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23. New records for East Sutherlandshire. — 

 From our old friend Mr. W. Baillie of Brora, to whom at 

 various times we have been indebted for much assistance 

 willingly rendered, we received a few specimens each of 

 Limncea peregra and its var. lincata, *Planorbis nautilens, 

 *Pl. spirorbis, *Pisidium fontinale, P. pusilhun and var. 

 obtusale, all from Loch Brora, collected on 17th October 

 1892 ; and from Brora, the same date, the following land- 

 shells : CocJilicopa lubrica, Balea perversa, Vitrina pellucida, 

 Pupa cylindracea ( = 7tmbilicatd), *P. marginata, Hyalinia 

 crystallina, H. cellaria, H. pura, Helix arbustorum, H. caper- 

 ata, and H. pygmcea, the four species marked with the asterisk 

 (*) being additional records. 



24. The faunal status in Scotland of Neritina 

 FLUVIATILIS AND PLANORBIS CARINATUS. — I have been in 

 correspondence with Mrs. Carphin on this subject. She 

 informs me that the former lives in abundance in Loch 

 Stennis, Orkney, and that as to the latter the only Scottish 

 locality given for it is the pond in the Botanic Garden at 

 Edinburgh, which is full of imported plants. There can be 

 no doubt whatever that Planorbis carinatus is certainly not 

 entitled to be ranked as a Scottish shell ; while with regard 

 to the Neritina, it would be a matter of considerable interest 

 to ascertain why it should be found in the Orkneys and 

 nowhere else in the kingdom of Scotland. 



25. Helix pygm^ea and Vertigo edentula added 

 TO THE Elginshire list. — So much material has been 

 placed before our referees from the county of Elgin by the 

 kindness of the Rev. George Gordon, D.D., and Mr. William 

 Evans, F.R.S.E., that it is not now an easy matter to add 



o the number of species that we have had the opportunity 

 of seeing from it. Nevertheless, an examination of a collec- 

 tion of specimens made by Mr. Evans so far back as August 



1 89 1 (and which has been mislaid and only just turned up) 

 adds a couple of molluscs to the list of authentications, which 

 now amounts to 5 5 species. One of these is Helix pygmcea, 

 a few examples of which were collected at Ballindalloch 

 Castle, 15 th August 1891, along with Hyalinia nitidula 

 (one), H alliaria (a few, small), H crystallina (several), H. 



