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The young of Paludina vivipara and Planorbis corneus are 

 also said to be hispid, but these hairs are probably of a very 

 delicate nature, and do not seem to be retained in cabinet 

 specimens. William Jeffery. 



Correction. — Referring to my List of the MoUusca of Western 

 Sussex, (J.C, April, 1882 — vol. 3, p. 307), a typographical 

 error occurs, and I regret has hitherto escaped my notice, 

 which destroys the meaning of my words. In the twelfth 

 line of the foot note, after " here therefore the shorter " the 

 words and thinner should be omitted. — William Jeffery. 



Helix pulchella at Niagara. — My brother (Mr. D. B. 

 Cockerell) writes that he has found Helix pulchella and H. 

 alternaia on the very brink of the Niagara Falls, close to where 

 the lighthouse formerly stood, on the American side. He also 

 finds H. pulchella common near Goderich, Canada. — T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. 



Note on " Planorbis subangulatus at Malta."— 



Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell ('Journ. Conch.', 1885, vol. iv., p. 366) 

 is not the first to record the existence of this species at Malta. 

 Issel ('Bulletino Malacologico Italiano,' 1868, vol. i., p. 24) 

 has already cited it as an inhabitant of that island, it having 

 been found by him in a small spring near Valetta. Mr. 

 Cockerell's statement that "there are six shells in the British 

 Museum labelled subangulatus Phil., Malta, " seems to me to 

 imply that that is the extent of the Museum series (which is 

 not the case), and that the identification and locality may or 

 may not be correct. In conclusion, I would observe that the 

 shells referred to are Maltese specimens and are correctly as- 

 signed to P. subangulatus of Philippi, which has also been 

 recorded from Italy, Sicily, Algiers, and Egypt, and may only 

 be (as suggested by Paulucci, Westerland, and others) a variety 

 of the well-known P. umbilicatus, Miiller {=P. complanatus 

 (Linne ? ?) Jeffreys, &c.). — Edgar A. Smith, January, 1886. 



