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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETT. 
  

  

  NOTES. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Eulota 
  frdticum 
  (Mull.) 
  in 
  Kent. 
  

   [Read 
  Mh 
  December, 
  191G.) 
  — 
  On 
  lOtli 
  November, 
  1911, 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  collected 
  at 
  Penshurst, 
  W. 
  Kent, 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Bowell, 
  was 
  

   exhibited 
  (by 
  A. 
  S. 
  K.) 
  before 
  this 
  Society 
  (Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  x, 
  1912, 
  

   p. 
  1). 
  It 
  was 
  then 
  considered 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  recognized 
  as 
  

   a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  recent 
  fauna, 
  since 
  only 
  one 
  stray 
  example 
  had 
  

   been 
  found, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  suggested 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  occur 
  and 
  be 
  mistaken 
  for 
  

   Theha 
  cantiana 
  (Mont.). 
  Recently 
  F. 
  Hugli 
  Gripper 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  he 
  

   possessed 
  some 
  examples 
  of 
  a 
  shell 
  which 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  name, 
  though 
  

   at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  collecting 
  he 
  had 
  thought 
  they 
  were 
  the 
  white 
  form 
  of 
  

   T. 
  cantiana. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  at 
  once 
  showed 
  that 
  these 
  

   shells 
  were 
  Eulota 
  fruticum 
  (Miill.). 
  They 
  were 
  four 
  in 
  number, 
  three 
  

   mature 
  and 
  one 
  immature, 
  and 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  September, 
  1908, 
  between 
  

   Dover 
  and 
  Lydden 
  from 
  a 
  roadside 
  hedge. 
  There 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  no 
  question 
  

   that 
  the 
  species 
  does 
  live 
  in 
  Kent 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  confounded 
  with 
  Theha 
  

   cantiana 
  (Mont.). 
  The 
  attention 
  of 
  collectors 
  having 
  now 
  been 
  called 
  

   to 
  it, 
  it 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  other 
  localities. 
  The 
  question 
  arises 
  

   whether 
  this 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  survival 
  from 
  the 
  Pleistocene,, 
  

   or 
  is 
  a 
  reintroduction. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  known 
  in 
  a 
  fossil 
  

   state 
  in 
  England 
  from 
  four 
  localities, 
  Barnwell 
  and 
  Grantchester 
  

   (Cambridgeshire), 
  Stutton 
  (Suffolk), 
  and 
  Ilford 
  (Essex), 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  

   yet 
  been 
  detected 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Kentish 
  Pleistocene 
  taeds. 
  These 
  four 
  

   deposits 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  well-marked 
  horizon 
  in 
  the 
  

   Pleistocene. 
  The 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  Holocene 
  deposit 
  

   in 
  Kent. 
  Hence 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  became 
  extinct 
  in 
  

   Pleistocene 
  times, 
  and 
  these 
  Kentish 
  examples 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  

   a 
  recent 
  introduction. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Kennard 
  & 
  B. 
  B. 
  Woodward. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  occukrence 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Isles 
  of 
  Paludestrina 
  mixuta 
  

   (Totten). 
  {Read 
  8th 
  December, 
  1916.) 
  — 
  About 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Johansen 
  called 
  our 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  

   a 
  living 
  state 
  at 
  Blythburgh, 
  Suftblk, 
  examples 
  having 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  

   by 
  one 
  of 
  us 
  (A. 
  S. 
  K.). 
  He 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  differed 
  in 
  its 
  

   anatomy 
  from 
  P. 
  ventrosa 
  (Mont.) 
  and 
  forwarded 
  Danish 
  examples. 
  

   We 
  had 
  hoped 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  have 
  published 
  the 
  discovery 
  himself, 
  but 
  

   since 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  done 
  so 
  we 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  time 
  the 
  fact 
  should 
  be 
  

   recorded. 
  Though 
  greatly 
  resembling 
  P. 
  ventrosa 
  in 
  its 
  general 
  appearance, 
  

   P. 
  minuta 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size 
  and 
  more 
  regular 
  

   growth, 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  not 
  being 
  so 
  inflated. 
  We 
  have 
  now 
  noted 
  it 
  

   in 
  a 
  recent 
  state 
  from 
  Blythburgh, 
  Southwokl, 
  and 
  Lowestoft 
  (Suffolk), 
  

   Woolwich 
  (Kent), 
  Strangford 
  Lough 
  and 
  Killough 
  (co. 
  Down), 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  Holocene 
  from 
  Littleport 
  (Cambridgeshire), 
  St. 
  Ives 
  (Huntingdonshire), 
  

   Deal 
  (Kent), 
  and 
  Waterloo 
  (Surrey). 
  In 
  all 
  probability 
  P. 
  minuta 
  is 
  

   a 
  widely 
  distributed 
  form 
  in 
  these 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  lately 
  received 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Harmer, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  Bell, 
  a 
  gathering 
  taken 
  at 
  Kaasjes- 
  

   water, 
  near 
  Zierikzee, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Scheldt, 
  Baster's 
  locality 
  for 
  his 
  

   Turbo 
  stagnalis. 
  Baster's 
  description 
  is 
  too 
  meagre 
  and 
  his 
  figures 
  too 
  

   weird 
  to 
  recognize 
  his 
  species, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  assumed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  synonym 
  for 
  

   the 
  7dvceoi 
  Pennant. 
  This 
  gathering, 
  however, 
  consists 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  

   of 
  Pahidestrina 
  minuta, 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  coated, 
  as 
  Baster 
  describes, 
  

   with 
  a 
  whitish 
  limy 
  deposit. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Kennard 
  & 
  B. 
  B. 
  Woodward. 
  

  

  