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in the Isle of Man. My Killarney specimens were found, as I 

 said before, on a dripping wet wall in a downpour of rain. It 

 is curious to know that another wall-loving mollusc, Helix 

 rupestris, was found by Mr. Collier in a similar viviparous con- 

 dition. It would be interesting to know whether Mr. Craven 

 found his specimen on a wet wall or during wet weather. I 

 suppose it would be ' stretching a point ' in the ' scientific use 

 of the imagination ' to infer that the young molluscs had sought 

 refuge in their mother's house to prevent themselves from being 

 washed away or drowned, or that the mothers had taken charge 

 of the young after the fashion of the ant when danger was in 

 evidence. The remarks made by Mr. Craven and Mr. Edgar 

 Smith are full of interesting issues which can only be worked 

 out and substantiated by the diligent and observant conchologist. 



Sinistral Helix aspersa at Bristol. — Last Monday, 

 Feb. 8, 1892, I took a walk through fields on the outskirts of 

 Paddy's Lane. Close to a stream there very fine Limncea 

 peregra locates. I found the remains of a very large reversed 

 Helix aspersa. The winter had made some hungry feathered 

 friend find and feed on a costly meal. The shell is remarkably 

 coloured — the bands almost black and evenly situated. I 

 searched the hedge, but could find no more. This broken 

 Helix aspersa is the third reversed shell of this species I have 

 taken near Paddy's Lane. — F. M. Hele. 



Limnaea stagnalis L. monst. sinistrorsum. — Mr. J. 

 Ray Hardy exhibited a nice specimen of this monstrosity at the 

 April meeting of the Manchester Branch, which he had obtained 

 along with the collection of the late Thomas Morley, of Man- 

 chester. It is immature, and about one inch in length, and 

 was labelled, ' Drain near Doncaster, i860.' — R; Standen. 



