THE CONCHOLOGIST. 



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I. Banbury. (Stretch, 1855). Recorded in 

 Pidgeon's List, in 1875, ^^ "very 

 scarce." Rare near Broughton. 



3. Wychwood and Charlbury. — Stonesfield. 



6. Oxford. — BuUingdon and Heddington 

 (Norman, 1853). (Dalton, 1855). 



Plentiful ; in meadows, &c. (S. Spencer 

 Pearce, 1883). 



Van ornata Picard. 



3. Wychwood and Charlbury. — Near Stones- 



field. (S. Spencer Pearce, 1883). 



Helix ericetorum, Miill. 



Have not met with this species in any 



great abundance in any part of the county. 



I. Banbury. — "Hill side, near Wiggington 



Heath." (Stretch, 1855). Sparingly. 



(Pidgeon, 1875). 



4. Deddington. — Sparingly met with. 



6. Oxford. — Not common. (Norman, 1855). 

 (Dalton, 1855). (Whiteaves, 1857). 

 Not plentiful ; (S. Spencer Pearce, 

 1883). 



Var. alba, Charp. 

 Not of common occurrence ; recorded for 

 District 6 in the Rev. S. Spencer Pearce's 

 List, 1883. 



Var minor, Moq. 

 6. Oxford. — Recorded by the Rev. S. 

 Spencer Pearce as rare on the 

 Headington Road near ^Vheatley. 



Helix rotundata, Miill. 

 Well distributed throughout the county and 

 found in great abundance. In common with 

 a number of other molluscs, this species is 

 often met with six and seven inches beneath 

 the surface in the burrows of earthworms. 



Var. alba, Mocp 

 Dr Jeffreys (B.C.) records this rare variety 

 from Oxford. 



Helix rupestris, Drap. 



A very common si)ecies, though I have 

 never met with it in any large numbers. 



1. Banbury. — On old walls, beneath the 



moss. 



2. Chipping Norton. — ^Fairly common. 



5. Bicester. — Weston-on-theGreen, Rev. A. 



Matthews (Norman, 1857). 



6. Oxford. — Common. 



Helix pygmaea, Drap. 



A rare and local form. 



I. Banbury. — (Stretch, 1855). Two speci- 

 mens near Little Bourton. 



6. Oxford. — Woodeaton, rare (Dalton, 1855). 

 (Norman, 1857). "Found but rarely, 

 I have taken it on an old wall near 

 Woodeaton, this is, I believe, of rare 

 occurrence (Whiteaves, 1857). 



Helix pulchella, Mull. 



This species, one perhaps of the most 

 beautiful of our land molluscs, is a fairly 

 common one in Oxfordshire. I have records 

 from all the districts. 



Var. costata. Mull. 



Very common and generally found with the 

 type. The Rev. S. Spencer Pearce mentions 

 it being the most common of the forms, and 

 that he invariably found it in dry places, 

 whereas the type he found in wet places. 



Helix lapicida, L. 



I have not been fortunate enough to meet 

 with this species in this county. Though not 

 rare it has only been sparingly met with and 

 is a local form. 



3. Wychwood and Charlbury. — (Stretch, 



1855). Sparingly at Charlbury, abun- 

 dantly in the chalk near Goring (S. 

 Spencer Pearce, 1883). 

 (To be continued.) 



