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reflected lip of C.flamviea and C. Jimbriata, etc., and are in no way 

 connected with the sculpture of the shell. I have never seen a single 

 specimen with these blotches behind the varices, except where there 

 is a double-lipped specimen, which may be regarded rather as a de- 

 formity. The dentition also appears to be unequally distributed, 

 irrespective of size or shape; the specimens with tabulated whorls 

 should, I think, be ascribed to C. paticirugis, but the thin slender 

 lightness of the shell is in some instances remarkable. A specimen 

 displaying finely marked dentition and thickened reflected lip, chan- 

 nelled towards the body whorl, which has faint bands of chestnut 

 colour terminating at the lip, where they become darker and spreading 

 round the lip, showing from the front aspect, interior of aperture 

 saffron colour, is a typical C. paucirugis except in the ivory-white 

 colour which may only have been caused by the type specimen being 

 a dead shell, and therefore deprived of colour. Several of the smaller 

 ovate specimens have a number of transverse grooves towards the base, 

 and are distinctly banded. The variety of form, sculpture, etc., seems 

 worthy of remark. 



In conclusion, there seems to be almost no special characteristic that 

 is developed in only one example of this species ; they seem to run by 

 means of intermediate examples from one to another, smooth convex 

 whorls are sometimes accompanied by dentition ; tabulated whorls 

 also sometimes have dentition ; tuberculations also do not constitute 

 a distinction, as they are in like manner unequally distributed; and as 

 to var. 7iivea, I think, as its name implies, that it is a white or colour- 

 less variety of the above. 



Report on the Miller's Dale Ramble. — August 15th, the day chosen for this 

 ramble, proved to be one of the worst experienced for some time. The weather of 

 the previous day had been anything but appropriate, there being exceedingly heavy 

 rain at intervals, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and the 15th was no im- 

 provement on this, as the morning opened with fine drizzling rain which continued 

 throughout the day. As on the previous ramble, the attraction was the taking of 

 Cacilioides acicula. In spite of the rain, some sixty specimens were soon collected, 

 a fair percentage of them being alive. Several other shells were collected, most of 

 which were recorded last year. Some interesting varieties, however, of Helix hor- 

 tensis were gathered, chief of which were vars. hitea, pallida, and coalita ; Helix 

 arbiistorian was present in good numbers, including its var. marmorata. The 

 above two species were confined to a large growth of nettles at the foot of the rocks 

 just below the railway viaduct. The slugs were represented by Avion aier, A. 

 horlensis, and Agriolimax agrestis, all of them typical and occurring in great pro- 

 fusion all over the place. It is rather surprising that, considering the weather, so 

 few shells were really active, but this may be owing to the excessive cold wind at 

 the time. — ^John W. Jackson (Read be/ore the Society, Sept. 9th, 1903). 



