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living in Malta and Gozo, and here enumerated, are deposited 
in the British Museum, and no confusion therefore need arise 
should additional species, which I may have overlooked, come to 
hand at some future time. 
Genus Pisip1um. 
P. fontinale? (Cyclas), Drap.—Included on the authority of 
Dr. Caruana's and Issel’s lists as found in stagnant water at 
the Marsa and in fountains. Though I have found the species 
referred to during my residence in Malta, I am sorry to say that 
no specimens are now in my collection. 
Genus CycLosToMA. 
Cyclostoma melitense, Sowb.—Very common both in Malta 
and Gozo. A variety with a deep lilac-coloured shell, banded 
with white, is frequently met with. 
Genus Patuprna ? 
Paludina? (Amnicola?) melitensis, Benoit.—This small species 
of Paludina is met with in most of the streams, wells, and old 
aqueducts of the islands. 
Genus Limax. 
Three species of Limaxz are included in Dr. Caruana’s list, 
viz., L. variegatus, Drap., L. nigricans? Schultz, and L. gagates, 
Drap. The species of slugs collected by me in Malta, from not 
having been properly preserved in spirits at the time, are not 
now to be identified. 
Genus HELIx. 
H. aperta, Born.—Very common both in Malta and Gozo. 
H. aspersa, Miiller.—Abundant, more especially in gardens; 
it is largely consumed by the natives as an article of food. 
Lhave partaken of this species cooked in various ways, but do 
not consider it palatable. 
H. Schembrii, Scacchi (H. calearata, Benoit).—Very common, 
especially by the borders of the sea. This species is liable to be 
confounded with H. pyramidata, Drap., by a casual observer; 
the difference in the size of the umbilicus will, however, at once 
separate the two species. 
