174 Jackson: Succinea oblonga at Grange-over-Sands, Lancs. 
about among the debris, and it is quite possible that the 
Succinee had been driven out of their usual marshy habitat 
by the inroads of the sea. 
Among the dead shells nothing striking was noticed, the 
species being mostly of the commoner kinds, such as Hygromia 
rufescens, H. hispida, Vitrea cellaria, etc., though more time 
spent at this place might have resulted in the acquisition of 
some of the rarer kinds, as is often the case in the north 
of Ireland after floods. The finding of this species in the above 
two widely separated places, coupled with the fact that Mr. 
Beeston also obtained some immature specimens of Szccinee, 
which he believes to be S. oblonga, in another situation on the 
same marsh last August, leads us to think that it will prove 
abundant all over the marsh. 
It is interesting to compare this habitat with that of Braun- 
ton Burrows, in Devonshire, both of which, whilst dissimilar in 
physical and general aspects—the one being among the sand 
dunes, the other (near Grange) being on ‘ salt-marsh ’—agree 
in the fact of the species inhabiting places near the sea and 
where the water is brackish. 
We proceeded to Eggerslack Wood, where we were soon 
amongst an abundance of Acanthinula lamellata. This species 
was first found here in October, 1905, by the writer,* when only 
a single specimen was taken. In August last Messrs. Booth 
and Rhodes were more fortunate, obtaining thirty or more 
specimens in a short time. tT 
On the occasion of our joint visit the shell was very much 
‘in evidence, almost every dead beech leaf having one or more 
examples adhering to it. The shells were mostly of a somewhat 
depressed form. 
Another object of our visit—Aczcula lineata—we were not 
so fortunate with, only about eight examples being noticed, 
three of which were white. A number of the usually more 
prolific species was observed during our collecting. 
It would be interesting here, also, to note that Mr W. H. 
Heathcote, of Preston, found Avion ater var. alba sub-var. 
marginata in abundance at Woodhead, near Grange, when 
collecting on Easter Monday, as well as a fine example of 
Helix aspersa var. exalbida, the first record for Lancashire. 
* See ‘Journ. Conch.,’ Vol. 11, 1906, p. 361. 
+ Op. cit., Vol. 12, 1907, p. 19. 
Naturalist, 
