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JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. lo, NO. 6, APRIL, 1902, 



468 Here insert : 



anceps Marshall. 

 47 1 Here insert : 



petitiana Bnisina. 

 487 Cassidaria [echinophora] ; see J. 



Conch., vol. 7, p. 381, 1894. 

 496 After Morch add [ = Fusus\. 



The generic name Ftisus does not 



occur because all the British forms 



have now been separated into other 



genera. 

 511 For evidence see Wyville Thomson, 



" Depths of the Sea," p. 86. 

 522 Bela Leach in Gray. 

 535 costata net ecostata. 



542 Reduce Thesbia, Pleurotomella, 

 Teres, and Bellardiella to the 

 rank of subgenera, 



569 Haminea Leach in Gray. 



570 Roxania Leach in Gray. 

 ^TJ punctata (/. Adams). 

 592 Oscanius Leach in Gray. 

 700 /Alexia Leach in Gray. 



denticulata Montagu \_ = niyosotis v. 

 ringens\ 

 V. myosotis Draparnaiid. 



718 For OCTOPODIDiE read 



POLYPODID2E. 



Polypusy. G. Schneider\= Octopus\ 

 720 Moschitesy. G. Schneider 



\ — Elcdone.'\ 



Report on the Marple Ramble, July 27th, 1901. — Marplehas, apart from its 

 scenic beauties, for many years past been a favourite hunting ground of the Man- 

 chester naturalists, and conchologists especially have found the calm basins of the 

 canal locks, fringed and in some cases, partially overgrown with reeds, the 

 damp shady woods, and river banks, most prolific in molluscan life — about fifty 

 species having been recorded from the district. It was here that the late Mr. 

 Thomas Rogers first discovered Hyalinia glabra, and this alone gives, and will 

 continue to give, a peculiar ititerest to the locality. The party proceeded along the 

 canal banks in the direction of Romiley, crossing and passing underneath the aque- 

 duct bridge, along the banks of the Goyt, and thence through the fields and woods 

 to Compstall. In spite of the long drought many shells were obtained, and the 

 canal yielded practically all the species hitherto recorded in the pages of the 

 Journal, which it is scarcely necessary to recapitulate. Helix nenioralis and H. 

 arhustoriitn still exist, but in yearly diminishing numbers, doubtless owing to the 

 poisoning of the herbage l)y smoky rain, and the ravages of Thrushes and Field- 

 mice. Judging from the quantity of nibbled shells found in the runs of the field-mice, 

 these little rodents must destroy great numbers of snails in the course of a season. 

 It was noted with much satisfaction that a colony of H. hortensis had become 

 established in an extensive patch of nettles and willowherb, which has for years 

 been known as the home of IL. ?iemoralis, but this species has almost disappeared 

 and is apparently being supplanted by its smaller congener. The colony of H. 

 hortensis is principally composed of very beautiful forms of v. coalita and v. a^enicola, 

 with a few of the type. Both species were found burrowing deeply into the soil, 

 and in the act of depositing eggs. All the Hyalinice occur, some species in fair 

 numbers, but it is noticeable that Bnlimns obscwus, Clatisilia perversa, CI. 

 laininata. Pupa anglica, P. cylindracea, Vertigo edentula. Helix fusca and H. 

 aculeata are not nearly so abundant as formerly, although fair series of each of these 

 may still be procured by careful search under suitable conditions, and at the proper 

 season. — R. Standen {Read before the Society, October 9th, 1901). 



