THE CONCHOLOGIST. 



Amalia marginata, Drap. 



= Limax niarginatus, Drap. 

 This species is not a British form, although 

 it has been figured and described by Enghsh 

 authors. 



Amalia Sowerbyi, Fer. 



= Amalia cariiiata, Leach. 



= Limax inarginatiis, Auctt. Britt. 



= Amalia marginata^ Roebuck, <S:c. 

 There seems to be httle doubt but that 

 Ferussac's name must here have priority, 

 although that of Leach's is certainly anterior 

 by three years. But from the fact that Leach's 

 work was, although printed, only privately 

 circulated amongst his friends, and not actually 

 for sale to the public until long after, it is 

 only fair that the former title should be 

 acknowledged. 



From the above remarks it will be seen 

 that the two forms we have in Great Britain 

 are — 

 Limax marginatus, Miill. 



^- L. arborum, Bouch.-Ch., and 



Amalia Sowerbyi, Fer. 



^ L. marginatus, and Amalia marginata, 



Auctt. Britt. 



Much confusion has been caused in the 



past, and it is to be hoped that for the future 



conchologists will acknowledge priority in 



these matters. 



NEW SHELLS PROM SOUTHPORT. 



l!y J. W. Williams. 



DR. G. W. CHASTER has forwarded me 

 some shells from Southport for the 

 purpose of notification, and these, as far as 

 I am aware, have not hitherto been recorded 

 for South Lancashire. They are : — 



Amalia marginata, Mi.ill., which were 

 found on the banks of the Leeds and 

 Liverpool Canal, close to the bridge at 

 Lydiate. 



Hyalinia alliaria, Mill, which are described 

 as "fairly common among grass" on cops, 

 (a cop being a steep bank used to en- 

 close fields), near Hesketh Woods, and 

 also on Birkdale sand-hills. To these, 

 Dr. Chaster says his attention was " first 

 attracted by the alliaceous smell. " 



Hyalinia excavata, Miill. Among grass 

 and stones (two specimens were found) 

 on the road-side between Ormskirk and 

 Halsall. One specimen was also taken 

 from under some stones in a wood at 

 the base of Parbold Beacon. 



Helix aspersa, Miill. This shell is not 

 mentioned in the revised census of the 

 Conchological Society as having been 

 yet seen from South Lancashire by the 

 referees. Dr. Chaster, in enclosing speci- 

 mens, says that they are found "abun- 

 dantly among grass and nettles, and on 

 willows, near Hesketh Wood. Also, in 

 a garden, in York Road, Birkdale, where 

 they have probably been recently intro- 

 duced. 



Helix virgata, Da Costa. Among grass, in 

 Meols Cop Road, where, Dr. Chaster was 

 informed, it had been found for the last 

 ten or twelve years. On ground enclosed 

 by the New Promenade, "where it has 

 almost certainly been recently introduced." 

 The specimens from this last locality, as 

 submitted to me, include Moquin's var. 

 liitescens. " The shells from the two 

 localities differ distinctly in size and 

 colouration, especially when quantities 

 are compared. The places are about two 

 miles apart." 



Helix pygmaea, Drap. Plentifully among 

 grass on the cops around a small area 



