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THE CONCHOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Literature on the Genus Vitrina.— 



Mr. Neal will find references to the habits, 



&c., of this genus in the following articles : — 



Dr. Simroth " Beitrage zur Kenntniss der 



Nacktschnecken," chap, i, p. 5. Nova 



Acta Ac. Ca's. Leop-Car. Germ. Ahit. 



Cur.., 1890. 



Melville and Ponsonby Ann. and Mag. 



of Nat. Hist., Dec, 1890. 

 Tryon's Manual of Conchology, Vol. i, 



2nd series. 

 H. Perkins and others, Science Gossip, 



Vol. 8, 1872. 

 W. E. CoUinge " Observations on F. 

 pellucida." Zoologist, p. 467, 1890. 



Helix aculeata, Mull, in West Kent. 



— On May 26th, I picked up three specimens 

 of H. aciileata, clinging to a half rotten piece 

 of wood, in a damp situation ; at Wychling, 

 near Sittingbourne, Kent. As I find it is 

 not recorded in the Conchological Census 

 for West Kent, am I right in concluding 

 this is its first record for that county ? — 

 E. W. SwANTON, Doddington, Sittingbourne. 



List of Shells found on Chancton- 

 bury Ring, Sussex. — On April 28th, 

 1 891, whilst staying near Worthing, I 

 walked to Chanctonbury Ring ; which is I 

 believe the highest point in Sussex ; and 

 obtained the following species:— ZT. aspersa, 

 H. neinoraiis, H. cafitiana, H. caperata, 

 H. rnfescens, with var. a/ba ; H. rotundata, 

 H. pulchella, with var. costata, H. hispida, 

 II. aculeata (not mentioned in the Con- 

 chological Census for West Sussex) ; Vitrina 

 pellncida, Carychiinn mininmm, Hyalina fulva, 

 Hyalina nitidula, Balea perversa, Clausilia 

 rugosa, Clausilia laminala, and Cochlicopa 



lubrica. Litnncza peregra were in abundance 

 in a small pool there. — E. W. Swanton, 

 Doddington, Sittingbourne. 



New Shells from Southport.— Mr. J. W. 



Williams is far wide of the mark in describ- 

 ing the species in his list as new records for 

 South Lancashire, all but two species {Amalia 

 marginata and Zonites excavatus) having been 

 recorded by Mr. Standen and myself from the 

 undermentioned localities in South Lancashire. 

 Zonites alliarius. Common along the 

 Kibble valley. Manchester, &c. (Standen, 

 Lane. L. and F. Moll.). 

 H. aspersa. Walton-le-dale. Gardens at 



Preston. Whalley. (Ibid.) 

 H. virgata. Southport. (Ibid.) 

 H. pygmoea. Taken in Barlow Woods. 

 (Ibid.) I also recorded this species at 

 Leeds two years ago as "common at 

 Farington." 

 V. pygmcea. Farington. These I sent 



to Leeds for record in 1889-90. 

 P. marginata. Common on the Sand- 

 hills, Southport. (Standen, Lane. L. and 

 F. Moll.) 

 I took A. marginata at Hesketh Park, 

 Southport in 1889, but did not record it, 

 and since Mr. Standen's list appeared in 

 1887 I have recorded many of the above 

 species from ' numerous South Lancashire 

 localities. — \V. Hy. Heathcote, Preston. 



[Hyalina nitidula was recorded from South 

 Lancashire by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, in 

 the Naturalist, Feb. 1886, p. 55. Helix 

 aspersa and Fupa {muscorum = ). marginata 

 are included in a list of the shells of 

 Southport, Mr. J. Darker Butterell informs 

 me, published in 1859, in a work entitled 

 " A Handbook for Southport, Medical and 

 General, with copious notices of the natural 

 history of the district," by H. McNicoll, 

 M.D., &c.— Editor. 



