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Lincoln N.—A dead shell amongst Vinca minor at Bottesford, 1865, Rev. E. A. 
W oodruffe-Peacock. 
Lancashire Mid—The Cove, Silverdale, R. Standen. 
Isle of Man—Doueglas road, Peel, Ang. 1892, W. Moss. 
SCOTLAND. 
Renfrew —Old wall, Crawford street, Greenock ! 'T. Seott. 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
France—Dr. Grateloup cites Southern and Western France as regions where this 
form has been found, and especially mentions Bordeaux in the Gironde, and Tou- 
louse, Haute Garonne, as localities. In linistere, Bourguignat records Quimper as 
a locality ; and Dautzenberg cites an example from Kervallon near Brest. In the 
Pas-de-Calais, Bouchard-Chantereaux records it from gardens in Boulogne. Régel- 
sperger states it to be very rare about Rochelle, Royan, ete., Charente Inférieure. 
Dubrueil found it rather frequent about Montpellier, Hérault.  Taslé quotes 
Bois de Larmor near Vannes, Morbihan ; Mouton the environs of Grasse, Alpes 
Maritimes. Cailliaud the vicinity of Nantes, Loire Inférieure; Thorent gives 
Narbonne, Aude; Locard records it as var. scalaria as rare about Lyons ; Clement 
for Villevieille, Gard; and Dr. Gassies cites two specimens from near Nerac, 
Lot-et-Garonne, and also enumerates var. scalaris and subscalaris for the Agenais. 
Spain—Zulueta records a cornucopial form as found in Oct. 1904 at Foutroubat 
in the inner convent garden, Montserrat. 
Algeria—Nare about Algiers, according to Lallemant. 
Geographical Distribution.—//eliv aspersa is naturally a western 
species in Europe, but has extended its range in the south, until it has 
become perfectly circum-Mediterranean in its distribution. 
“Sy Probable Range. 4H Recorded Distribution. 
Fic. 326.—Geographical Distribution of /Telix aspersa Miiller. 
Kastwardly in Central Europe, its range is sharply delimited, probably 
owing to the prevalence of //elix pomatia in that direction, a species which 
is closely allied to H/. aspersa and a probable competitor ; each species is, 
however, gradually encroaching on the territory of the other. In Venetia, 
where both species are found, //. wspersa lives on the lower and marshy 
ground, while the middle and upper regions are inhabited by //. pomatia, 
