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small stream at Radford Grove ; and sparingly in a 

 muddy dyke which runs below the village of Beeston. 



Mr. Jeffreys, of Swansea, has also found it in Ckim- 

 ber Lake. 



The more distant localities which may be mentioned 

 are — Prestwic Car, in Northumberland (Alder), New- 

 castle, Northumberland (Alder), Brigsteer Moss, West- 

 moreland (Gougb), Scarborough (Bean), Cardiff (Jef^ 

 freys), Bristol (Miller), Bath (Clark), near London 

 (Grey), Kent and Dorsetshire (Montagu), Essex 

 (Sheppard), Wiltshire (Montagu). 



In Scotland, at Duddington, near Edinburgh 

 (Forbes). 



In Ireland, at Dublin (Brown), Clare (Humphreys) 

 distributed throughout the island (Thompson and 

 Brown). 



On the Continent, it is an inhabitant of France 

 (Drapernaud), Germany (Nilson), Leipsic (MiilJer), 

 Sweden (Pfeiffer), and near Paris (Brard). 



Mr. Morris describes it as being found fossil with 

 mammalia at Grays, Erith, Copford, Sutton, and 

 Ilford on the banks of the Thames, near London. 



Before continuing the investigations of the water 

 shells, the land slugs and the Helix family will be first 

 described. 



LiMACIDiE. 



The land slugs must be a well-known tribe, as they 

 present themselves in great numbers in damp weather, 

 and are exceedingly destroctire, especially in the 

 kitchen garden. They are long, and partly cylindrical, 



