134 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



Limax agrestis var. reticulata Miill. in Britain. — 



This variety should be added to the British Hst. Individuals 

 belonging to it are I believe not uncommon. I have just had 

 a number sent to me by Mr. R. Renton, of Faus, near Earlston, 

 Berwickshire, which agree very well with Moquin's and Pini's 

 descriptions. The latter author (Molluschi del Territorie 

 d'Esino) gives the description thus : — Animal ash-brown with 

 the back covered with an irregular reticulation of brown colour, 

 sometimes reddish ; shield unicolorous, paler, irregularly macu- 

 lated with brown. The appearance of a iine network arises 

 from the circumstance that the interstices between the rugae of 

 the body are much darker than the rug^ themselves (often 

 nearly black). The variety has been recorded for France 

 (Moquin-Tandon), and Northern Italy (Lessona and Pollon- 

 era) ; while Pini speaks of it as being rare at Esino, but a preva- 

 lent form in the plain of Lorabardy. — W. Denison Roebuck, 

 Sep. 22nd, 1883. 



Linnnaea palustris var. obesa n. v. (PI. i., fig. 5.) 



Among some shells collected at Faversham by 

 Miss Fairbrass, and kindly sent by her for my examina- 

 tion, I detected this interesting form, which she has 

 generously added to my collection. It is remarkable 

 for its obesity, the dimensions of the type specimen 

 being alt. 23|mill., diam. 14-I mill. ; apert. alt. 12^ 

 mill., diam. 8 mill. 



This variety has some affinity with the var, corvics 

 of Gmelin, but is pale brown instead of purplish- 

 brown, and is much stouter in proportion to its length. 

 I have not yet seen a perfectly characteristic British 

 specimen of the var. corvus.- — John W. Taylor, Sep. 

 24th, 1883. 



J.C, iv., Jan., 1884. 



