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The Rev. G. Shaw, of Grimsby, as Mr. Smith tells me, 

 collected about 60,000 cowries in two years, during his 

 accustomed morning walk on the sands ; one morning he 

 picked up 1,300 between Grimsby and Cleethorpes ; they were 

 lying in little groups of about five or six the whole of the way. 



BULLID.i:. 



Cylichna cylindracea (Perm.). Occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 

 Utriculus obtusus (Mont.). Common. Muddy estuaries, such 



as, amongst others, those of the Humber and Wash (British 



Conchology, iv. 424). 

 Var. lajonkaireana (Bast.). (B. S. Dodd). 

 Utriculus hyalinus (Turt.). Sutton and Skegness; fine; rather 



scarce (B. S. Dodd and J. T. Marshall). 

 Acera bullata Mull. One or two (B. S. Dodd). 

 Philine catena (Mont.). Scarce (B. S. Dodd). 

 Philine angulata Jeff. Four or five specimens of this mollusc, 



which is everywhere rare, taken at Skegness, etc. (B. S. Dodd 



and J. T. Marshall). 

 Philine aperta (L.). Two or three specimens (B. S. Dodd). 



CARYCHIID^. 



Melampus myosotis (Drap.). Not plentiful on the beach (B. S. 

 Dodd). Lives at the margins of the muddy pools near the 

 sandhills to the south of Saltfleet Haven (H.W. K.). 



SEPIOLID.E. 

 Sepiola rondeletii Leach. Living (B. S. Dodd). 



SEPIIDtE. 



Sepia officinalis L. Dorsal plate (B. S. Dodd). 



On the Lincolnshire coast, as elsewhere, collecting shells on the 

 sands is a favourite sea-side amusement, especially with children. 

 Cowries (Cyproca europcea) are much sought for, and are called 

 ' Blackamoor's teeth ' by children. The valves of Pholas are spoken 

 of as ' Angels' wings,' those of Pecten as ' Jane shells ' and those of 

 Solen are called ' Knives and Forks.' The shells of Tellina are 

 much in favour, especially those which have been bored, and can be 

 threaded upon strings ; but I do not know that any popular name is 

 applied to this kind of shell in the county, nor even to Nucida 

 nucleus, which is much prized. 



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