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name ; it is allied to my var. nigrescens, but differs, I think, 

 sufficiently to entitle it to special recognition ; No. 5, Mzona 

 Moq., but has the usual or lower band indistinct ; No. 6, 

 var. articidata Lam.' Var. strigata Menke is an ordinary 

 Maltese type. Calcara mentions it and nine varieties as 

 found in Sicily. 



B. pupa Linn. — Common. The specimens I found on Filfla 

 are of larger size than any I ever found on Malta. Benoit 

 gives it as very common in mountainous places of Sicily, 

 and says it varies somewhat in size and dimensions. 



Pupa granum Drap. — This species is common especially on 

 Manoel Island, its small size and colour similar to that of 

 the earth might cause it to be overlooked. 



P. avenacea Brug. — I found the var. uiijior in the same locality 

 as P. granum. The type I did not find, but there are speci- 

 mens in the Valletta University Museum. 



Cyclostoma melitense Sowb. — Common. A variety with 

 a deep lilac-coloured shell and light-coloured bands is not 

 so common. Perhaps this should be rather named C. 

 degans Miill. var. melitense, C. elegans Mlill., according to 

 Benoit, being common all over Sicily. Calcara gives two 

 Sicilian varieties : i albido cinerea, 2 ide^n. rufa violacea 

 fasciata et maculata. 



Alexia myosotis Drap. — Feilden says of this species, ' Com- 

 mon in damp and uncultivated spots near the sea.' This 

 was not my experience at all. Caruana says, ' Common 

 with a biplicated variety ; found at the Marsa and on 

 the decaying roots of plants in marshy places at the Saline.' 

 This I think describes better its habitat. I found it 'in 

 numbers on the stones at the side of a small stream at the 

 head of the Grand .Harbour ; not the stream from the 

 Marsa, but on the Corradino side of this. Its habits seem 

 semi-aquatic. It is also found at Wied Gineyna. 



Specimens of the majority of the above are to be seen in a 

 collection deposited by Major Feilden in the British Museum, 



