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In Spain it " is the common snail of the country," not being 

 confined to the rea board. The Spanish habitat given to me with 

 some of my shells is an inland one, and Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys gives 

 " centre of France" as one of its habitats. 



It varies somewhat in form in different kcalities. Shells which 

 I have from Italy, Malta and North Africa being flatter spired, 

 with less rounded whorls and sutures less marked than our own 

 shells. 



Besides the geographical localities named above I have shells 

 from South France. A small form f.om Cannss given to me by 

 Dr. Robert Battersby, which may be called minor being worth 

 notice. 



Its British habitats are those before named. St. Ives and Whit- 

 sand Bay, Cornwall, and Dublin Bay. It occurs in marvellous 

 abundance at Tenby, and is wide spread (southward) reaching to 

 Manorbeer, although in Montagu's time (beginning of this century) 

 it was ''confined to a small spot." It is in great profusion in 

 both the Channel Island habitats the greater number being in 

 Jersey. 



H. pisana is said not to occur in France nearer to England than 

 Brittany, but I suspect that it will be found somewhere along the 

 coast line of that country nearer still. 



May, 1877. 



REMARKS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



07 THE MARINE GASTROPODA ON THE SOUTH 



AND EAST COASTS OF AFRICA. 



By J. S. Gibbons, M.B. 



The part of the coast of Africa to be considered in this paper 

 extends from the Equator to the Cape of Good Hope and belongs 



