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Chester, and asked him to undertake the responsible work 

 of putting the notes and records in proper form for the 

 printer. This Mr. Tondin kindly consented to do, and 

 the following report has accordingly been arranged and 

 corrected by him. I wish as editor of these L.M.B.C. 

 reports to thank Mr. Tomlin, and express the satisfaction 

 of the Committee, that one so eminently qualified both as 

 a conchologist and also from his knowledge of Mr. Archer's 

 collections and notes and methods should have been found 

 willing to undertake this w^ork, and carry it out without 

 delay. The following introduction is by Mr. Tomlin. 



W. A. H. 



Introduction. 



This Eeport is strictly supplementary, and must be read 

 entirely by the side of that in vol. 1 of the "Fauna," 

 pp. 232 — 266. Nor must it be supposed that all new 

 records are included, especially in the case of the com- 

 moner species, the aim being primarily to record extensions 

 in the habitat or apparent habitat of the species, but not 

 to publish all the occurrences of dead specimens, while our 

 knowledge of the district is so imperfect and the collecting 

 disconnected. It will be noticed that the chief centres of 

 thorough exploration since last report have been Port 

 Erin in the Isle of Man and the N. and E. coasts of 

 Anglesea, all worked by the late F. Archer : the Southport 

 neighbourhood by Dr. G. W. Chaster : Fleetwood by W. 

 H. Heathcote and others : and the central area by means 

 of several dredging expeditions, the details of which will be 

 found in the successive annual reports upon the work of 

 the L.M.B.C. 



