1.62 StANDEN ^ On acme LINEAfA. 



company, such as Carychium and various Zonites, are tolerably 

 abundant still, but the place, as a resort for the naturalist, is 

 about to share the fate of many similar pretty spots around 

 Manchester, and will soon be effaced by railway encroachments 

 or otherwise, so that all hopes of ever again finding Acme there 

 may be dismissed from our thoughts. About the same date two 

 or three specimens were taken alive in a small wood at Clifton, 

 near Manchester, by Mr. J. R. Hardy and the late Mr. Thomas 

 Morley. These were all in the collection of the latter gentleman 

 at the time of his shells being purchased by Mr. T. Foster of 

 this town, who has, or had very recently, them still. I have 

 myself repeatedly searched the place where Mr. Foster's speci- 

 mens were obtained, and on the 3rd of August last I was pleased 

 to find one very beautiful specimen alive under the bark of a 

 fallen alder tree. The only other species I have met with in this 

 wood is Zonites excavatus, which is abundant. From the 

 character of this place, coupled with the greater experience I 

 have recently acquired as to how and where to search for Acme, 

 I am hopeful of securing other specimens from it when I have 

 an opportunity for further search. 



In Cheshire, the only locality yet noticed for Acme is 

 Marple, where Mr. J. Ray Hardy obtained one living specimen 

 in July, 1866, from a part of the wood on the river-bank in a 

 line with the school-house. This was found on shaking out some 

 moss in search for Coleoptera, and in the following year Mr. 

 James Walkden obtained another living specimen from the same 

 place by similar means. Mr. Walkden's shell is, or should be, 

 now in the Vernon Park Museum, where it was transferred when 

 his collection was purchased by the Stockport Corporation. 



On July 26th of the present year Mr. W. H. Heathcote, of 

 Preston, was so fortunate as to discover a station for Actne near 

 Fleetwood, where it occurs in considerable numbers. This 

 locaUty I had the pleasure of visiting in his company on Sept. 

 14th and was successful in taking with my own hands twenty- 

 three specimens, three of them being lovely examples of yar. alba 



J.C., vi., Jan., 1890. 



