the following species in the mountain glens north and south 

 of Killary Harbour, which here separates Mayo from Galway, and at 

 Aasleagh Waterfall, where the head of the fiord runs up into the BrrifF 

 Valley. The greater part of the district being mountain and bog, these 

 little Alts are about the only good collecting ground I saw, but there are 

 many of them on the steep mountain slopes of both Great and lyittle 

 Killary, in the Erriff Valley, and at Delphi. Several rivers and lakes 

 within easy reach of Leenane looked promising in better weather; 

 during our stay, however, the heavy rain each night rendered them 

 unworkable. Aasleagh and Delphi are in Mayo, while Dernasliggan 

 Lodge is near Leenane, in Co. Galway : — 



Vitrina pellucida, a few at Dernasliggan and Delphi. Arion atcr^ mainly 

 var. brunnea^ at Dernasliggan, the black form at Leenane and Delphi. 

 A. circiwiscriptus and A. hortensis^ Dernasliggan. Limax maxhnas, at latter 

 and Aasleagh. Agriolimax l(xvis,Si few at Dernasliggan. A . agrestis, common 

 everywhere. Amalia Sowerhyi, at Leenane and Dernasliggan. Hyalinia 

 cellar ia, H. alliaria and var. viridula, H. excavata, H. nitidiila and var. 

 Helmii (latter fairly common) wnth H. ftdva, all at Dernasliggan. H. 

 excavata and var. vitrina^ H. nitidiila^ H. fttlva, H. pura var. nilidosa^ H. 

 o-ystallina, H radiatida and var. viridescenti-alba with H. nitida also at 

 Delphi, beside little stream running into Fin Lough. Helix pygmcea, 

 common at Delphi in moss. H. rotiindata, at Aasleagh, Dernasliggan and 

 Delphi, but not at all plentiful ; it rarely if ever is, in the west, unless on 

 limestone. H. rufescens^ fairly common at Dernasliggan, where one or 

 two //. aspersa were also collected, both at base of old garden wall. 

 Cochlicopa lubrica and Pupa cylindracea at Dernasliggan and Delphi, P 

 anglica at latter only with Vertigo edentnla, and V. stibstriata, while V. 

 pygmcea was collected at the former, where Clausilia bidetitata was also 



