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fragments of limestone. This snail is found at great heights, and 

 seems to be equally unmindful of the heat of the sun and the rigour 

 of winter. It was plentiful at Barrels during intensely cold 

 weather, just after a recent snow-storm had left the neighbouring 

 hiUs covered with snow. It may also be found on the walls of the- 

 churchyards at Bowness, Windermere, and Troutbeck. Dr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys gives Kendal as another locality. 



H. pulchdla, Mull. In a sandy hedge at Rockliffe, and among moss at 

 Furness Abbey, 

 var. costata, Mull. In damp moss in Gelt Woods. 



Bulimus ohscurus, Mull. Nowhere very abundant. Rare at Corby ; more 

 plentiful on the limestone at Castle Carrock and Bothel. I have 

 also taken it on the terrace walls at High Head Castle, and at 

 Gatesgill. 



Pupa secale, Drap. I have not yet met with this snail in Cumberland. 

 Dr. Gwyn Jeffi-eys states that it is to be found in Westmorland. 



P. umbilicata, Drap. Common, and widely distributed. Nearly everywhere 

 at the roots of grass, among moss and on walls. Stanwix, Heads- 

 Nook, Wetheral, Eose Castle, Bothel, Patterdale, &c. 



P. marginata, Drap. Scarce. I have only found one specimeo, in a 

 Brockram quarry at Burrels, near Appleby. 



Vertigo pygmcea, Drap. Very abundant on the limestone at Bothel. I have 

 also taken it at Burrels, near Appleby, and on Troutbeck church- 

 yard waU. 



V. alpestris, Alder. I have not yet taken this sheU in Cumberland. Dr. 

 Gwyn Jeffreys, in his "British Conohology," states that it has 

 been found by Miss Sarah Bolton on slate near Ambleside. In 

 " Science Gossip," 1880, p. 216, Mr. Sutton offers for exchange 

 specimens taken in Patterdale. 



V. pusilla, Mull. I have not taken this shell in Cumberland. Dr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys says that it is to be found in various parts of Great Britain 

 from Westmorland to Devon. 



V. edentula, Drap. Abundant, and fairly well distributed. It abounds on 

 the back of the fronds of Lastrea dilatata in Wreay and High 

 Head Woods. It seems to have a partiality for this fern, for I 

 rarely find it on any other. I have taken it on Lastrea Jilix-mas 

 in Grinsdale Woods, where there are few if any roots of Lastrea 

 dilatata; and on the Stanwix Marls in the same locality. It 

 occurs also among moss at Blaithwaite and Bothel, but not 

 nearly so plentifully as on Lastrea dilatata. My brother found an 

 elongated shell in High Head Wood which I think must be the 

 var. columella. 



