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III the Urocydidae there are described from the Neumann collection, 

 Atoxon erlangeri, Spiroto.ron neumanni, and from the former collection of 

 Stuhlmann S. shihJmanni. 



P'inaUy the opportunity is taken to set up a new genus Varania, with 

 a single new species V. loennhergi, found in the stomach of a species of 

 Varamcs in Cameroon hy Mr Loennberg of Upsala. 



There were also found at the same time some 60 or 70 Veronicellas. 



Simroth assumes that Slugs from the Cameroons have up to the present 

 been unknown, but he overlooks the fact that he himself has reviewed a 

 work by Adolf d'Ailly (Contributions a la connaissance des Mollusques 

 terrestres at d'eau douce de Kameroun), in which various slugs are men- 

 tioned, e.g. Aspidelus chajjeri, Morelet, Vaginula ijleuroprocta, v. Martens, 

 and Urocydus hudihohi, v. Martens, and that he declared the Uwci/dm to 

 be very like his DendroUmax confinentalis. 



NOTES. 



Note on Testaeella haliOtidea, Drap. My garden at Aldenluun abounds in this 

 curious slu,if. In diijging over last year's celery bed, the gardeners turned it up by 

 dozens, and I observed that it was numerous in a series of broad bands stretching across 

 the bed, while in other parts of the area it was absent. These broad bands represented 

 the former position of the celery trenches : doubtless the manure attracted the worms, 

 and the worms the Testaeella. Perhaps it was for a similar reason that we found it 

 abundant on an old marrow bed. 



As a rule, it was living at a depth of about 12 inches. On four separate occasions 

 I found it on the surface ; twice under large Hint stones, once under a heavy elm log, 

 the latter being in a part of the garden never under cultivation. On the fourth occasion 

 I noticed a large specimen crawling across a wide gravel walk at eleven o'clock on a 

 fine bright morning. This seemed to me remarkable, for I have never before observed 

 the creature taking a voluntary walk in the upper world, and there was no indication 

 that my specimen had been the prey of a bird, nor had there been any disturbance of 

 the soil anywhere near. 



Since the above was written, I have satisfied myself by repeated observation, that 

 the Testaeella habitually crawls about on the surface of the ground. 



A. H. COOKK. 



Note on Parmaeella deshayesii, Moq.-Tand. in February last Mr. p. Pallary 

 sent me a number of living slugs from Echmiihl, Oran, Algiers, amongst which were 

 some examples of PaniiaccUa ilcsluivcsii, Moq.-Tand. Some of these I turned out in 

 the garden beneath a mass of cabbage and lettuce leaves. On March 26th, I noticed 

 they were pairing, and a few davs later there were two or three groups of eggs averag- 

 ing a dozen each. The eggs of this mollusc are oval, and when deposited have a 

 pearly lustre, which, however, quickly disappears leaving them a dead opaque white. 

 The maximum diameter is 6 miilim., and the minimum 4 On April 27th, about a 

 third had hatched out and I was hoping I should be able to rear them, but turning 

 over the lettuce leaves on May, 7th, I found all had been killed by the night frosts, as 

 well as some adults which arrived on April 21 st. 



Waltkr F. Coli.inge. 



