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356 HELIX HORTENSIS. 
York Mid W.—Otley, 1886, J. A. Hargreaves. Hawksworth, 1889, F. Rhodes. 
Thorparch, 1880, C. Smethurst.  Collingham and near Aberford, Sept. 1894, A. 
Hartley and IF. Booth. 
Durham —Durham, 12345, July 1885 ! Baker Hudson. 
Cheviotland— Alnmouth, (123)(45), 123(45), (12)3(45), Rev. Dr. MeMurtrie. 
Westmorland and Lake Lancs.— Holme Island, Grange, Aug. 1906, H. Beeston. 
SCOTLAND. 
Haddington—Very rare, North Berwick, Rev. Dr. MeMurtrie. 
Aberdeen S.—- Abundant on the sandhills near Black Dog Farm, Belhelvie 
(J. Macgillivray, Moll. Aberdeen, 1843, p. 84), and still found plentiful there by 
Mr. F. Booth in Aug. 1910! 
Wicklow—Greystones, 12345, 00300 ! R. F. Scharff. 
Limerick—A bundant on blackberry and sloe bushes near Limerick, H. Fogerty. 
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION. 
Germany — Moquin-Tandon cites it from Metz, Lorraine; Dr. Weinland from 
Suabia ; Dr. Merkel from Setzdorf and Melling, Silesia; Dr. Kuster from Bamberg, 
Franconia ; and Dr. Scharff has found it at Frankfort, Nassau. 
France—Recorded from Beauvais, Oise, July 1888 ! 8. C. Cockerell. Moquin- 
Tandon reports it from Valenciennes, Nord ; Grenoble, Isere ; Creil, Oise; Soréze, 
Tarn; and Lyons, Rhone; M. Locard cites it from several localities in the Ain ; 
and from Lagny, Seine-et-Marne; M. Pascal from Cussac, Haute Loire ; M. Charpy 
from St. Amour, Jura; Dr. Gassies from Nerac, Lot-et-Garonne ; and Bouchard- 
Chantereaux the variety with white and resy-ground tints from Pas-de-Calais. 
Belgium—Not rare on gooseberry bushes, Dinant, Namur; Arlon, Luxemburg ; 
and other places, Jules Colbeau. Common at Hastiere, Namur, Van den Broeck. 
Near Brussels, formule 1(2345) and (12)(345), M. Timmermanns. 
Switzerland— Recorded from St. Gall by Dr. Hartmann. 
Russia— Aland Isles (Luther, Land Sottv. Gastrop. Finland, 1901, p. 72). 
Norway—Ekeborg near Christiania, Westerlund (Exp. Crit., 1871, p. 40). Var. 
albida (transparent bands) with formula 12345, from Christiania, Ringerige, Jarls- 
berg, Laurvik, Brevik, and Lillesand ; the formula (12)345 is found at Christiania, 
and 00345 at Laurvik (Esmark, Journ. of Conch., 1886, p. 109). 
Sweden — Ienaberga, Skane; Ostergotland; Nerike; and near Stockholm 
(Westerlund, 1.e.). 
IRELAND. 
Canada —In Labrador, Lady Douglas found the formula 10345, and presented 
the specimens to the British Museum. 
On Grand Entry, Magdalen Islands, the formula 00300 is recorded as not rare by 
Mr. G. H. Clapp. 
United States—I’'rom Massachusetts this variety is recorded from Sciasconset, 
Nantucket Island, by Dr. Pilsbry ; with formula 12345 from Magnolia, by Prof. 
Cockerell; and the following are reported from Roekport by Mr. G. H. Clapp: 
12345, 10345, 12300, 00340, 003 %40, and 00300. 
From Maine Dr. J. W. Mighels records it as found by Capt. Walden on a little 
island in Caseo Bay ; and Prof. Packard collected specimens on Brown Cow Island 
in the same bay. The formula 00300 is reported from Bar Island and Bar Harbour 
by Mr. G. H. Clapp. 
VARIATIONS IN COLOUR OF LEIP OF PERISTOME. 
The colour of the lip varies from white, through many gradations and shades 
to dark brown and even black, but all the darker shades are very unstable,’ and 
Jude rapidly soon after the death of the animal. 
Var. luteolabiata Cockerell. 
Helix hortensis var. luteolabiata Cockerell, Science Gossip, 1887. p. 67. 
SHELL with the lip of a decided yellow. 
ENGLAND, 
Devon N.—Ilfracombe, rare, Aue. 1903 (Beeston and Wright, ].c¢.). 
Cornwall W.—'I'ruro, Aug. 1886, J. H. James. 
Dorset —Bridport, 12345, Sept. 1898, C. E. Wrieht. 
Hants. S.—A specimen with ground colour of shell and lip of a salmon tint, 
Christehureh, July 1897, C. E. Wright. 
J Monog. i, p..329. 
