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near the Downs, West Sussex " ; Capt. Beechen has found 

 it at Clayton, Mrs. Fitzgerald at Folkestone, and Mr. A. Loydell 

 at Worthing, all in the same county ; Mr. Ashford has found 

 it at Dorking, Surrey. 



The Rev. A. M. Norman remarks on some remarkably 

 pale specimens on a hedgebank at the foot of Watlington Hill, 

 Oxfordshire, which were probably this variety. 



The Rev. J. McMurtrie describes specimens from Norfolk 

 and Tenby as " light-coloured and so approaching var. exalbida," 

 of which he regards them as a sub-variety. I am inclined to 

 consider them as the var. grisea. 



Found in France at Toulouse (Moquin-Tandon), and at 

 Bordeaux (Scharff). 



Var. albescens Picard. Shell whitish, banded or flammulated with reddish. 



Rev. J- McMurtrie has found at Cromer and Thorpe, 

 Norfolk, some shells which he describes as " pale yellow with 

 light-brown, non-transparent marblings," and regards as- a 

 variety of exalbida. Judging from description only, I am in- 

 clined to consider them as variety albescens. 



France (Moquin-Tandon). 



Var. albofasciata JefiF. Shell reddish-brown with a single white band. 



Dr. Jeffreys says "rather local but not uncommon." 



Mr. Ashford has kindly sent for my inspection a specimen 

 of this variety from Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight. 



Mr. Hopkinson, of Watford, has also sent me an immature 

 specimen found near Red Wharf Bay, Anglesea, but the band 

 in this shell is tinged light yellowish grey. 



"Several near Mansfield, Notts." (E. Pickard); not un- 

 common at Godalming, Surrey (H. W. Kidd) ; a colony at 

 Worthing, in Sussex (A. Loydell) ; Westbury-on-Trym, near 

 Bristol (Cundall) ; and the Rev. W. C. Hey informs me that 

 he has taken a "variety with a light band," at Gt. Orme's 

 Head. 



J.C, iv:, Oct., 1883. 



