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one year, and my sister,. Miss Fanny Hele, the following year, 

 to visit Loch Skene, and if it should induce other lovers of 

 conchology to do the same, I can promise them they will never 

 regret the hours spent near the loch, or their endeavours to 

 secure this most interesting variety of Limncza peregra. — (Miss) 

 Jessie Hele, Aug. 14th, 1883. 



Limax maximus var. cellaria d'Argenville. — I have 

 now to add this to the varieties given in the Conchological 

 Society's List of British MoUusca. I have received it from 

 Ackworth, where it was collected not uncommonly and of large 

 size by my friend, Mr. Hugh Richardson. This was in June, 

 1883. Since then I have found it myself at Conway Castle, 

 Llangwystenin, and Dinas Station, all in North Wales. In fact 

 I believe it may be considered as one of the common and 

 prevalent British varieties, and the sole reason for its not having 

 been formally placed on record for this country before is simply 

 that the varieties of our British slugs have not been hitherto 

 recorded at all. This was originally described as a species by 

 d'Argenville (1775) under the name of Limax cellaria. The 

 characters of the variety are that it is ash-coloured, with the 

 shield spotted with black, and the back with interrupted fasciae 

 of the same colour, the fasciae being four in number, according 

 to Pini. I believe it will ultimately be found to occur through- 

 out this country, while on the Continent it has been recorded 

 for Toulouse (Moquin) and for Esino in Lombardy (Pini). — 

 Wm. Denison Roebuck. 



Helix rotundata var. alba Moq. in Scotland. — Mr. 



Robert Scharff, of Edinburgh, has kindly sent me a living 

 specimen of this variety collected by himself in July of the 

 present year at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh. This adds another 

 to the recorded localities of this form. — J. W. Taylor, 

 Aug. 8th, 1883. 



