lOHRXAT, OF CONCHOLOCV 



LIST OF MOl.l.USCA FOUND AT MRIRTNGEN. 

 SWrrZERLAND. 



r.v Rkw 1. W. HORSLEV, M.A. 



Havinc. spent a month in this hcautitul place and excellent 

 centre for expeditions in the Bernese Oherland, it may be 

 useful to other visitors who are conchologists if I record what 

 terrestrial mollusca are to he found there. It is not a very good 

 l(~>calit\-, hut Or. Studer of the Afusee d'Histoire Naturelle at 

 r.crne kindly furnished me with a list of the species hitherto 

 recorded t'rom Meiringen and the Haslithal. They were Z''////(■.^■ 

 (•('/A/''7V/.^^ //(7/.\ nidcrata, H. rofitiidafa, II. ohvolnta. If. f^t-rsoihi/ii. 

 If. arhiisioriini (and \ar. alhicola). H. !a[>icida, 11. ncnioralis, If. 

 liortiiisis, H. svh'afiiii (antl \ar. a/ficv/a). H. nth'sfn's, H. 

 fniticitm (and \-\\. fasciata). II. iiicaniafa, Il.scricca, H. Iit'sfidn, 

 JI. r/7/<>S(7, If. ■'fiidorii/ii \-ar. mi/ior, Ihili)iiiis i/ioiifa/iits, 7>. 

 fll'sci/nis, B. detritus, Cochiicopa htbrica, Clatisilia laiiiiiiatii, CI. 

 parviila., CI. iiiiiiiiiia, CL ^i^nraV/s, Ci. diibia, CI. plicatiila, CI. 

 vi'iitricosa. Pupa aveiiaica. P. .wra/c'. In atldition to these I 

 found Zonites fi/Iviis and Z. crw^fiil/i/ii/s. Helix pi/teliella. If. 

 poniatia, Carxchium iiii)iii)ium, Siicciuea piitris, ]'ertigo minutis- 

 siiihiy J', a/pestris. and F. (i/zi^z/stior. As hearing on the 

 question of the non-identitv of Heli.x iieiuoralis and //. /lorte/i- 

 sis, I may say that while the latter was fairly common, the former 

 was only to he found in one hotel garden, no doubt introduced 

 with shrubs. Ifelix fniticiim at a first glance is almost indistin- 

 guishable from ff. horlensis var. liitea until the deep umbilicus 

 is noticed, but on extricating the animal it is found that the shell 

 is white and pellucid, and the bright yellow colour comes entirely 

 from the body of the mollusc. What other instances of this 

 are there ? I would gladly exchange some of these Swiss shells 

 for ibreign TTelices from any country. 



J.C., vii., Jan,, iSga 



