OBITUARY NOTICE OF WILLIAM NELSON. 359 



He was twice married — and he leaves children of two families, 

 besides grandchildren. For some years he had been failing in health 

 and strength, being subject to heart-weakness, and liable to hemiplegic 

 attacks. It was one of these that prostrated him on the evening of 

 Sunday, the 21st of January, after he had spent his Saturday afternoon 

 in collecting a remarkable form of Limncea stagnalts at Belle Isle, 

 Middleton, near Leeds, and his Sunday in arranging some of his shells 

 and a week later, 28th, he passed away. 



His fine collection of shells and his library of conchological works 

 he bequeathed by his will to his friends Mr. Taylor and Mr. Roebuck, 

 to be by them disposed of for the benefit of the four young children 

 of his second marriage, and it is much to be desired that in some 

 manner they may be acquired for the benefit of his native town. 



R. 



Further Notes on French Shell Names. — The Rev. Canon Horsley has 

 already (/. Conch., vol. g, p. 15) made some remarks on the tendency on the 

 part of certain continental conchologists to split up and name, as species, mere 

 varieties of common shells. He also gives a list of some shells he received in 

 exchange, many of which are referable to ff. virgata. Having recently had a 

 similar experience, I can fully sympathise with him and also add a number of other 

 "species" to his list, these being: — H. melantozona Caziot, H. iiiiuinica Bgt., 

 H. peregrina Loc. , H. azami Loc. , H. grannoiiensis Bgt. , H. angiistiana Loc. , 

 H. evenosi Loc. , H. imifasciata Poir, H. mendranoi Serv. , H. palonica Serv. , H. 

 acomptiella Loc, H. liinbifera Loc, H. gindeloni Loc, H. luieata Oliv., H. siib- 

 neglecta Bgt., H. pyrainidata Drap., H. misarella Loc, nearly all of which I can 

 find among the varieties of H. virgata. In the same way H. pidonatu Bgt. , and H. 

 olisippensis Serv., are merely varieties of H. caperata. On calculation it will be 

 seen that H. virgata rejoices in no less than 35 names. This wholesale species- 

 making is strongly to be deprecated. One cannot contemplate with equanimity the 

 possibility of these named forms being recognised and added to some future British 

 list as "species" by persons smitten with a desire for notoriety! — J. Wilfrid 

 Jackson {Read before the Society, April nth, 1906). 



Vertigo alpestris in Westmorland. — In reference to a note in the Proceedings 

 of the meeting on Sept. 15th, 1905 {antea p. 266), pointing out the Kirkby Lonsdale 

 record as being the first for the above species in Westmorland, it will be of interest 

 to know that it has been previously recorded for that county from three different 

 localities: — Forbes & Hanley, "Brit. Moll.," vol. 4, 1853, p. 107, mention it as a 

 variety of "/)/^/«^a" and say "Mr. Gough observes that at Kendal it is chiefly 

 found on slate." Further, in Jeffreys' "Brit. Conch." vol. i, 1862, p. 260, will be 

 found: — "Grassmere (J.G.J. ); near Ambleside, on slate (Miss Sarah Bolton)." 

 Out of respect for the older collectors, as well as the fact that the supposed first 

 record for the county has been copied in other journals, it is desirable that these 

 prior records should not be lost sight of. — J. Wilfrid Jackson {Read be/ore the 

 Society, April nth, 1906). 



