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France (Moquin-Tandon). M. Abbe Dupuy has found 

 some very small specimens at Preste (Pyrendes-Orientales), 

 and Mr. R. ScharfF has given me two specimens from near 

 Bordeaux, one of which has the markings of var. zonata, and 

 the other of var. albofasciata. 



Var. conoidea Picard. Shell elongately conoid, with a small mouth ( = var. 

 conica, Gassies). 



Dr. Jeffreys says : " Sandhills and cliffs at the sea side." 

 One specimen at Bridlington (Rev. W. C. Hey). General in 

 hedges near Bristol ( J. W. Cundall) ; and I have specimens 

 from Folkestone, kindly given me by Mrs. Fitzgerald. Plentiful 

 at Castle Hill, &c., Tenby (G. S. Tye). Two specimens from 

 a wall on damp ground near Arnold's Pond, North Guernsey, 

 dwarfed in size, alt. 21 mill, breadth 15 mill. (McMurtrie). 



France (Moquin-Tandon). M. Gassies records it as var. 

 conica from the Agenais. 



Mr. Ponsonby has kindly given me a specimen from the 

 province of Constantine, Algeria. 



Var. globosa Pieard. Shell larger and more globular (=var. depressa, 

 Gassies. 



Mrs. Fitzgerald says : " On the high chalk hills near the 

 sea a large form is found with a very small depressed spire and 

 very ample mouth " — doubtless this variety. 



France (Moquin-Tandon). M. Gassies records it from 

 the Agenais as var. depressa. 



Specimens kindly sent me from Capetown by Dr. Gibbons 

 are of this form though rather less than the usual size. 



Var. tenuior Shuttl. Shell smaller, very thin and transparent (=var. 

 tenuis Jeffr.). 



Downs, on the south coast of Guernsey, from which place, 

 I have specimens kindly given me by Mrs. Fitzgerald. Cobo 

 Bay (Rev. W. C. Hey). Mr. Ashford has found a specimen 

 weighing only three grains at Weymouth, Dorset. 



