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I have not been so fortunate as to see any but the two 

 specimens referred to above, and am inclined to think there 

 are some errors made in its identification, as I have at different 

 times had several specimens sent under this name none of 

 which appertained to the variety. 



Var. unicolor Moquin-Tandon. Shell of a clear uniform fallow or fulvous 

 colour, without traces of the spiral banding. 



Found by Mr. S. Tuke at Torquay (C. Ashford), and I 

 have specimens found by Mr. Madison of Birmingham, at 

 Horn Dean, Hants., which he kindly presented to me. 



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

 Bordeaux (Scharff ). From the latter locality I have a specimen 

 kindly given me by that gentleman. 



Var. virescens Moquin-Tandon. Shell of a uniform greenish-yellow { = 

 virescens conroloi- Requien). 



Mr. J. E. Harting, in his account of "The Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca of Sussex" says : "specimens of a pale yellowish- 

 green have been met with inland at Cowfold." 



At Mr. Harting's request, Mr. Borrer, the collector of the 

 specimen, kindly sent it for my examination. The greenish 

 tinge at the time of my inspection was very faint, but if as is 

 possible the green tint has faded to some extent, it must be 

 referred to this variety. 



It has also been recorded from Bastia, Corsica (Requien). 



Var. exalbida Menke. Shell whitish or yellowish with translucent 

 markings. 



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

 Rev. W. C. Hey records a colony on a bridge-bank near Bridling- 

 ton Quay, Yorks., where he had taken them for several years, 

 always in exactly the same spot. Miss F. M. Hele finds it in 

 the neighbourhood of nettles and ivy at Leigh Woods, Clifton, 

 where it was discovered by Miss Hele ; as many as twenty have 

 been taken in a single evening, but the chief locality is now 



