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familiar with the slug worm-eaters, and has found it when 

 digging in our present garden. 



At Preston Candover, near Basingstoke, a white variety of 

 Clausilia laviinata, Mont., has been found rather commonly. 



Sussex District. — This division includes a small piece of 



the Kentish coast and the whole of the county of Sussex. 



It is situated mainly on two distinct formations, viz., that 



portion of the Wealden generally known, I think, as the 



Hastings sand and the southern branch of the range of chalk 



hills or the South Downs. The shells vary very considerably 



from east to west. The eastern fauna more nearly approaches 



that of the Thames valley or the North Kent marshes, and all 



the ponds and streams are well stocked with the freshwater 



bivalves Sphcerium, Pisidiuni, etc., and many species of 



Limncea, Planorbis, etc. Limncsa glutinosa, Miill., common in 



North Kent, is conspicuously absent here. Among the slugs 



T. haliotidea, Drap., has been found on one or two occasions. 



Zonites and Helix are well represented by the commoner 



species. H. carthusiana, Miill. , and H. virgata, Da Costa., occur 



round the south coast, common on the chalk, but much rarer 



elsewhere. Three species of Vertigo have been t^^<.Qn, pygmcea, 



Drap. a?itivertigo, Drap., edentula, Drap., and Acme lineata, 



Drap., near Hastings. The general character of the East Sussex 



shells is an abundance of the commoner species, but nothing 



peculiar or remarkable. The details about East Sussex I 



have mainly extracted from a list compiled by Mr. J. H. A. 



Jenner. In the western part of the county there are several 



fresh shells which appear to be stragglers from Hampshire. 



Dead shells have been found of H. pomatia, L.; and H. 



obvoluta, Miill, and H. fusca, Mont., occur sparingly. Of the 



last, two specimens were taken at Lewes in 1852, but I have 



never heard of its being taken since. Helix sericea, Miill., 



easily distinguished by the silky hairs with which the epidermis 



is covered, is found in one or two places. H. ericetorum, 



Miill., and H. virgata, Da Cos., occur all round the coast, most 



abundantly on the chalk. 



One vtxy curious slug found in this district is Limax 

 cinereo-niger, Wolf The upper surface does not differ notice- 

 ably in some specimens from Limax maximus, L., the common 

 potted slug of our gardens ; but on the under side of sole 



