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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA 

 OF GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LANCS., AND DISTRICT. 



By JOHN W. JACKSON and CHAS. H. MOORE. 



(Read before the Society, November ii, 1903). 



In July last we spent some time in the above neighbourhood hunting 

 for shells. We had not much hope of finding anything new to the 

 district, as Mr. Standen worked it pretty thoroughly in 1897.^ We 

 are, however, pleased to be able to add several species to his list, 

 some of these being particularly interesting, notably Vitrea lucida, of 

 which we found two specimens. 



Our researches were not confined to Grange itself, but excursions 

 were made to places near at hand. Several days were occupied, both 

 in company and individually, in searching Eggerslack Wood, where 

 Mr. Standen made most of his finds ; it is by far the most pro- 

 ductive place in the whole district. The moss-covered stone walls 

 in this wood yielded a rich harvest in the way of Vertigines, one of 

 the writers taking over one hundred and twenty specimens of V. alpes- 

 tris. This species, on reference to Mr. Standen's list, will be seen to 

 be an addition to the district. In company with the above we found 

 Vertigo pusilla, V. pygmcea, Punctum pygmcEum, Vallojiia pidchella var. 

 costata, all fairly numerous, with odd specimens of the various Viirece, 

 Cochlicopa lubrica, Balea petrersa, etc. 



Amongst the undergrowth and under the stones lying about in the 

 wood, the following species were fairly numerous : — Helicigona arbus- 

 torum, Helix net/ioralis, . Hygromia rufescens, Acanthinula acuieata, 

 Hygromia hispida, Pyramidula rotundata, Vitrea cellaria, V. aliiaria, 

 V. nitidula, V. pura, dindvSiY. nitidosa, Euco?iuius fulvus, Vitrea ciystal- 

 lina, Cochlicopa lubrica, and var. lubricoides, and Vitrina pelhuida. 

 Dead branches and sticks yielded Vertigo substriata (sparingly), Ena 

 obscura (common), Sphyradium edentulum, Clausilia bidenfafa (com- 

 mon), and var. tumidula, CI. laminata (sparingly). Under some large 

 stones colonies oijaminia cylindracea were found, including two speci- 

 mens of the var. alba, and one or two approaching the var. curta. 

 Carychiiim minimum was also common amongst the moss and dead 

 leaves. Arioti ater and Limax arboriim were fairly numerous in the 

 wood, and Arion hortensis was observed under stones on the Winder- 

 mere Road. Here also occurred Hygromia granulata. 



The chief attraction to this wood was the hope of taking Acicula 

 lineata, recorded from there by Mr. Standen ; a single specimen of it 

 was taken by one of the writers in March of this year. We were 



/. Conch., vol. 9, p. 113, 1898. 



