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Helix ericetorum, Miiller. Common on the Cotteswoid Hill-tops, 



Horsepools, Birdlip, &c. 

 H. lapicida, Lin. Common on the boles of beech trees in all the 

 Cotteswoid woods, and on limestone rocks in the Forest of Dean. 

 H. nifescens, Pennant. Most abundant previous to, and during warm 



summer showers, in the beech woods of the Cotteswoid range. 

 H. hispida, Lin. i Under stones, and at the roots of grass ; the 

 var. depilata. > varieties, (I think) affecting the drier situations. 

 ,, concinna. ; Common everywhere. 

 H. sericea, Drap. The variety of this shell, H. granulata of Gray, 

 (if it really be merely a variety,) is not uncommon on the banks of 

 the Thames and Severn Junction canal approaching Sapperton 

 Tunnel. I found it in great abundance on the yellow iris, in a 

 moist place in a wood, near the canal in Chalford Bottom. 

 H. aculeata, Miiller. Over, on the bank between Newent canal 

 and the Leadon, in the moss and upon decaying willow twigs. 

 Tortworth, in the moss on the bank behind Lord Ducie's garden. 

 Rare. J. J. — Hockley Hill, Elmore, on decayed wood, but very 

 rare. W. V. G. 

 H. fulva, Miiller. Common, at Birdlip, amongst decaying beech 



foliage. 

 H. fusca, Montagu. In a hedgerow amongst burdocks and brambles, 



near the Roman villa, at Witcomb. 

 H. pulchella, Miiller. The ribbed variety, very fine, in the moss 

 fringing the Newent canal, at Over and Lassington. The common 

 species there also, and amongst the decaying beech leaves of the 

 Cotteswoid woods, and under stones. 

 H. rotundata, Miiller. Abundant under stones everywhere. 

 H. umbilicata, Montagu. Abundant on the Cotteswolds, Birdlip, and 



elsewhere, on walls and in quarries. 

 H. pygmaea, Drap. Over, in moss, between Newent canal and the 



Leadon. 

 Bulimus Lackhamensis, Montagu. Ascending the beech trees in the 

 Cotteswoid woods, towards the end of March, and descending 

 them about the middle of August. Abundant between Birdlip 

 and Cooper's Hill. Its suppositive scarcity is probably due to 

 its habit of ascending the trees during the summer. I searched in 

 vain for living specimens through many successive seasons, until 

 I became aware of the peculiar habit of this mollusc, in the 

 Birdlip district, where it in reality proved to be most abundant. 

 B. obscurus, Miiller. With the last, and in quarries, under stones. 

 Not confined to the hill district, but generally diffused. 



