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to die when they attained the length of about half or three- 

 quarters of an inch. I did not know their proper food, and 

 perhaps I ought to have attended oftener to the cleaning out 

 of the jars with fresh water. 



Mr. R. Welch informs me that, while in the Kenmare district 

 in Ma3% 1898, assisting in the arrangements for the Field 

 Club Union Conference held there two months later, he 

 collected a large number of Gcomalacus, some of which he fed 

 well on lichens and lettuce, to show at the winter meetings in 

 Belfast and Dublin, On Jul}' 22nd one of the slugs laid 

 eighteen eggs in a cluster, parti}' eating three before he had 

 time to remove them, and on the 25th three more were laid. 

 These were loose, not attached. About a week later the eggs 

 had turned quite brown, and had shrivelled up to half their 

 size, .so he placed them in weak alcohol for preservation. 



During an Kaster visit to the same district last 3'ear, Mr. 

 Arthur W. Stelfox kindly collected for him some more 

 specimens near the tunnel on the Glengarriff road. These 

 were larger and much darker in colour than those previousl}* 

 obtained in more sheltered positions at about 900 feet less 

 altitude. On July 20th the largest specimen (40 mm. long 

 when at rest, 17 mm. wide, 15 mm. high) laid twent\'-seven 

 eggs, twenty-four in a cluster and three free; the cluster 

 measured 31 by 16 by 14 mm, ; the eggs were fairly uniform 

 in size, the largest 8 J by 4:^ mm., the smallest 6 by 4 mm. 

 The}^ varied slighth' also in shape, some being almost ovoid, 

 but the majority distinctly tapered at one end, not unlike the 

 shape of a Guillemot's egg. No attempt was made to hatch 

 these ; they were promptly distributed to friends who had 

 never seen them. These GeoviaIac2(s egg-clusters are very 

 beautiful objects, as the photograph (Plate 5) of the last lot 

 Mr. Welch obtained will partly show. They are translucent, 

 with a pearly opalescence which it is impossible to render 

 properly in monochrome, if, indeed, at all. 



The Irish specimens are certainly not transparent like 

 those reported from Portugal by Simroth {loc. cit.) ; trans- 

 lucent, with a small transparent area at the narrower end in 

 some cases, would better describe them. 



Manchester. 



