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NOTES. 



Edibility of Polygyra and Ariolimax. — A native New- 

 Englander told me that he and others ate Polygyra alholahris 

 (Say) at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He likened the taste to 

 lobster. 



I have learned of Ariolimax columbiamis (Gld.) being eaten 

 in Polk County, Oregon, by a German, and in Clark County, 

 Washington, by a family from Artois in France. The latter 

 washed these slugs in water containing vinegar to remove the 

 slime, which they said was bitter, then cleaned them like fish, 

 and fried them in butter. They found the flavor good. 



Snakes eat Ariolimax columbianus. Large, conspicuous and 

 often very abundant, it must need some protection from birds. 

 This is probably afforded by its copious and sticky slime. 

 Domestic ducks attack this slug; but the slime inconveniences 

 them and is said sometimes to cause their death by accumulat- 

 ing in their bills. — John A. Allen, Manzanita, Oregon. 



Florida Shells. — Mr, Morgan Hebard collected a small 

 quantity of leaf-mould at Brickell's Hammock, Miami, Florida, 

 on March 2 and 4, 1916, from which I picked Euconulus sterkii 

 Dall. This is an addition to the list of Miami shells published 

 by Mr. S. N. Rhoads in the Nautilus, xiii, p. 43 (1899). 



The following species were picked from the leaf-mould which 

 Mr. Hebard collected on February 29 and March 2, 1916, at 

 Snapper Creek, about 15 miles south of Cocoanut Grove, Dade 

 County, Florida : 



Helicina orbiculata Say. Polita dalliana "Simps." Pils. 



Thysanophora selenina Gld. Polita indentata Say. 



Thysanophoraplagioptycha Shuti. Eucontdus sterkll Dall. 

 Thysanophora diosocricola Ad. Guppya gundlachi Pfr. (The 



Praticolella j^una Say. typical form. ) 



Drymseus dominicm Rve. Zonitaides arbor ea Say. 



Bifidaria contracta Say. Zonitoides minuscida Binn. 



Vertigo milium Gld. Zonitoides singleyana Pils. 



Opeas micra Orb. Carychium exigiium Say. 



Varicella gracillima floridana 



Pils. 



