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66. Natica catena, Z>a Costa. — Common, but seldom fine. 



Burrows in sand at verge of low water. 



67. N. Alderi, Forbes. — Brought in by trawlers. 



68. Purpura lapillus, L. — On rocks at low water. Next in 



abundance to the limpet and mussel. The local name 



is " Man-sucker." It is eaten in quantities by the 



lower classes. 

 Buccinum undatum, L. — Sometimes very large. 



Do. monstr. sinistrorsum. — Very rare; I have only 



heard of two specimens. 

 Do. monstr. acuminatum. — Small shells, with the 



upper whorls flattened. Rare. 

 Murex erinaceus, L. — Not uncommon. 

 Nassa reticulata, L. — Sometimes brought in by trawlers 



in great numbers. 

 N. incrassata. — Not so common as the last. 

 Pleurotoma turricula, Moiitagu. — Dead shells -. not very 



common. 

 Philine aperta, L. — A single specimen, taken, I beUeve, 



from the stomach of a fish. 

 Loligo vulgaris. Lam. — Common. 

 Sepiola Rondeleti Leach. 

 Sepia officinalis, L. — Common. 



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Reversed form of Helix hortensis at Bristol. — In 



the early part of May I found a specimen of a sinistral Llelix 

 hortensis; it was in company with many LLelix nemoraUs and Helix 

 hortensis of the ordinary form, in a hedge not far from Coombe 

 Dingle near Bristol. Last year in the spring my sister Miss 

 Jessie Hele found an immature specimen of the same uniform 

 yellow color as the specimen I found (which she has since reared 

 to maturity) at Keynsham, which is about 10 miles from Bristol. 



The country round Bristol is rich in land shells. We have 

 found LLelix fusca, LLelix aspersa var exalbida and many other 

 good species in the neighbourhood. — Fanny M. Hele, June, 1875, 



Local shells at Bank Wood near Wakefield. — The 



following rare and local shells have been found at Bank Wood 

 near Wakefield, by Mr. Jackson of Midgley; LLelix fusca, Veftigo 

 edentula var. columella, Cochlicopa tridens var. crysfallina, and other 

 more common forms. The vai iety of C. tridens was found amongst 

 numerous specimens of the type, with which they were connected 

 by several gradations of colour from white to deep rufous brown. 

 — George Taylor, July 1875. 



