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SOME NOTES ON THE I, AND AND FRESHWATER 

 MOEEUSCA OF GALWAY AND DISTRICT. 



BY A. W. STEEEOX. 



In company with Dr. Chaster, of Southport, Messrs. E. 

 Collier and R. Standen, of Manchester, and Mr. C. E. Wright, 

 of Kettering, I had some few days collecting in the neighbour- 

 hood of Galway in September, 1906. twists of the mollusca 

 for this district have been previously- published, 1 but as the 

 present one includes a large number of shells not hitherto 

 recorded, I give below a complete list of species taken during 

 the trip. The first few days were spent in and around Galway, 

 while for the remainder of the holiday we made Roundstone 

 our headquarters. I here give a short account of the itinerary 

 which we followed : — 



9TH September. — The other members of the party, who 

 were on the ground a day before I could join them, worked 

 the neighbourhood of Galway and on to Coolagh and Men- 

 lough, on the bank of the River Corrib. They found large 

 quantities of Helix virgata, H. intersecta, H, ericetorum, and 

 H. acuta. At Coolagh, some distance inland, these four 

 xerophiles were found living together. At Menlough Balea 

 perversa was plentiful in the crevices of the large Lime trees, 

 but not associated with Orthotrichuni, as in most cases. 

 Planborbis fontamis occurred near Coolagh. In the evening 

 they w r ent to Salthill, a suburb of Galway, on the shore of 

 Galway Bay, and found amongst other species a beautiful 

 small form of H. ericetorum very varied in marking. I have 

 included in my list the species taken during this day. 



ioth September. — Taking the steamer which runs daily 

 on Eough Corrib, we landed at Kilbeg, about halfway to Cong. 

 Here some fine old woods are to be found, in which, however, 

 some pines have recently been introduced. Mollusca, as a 

 rule, have no liking for Conifers, but in this case all the trees, 

 whether pine or otherwise, were crowded with specimens, the 

 following species being noted : — Hyalijiia alliafia, Hy. pzira, 



V.A 7 "., Sept., 1895, and Jonrn. Conch., April, 1896 ; IN., Sept., 1896; 

 IN., June, 1899 ; and IN , Jan., 1903. 



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