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Sub-genus.—FRuTIcICcOLA, Feld. 
14. H. CAanTIANA (Kentish), Montagu. Pl. III., f. 3. 
Compressed, thin, dull, creamy white with a pink tinge; closely 
striated in the line of growth ; whorls 6-7, not keeled ; sfzrve obtuse ; 
mouth pink inside; s#md¢licus narrow but deep. A. 1omm. B. 173mm. 
The ‘“‘Kentish snail” is found nearly all over the South 
and East of England—especially fine and abundant in 
Kent. Mr. W. D. Roebuck informs me that it has the 
same range in England as the dormouse and the nightin- 
gale. It extends as far north as Warwickshire, where its 
range narrows to a single county (Notts.) and then spreads 
into Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland ; but there 
is reason to believe that its presence in these two last 
counties is due to “ballast.” In Wales it is only found 
in Glamorganshire, and it has not been recorded for 
Ireland or any outlying island except the Isle of Man. 
Mr. B. B. Woodward in the article referred to on 
p. 60, says that this species was. probably introduced 
after the time of the Romans. If so, it has found its way 
into such out-of-the-way localities that its aptitude for 
distribution must be great. I am informed that at Middles- 
brough it has been recently imported, probably in ballast, 
and has established itself firmly. I have never observed 
that birds feed upon it, which may tend to its fitness to 
survive and therefore multiply. I have never taken it in 
weld hedgebanks, or in waste places, except where there 
is also a road or path which would point to its diffusion 
by human agency. 
