94 Field Notes. 



nebulosus L. from oak, Anthophagus caraboides L. {testaccus 

 Gr.) from birch, and Rhynchites nanus Pk., and R. mannerheimi 

 Humm. (megacephalus Germ.), from various trees. 



MOLL USC A. 

 Varieties of Helix nemoralis L. in Notts. — I have 

 received a number of varieties and modifications of Helix 

 nemoralis which, judging from the lists in J. W. Taylor's 

 ' Monograph of Land and Freshwater Mollusca,' and Prof. 

 Carr's recent ' Invertebrate Fauna of Notts.' have not been 

 recorded in this neighbourhood. I am much indebted to 

 Messrs. W. D. Roebuck and J. W. Taylor for verifying examples 

 of the varieties quoted. Shells recorded from ' Aspley ' are 

 from the lane near Aspley Hall, on the west of Nottingham, 

 which appears to possess a very rich molluscan fauna. 



var. rubella Pic. Very common. Aspley, Wollaton, Ed- 

 walton, etc. 

 s.v. violacea Baud, ooooo. Lane near Aspley. 

 s.v. albescens Pic. Not uncommon, ooooo. Edwalton. 



00300 Aspley. 

 Also some extremely pale specimens from Gotham, 

 s.v. camea Baud. Common. Aspley, Edwalton, Wolla- 

 ton and Gotham, 

 var. fascialba Pic. Common in 00300. Aspley, Wollaton, 



Gotham and Barton Moors, 

 var. roseolabiata Kob. Fairly common at Aspley. 

 var. bimarginata Pic. Not rare. Aspley. 



s.v. tenuis Baud. Aspley. Relatively thin shells are 

 not uncommon on the Bunter sandstone near 

 Wollaton. 

 I have also noticed the following band variations in addition 

 to those recorded by Prof. Carr : — - 



I0 345 m v - libellula. Gotham and Aspley. 



02345 



1(2345) >> >> Whitemoor. 



i(23)(45) „ ,, Aspley. 



i 2 2345 ,, ,, Gotham. 



12340 ,, v. rubella. Gotham. 



—Arthur E. Trueman, M.Sc, University College, Nottm. 



Mr. J. F. Musham has been elected President of the Selby Scientific 

 Society. 



At a recent meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society, Mr. William Mansbridge described some ' Recent Experiments 

 in breeding Aplecta nebulosn.' In these, he had a confirmation of an 

 experiment in 1914 where var. robsoni was bred from moths of the typical 

 form of markings. Attention was also directed to a recurring variation, 

 of a leaden-grey ground-colour, for which the name plumbosa was proposed. 



Naturalist, 



