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It has only been found in this neighbourhood at 

 Thrumpton and Sawley, and in the latter place but 

 sparingly. 



Other localities are, Thornley, Lancashire, wberg it 

 is very small fThe Author^; Chaigeley Manor and Ly- 

 tham, Lancashire, where it is small CThe AuthorJ, 

 Newcastle ("Alder), Penworthara ("Winstanley), near 

 Repton and Calke Abbey, Derbyshire CBloxam), Stone, 

 Buckinghamshire (Reade), near Shotford Bridge, 

 Northamptonshire CBIoxam), London (Grey J,. Ross, 

 Herefordshire CWinstanley), Penzance, rather, rare 

 CMillett;. Reeth, near Richmond, Yorkshire (A. S. H. 

 LoweJ. 



Scilly Isles CMilIett),Isle of Man (Forbes), France 

 CDraparnaud), Sweden CNilson), Germany (Pfeiffer), 

 Ireland ("Brown). 



It is a widely spread species. 



M. B. Chatereaux says Succinea putris lays from 50 

 to 70 eggs at one time, which hatch in a fortnight, and 

 are fully grown in less than a year. The eggs, which 

 are laid between May and September, are glassy in ap- 

 pearance, straw-coloured, and globose. They are at- 

 tached in masses to plants and stones. 



Mr. Morris has found it fossil in the mammaliferous 

 crag near London. 



Var. gracilis [The Slender Amber Snail]. 



Better known as the Succinea Pfeifferi of Grey, and 

 first described by Joshua Alder, Esq., in 1830. It is 

 more slender and oblique, and the shell darker in colour 

 than Succinea putris. It is mostly of a reddish-amber. 

 Apex very small, seldom more than three convolutions. 

 The mouth longer and straighter than Succinea putris. 

 The colour of the animal is leaden-black. 



Found crawling on mud, at the sides of ditches and 



