THE CONCHOLOG/ST. 



6. Oxford. — "Very rare on the Henley 

 Road" (Norman, 1853). 



Though not as common as in the more 

 northerly districts, it cannot now be termed 

 rare. I liave over a dozen records where it 

 is common. 



Var. nitens, iNIich. 

 6. Oxford. — " In a quarry of Portland sand 

 on Shotover Hill, under loose stones " 

 (S. Spencer Pearce). 



Hyalina pura, Alder. 



Not at all a common form, and only sparingly 

 met with. 



1. Banbury. — Broughton and Little Bourton. 



2. Chipping Norton. Few specimens. 



6. Oxford.— Not at all plentiful, although 

 occurring in a number of localities. 



Hyalina radiatula, Alder. 

 Not an uncommon form. 

 1. Banbury. — Banbury (Stretch, 1S55), Little 



Bourton. 

 6. Oxford. — Sparingly met with in a number 



of localities. 

 8. Henley. — Fairly common. 



Hyalina nitida, Miill. 

 A well -distributed and common form, 

 generally found five or six inches beneath the 

 surface at the roots of grass, in moist places. 



Hyalina crystallina, Miill. 

 This mollusc, possessing the most beautiful 

 shell of any in this genus, is a common and 

 well-distributed form, occurring in all the 

 eight districts. 



Hyalina fulva, Miill. 

 Although sparingly distributed over most 

 of the county, l/y. Julva cannot be described 

 as common, and it is certainly not plentiful. \ 



A favourite habitat of this species is in 

 decaying or rotten branches of trees and 

 logs of wood. 



HELIX, L. 



Helix aculeata, Miill. 



Generally found among beech and holly 

 leaves. Though well distributed, it is not at 

 all a common species. Often found coated 

 with mud, c^c, which makes it somewhat 

 difficult to find. 



Helix pomatia, L. 



This species, formerly very plentiful in the 

 district of Wychwood, Charlbury, and Stones- 

 field, is gradually becoming scarcer. 



" A large colony of this snail is now thriving 

 in the Botanic Gardens at Oxford, the descen- 

 dants of specimens introduced from Stonesfield 

 many years ago" (S. Spencer Pearce, 1883). 

 3. Wychwood and Charlbury. — Stonesfield 

 (Norman, 1853). \w a chalk-pit between 

 Handborough and Stonesfield (Dalton, 

 1855), (Stretch, 1S55). Found abun- 

 dantly on the Great Oolite near 

 Stonesfield, and in Wychwood Forest 

 (Whiteaves, 1857). Charlbury (Pidgeon, 

 1875). Copses and woods at Stones- 

 fiehl (S. Spencer Pearce, 1886). 



Var. albida, Moq. 



3. Wychwood and Charlbury. — In Wychwood 

 Forest (Whiteaves, 1857). 



Helix aspersa, Miill. 



I have yet to discover the locality where 

 this species does not flourish in abundance. 

 It is a great pest to the market gardeners, and 

 does much damage to their crops, nothing 

 seeming to fall amiss to its voracious appetite. 

 On the Oxford Road, near Banbury, there is 



