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Mr. Ashford says that the lip is sometimes pink, and 

 occasionally — when the ground color of the shell is unusually 

 dark — pinkish purple. 



Rev. J. McMurtrie describes a number of variations from 

 various localities, some of these appear to be transitional only, 

 but it is not always possible to state definitely from descriptions 

 only. 



Var. maxima n. v. Shell larger. Diam. maj. 48, min. 32, alt. 38 mill. 



I have specimens from Algiers received from Mr. Ver- 

 kruzen which I have distinguished by the above name. The 

 two specimens I possess are differently marked — one belonging 

 to grisea and the other approaching the var. albofasciata. M. 

 Abbe Dupuy has found at Preste, Pyrenees- Orientales, some 

 examples which attain the dimensions of the largest Algerian 

 specimens. Miss Hele writes : " In Algiers they soon thrive, 

 and I have enormous shells from there whose forefathers were 

 true-born English snails." 



The Rev. W. C. Hey informs me he has found very large 

 specimens at Pickering, Yorks. The largest English specimen 

 I have was kindly given me by Mr. Vaughan, of London, and 

 is 40 mill, in diam. It is from the neighbourhood of London. 



Var. minor Picard. Shell smaller. Diam. maj. 28, min. 23, alt. 22 mill. 

 I found a specimen of this in 1875, at Riccall, Yorks. 

 On the coast at Mudeford and Christchurch, Hants. ; Wey- 

 mouth Wareham, and Torquay, Dorset, (Ashford). Specimens 

 from this latter locality weigh from 6 to 8 grains. Miss F. M. 

 Hele has kindly given me specimens from Bristol and Carlisle ; 

 Mr. R. M. Christy, one from a roadside hedge at Chelmsford ; 

 Mr. Madison, some found at Salford Priors, Worcestershire, 

 and Mr. Roebuck, one from Egiwys Rhos, Llandudno. The 

 Rev. J. McMurtrie has found specimens near Arnold's Pond, 

 North Guernsey. Island of Herm (Cooke and Gwatkin). 



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