278 Wiltshire Fresh-water and Terrestrial Shells. 



with the assurance, not only of " Praetorian here, Praetorian there, 

 I mind the bigging o't ; " — but also, that " ane o' the Mason-lads 

 that built the lang dyke, at auld Aiken Drums bridal, about 

 twenty years syne, cut a ladle on the stane, and put four letters 

 on't, that's A. D. L. L. — Aiken Drum's Long Ladle — for Aiken 

 was ane o' the Kale-suppers o' Fife." 



LIST OF 



By the Rev. J. E. Vize. 



^^^HE following list of Wiltshire Fresh-wafer and Terrestrial 

 *i ^ ^^^lls tas been carefully drawn up by the Rev. J. E. Vize. 

 But for an accident it would have accompanied his paper on the 

 subject, in No. 25, vol. ix. of the Magazine. Compared with the 

 lists of Maton and others, it will be found that much progress has 

 been made of late years in this branch of Natural History. 



List of Wiltshire Shblls. 



Class i. Cephala. 



FAMILY. LIMACINEA. 



Arion ater, {Lister.) Ditches between Hilperton and Steeple-Ashton, and 

 elsewhere about Trowbridge, Salisbury. 



A. hortensis. {Feruseac.) Salisbury. 



Limax agrestis, {Linneeus) very numerous in gardens in damp weather about 

 Trowbridge, Salisbury. 



L. ciaereus, {Lister, L. maximus in Gray) common at Salisbury. 



Testacella haliotidea, {Drop.) Specimens frequent at Devizes, and doubtless 

 distributed generally in the county on suitable soils, and to be found in favour- 

 able weather. Trowbridge supplied me with specimens. 



FAMILY. COLIMACEA. 



Vitrina pellucida, {Gcertner) Warminster, Old-Sarum, Ashcombe "Wood, 

 Salisbury, banks and woods Devizes. 



Succinea putris, {Fleming.) Corsham, Canal Banks on weeds, stones, &c., 

 at the waters edge and just above it ; by the sides of a rivulet in fields, 

 between Trowbridge and Steeple-Ashton, near the reservoir of the Canal at 

 Devizes, Salisbury. 



S. elegans. {Eitso.) Devizes, Salisbury. 



