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Inhabits woods, at the roots of trees and among 

 moss, but it is rare in this country ; the only locahties 

 in which it has hitherto been noticed are Ditcham 

 and Stoner Hill near Buriton in Hampshire, and Up 

 Park, Sussex. Some naturalists have thought it pro- 

 bable that this remarkable shell has been introduced 

 into England from the Continent, where it is in many 

 places abundant, but it has at least an equal claim 

 with H. cartHsiana, and some other species, to be 

 ranked among our British molluscs. It was first 

 discovered in Ditcham Wood by Dr. Lindsay in 1831. 

 It is tolerably active, but timid, and instantly re- 

 treats within its shell when touched. Its slime is 

 clear and copious, and its epiphragm very thick and 

 of a white colour. 



25. H. VILLO'SA,* Draparnaud. 



In the 'Annals and Magazine of Nat. Hist.' for 

 February, 1877, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys writes as follows: — 

 "Mrs. David Robertson, of Glasgow, found four living 

 specimens of this land shell, in August, 1873, on the 

 moors near Cardiff, Glamorganshire, while searching 

 for Ostracoda in the ditches. It is an addition to our 

 MoUusca. H. villosa inhabits Germany, the east of 

 France, and Switzerland, and it often occurs at con- 

 siderable heights above the level of the sea." It is 

 possible that specimens of this foreign shell may again 

 be found in this country ; our daily increasing inter- 

 course with the Continent renders it probable that, 

 before long, it will be no easy task to distinguish our 



Hairy. 



