98 THE NAUTILUS. 
NOTES ON THE LAND SHELLS OF QUEBEC CITY AND DISTRICT. 
BY A. W. HANHAM. 
In this district the Isle d’Orleans may be considered the only rich 
collecting ground in species; all the following, with one or two ex- 
ceptions, having been taken there, while many of the small species 
have not been observed elsewhere. The other good localities in the 
district are: St. Joseph’s (deLevis) for Vitrina, Vallonia, and Ver- 
tigo; St. Romauld’s for Polygyra and Vertigo ; the Plains of Abra- 
ham for the introduced Helices, ribbed Vallonia, and Pupa armifera 
Say, and a ravine off the River St. Charles, near the city, for Vit- 
rina, some of the Zonites and Succinea. 
It may be stated here that the Isle d’Orleans lies in the St. Law- 
rence, about five miles below the city. The island is twenty-one 
miles long by one or two broad, and during the summer months 
there is a regular ferry service ; only a few miles of the end nearest 
the landing have been worked. 
On May 25, 1893, the day after my return from Barachois, Gaspé, 
I distributed nearly fifty young H. hortensis L. (from a quarter- to 
a half-grown) along the top of the cliff bordering the Plains of 
Abraham; this is where both H. cantiana Mont. and H. rufescens 
Penn. seem to thrive. On July 291 noticed two full-grown speci- 
mens, both the plain yellow form, and, on September 15, another, 
this one banded. I see no reason why this locality and climate 
should not suit H. hortensis L., as it has, without doubt, the other 
introduced species. I have a record of this Helix being taken as 
far as far up the St. Lawrence as Little Métis. 
Selenites concava Say. Local, throughout the district. 
Limax agrestis Mill. Common, 
Limax campestris Binn. Rather local. 
Limax sp. Rare; in two or three places only (Lake Beauport 
and Isle d’Orleans). 
Vitrina limpida Gould. Taken in three localities only : abund- 
ant under cliff close to the St. Lawrence River at St. Joseph’s; a 
small colony near St. Romauld’s, and some fine ones from the banks 
of creek running into the river at St. Charles. 
Zonites cellarius Mull. In drift on Isle d’Orleans, and a few up 
the St. Charles River. None living, but many shells containing the 
animal. 
