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may, ere long, take it alive in the quarter where this dead 

 specimen was obtained, and so establish the species as one 

 belonging to the West of Scotland. 



On referring to the Rev. Canon Norman's papers on the 

 Mollusca of Norway which appeared in the 'Journal of Con- 

 chology ' in 1879; I observe that the shell riow under notice is 

 said to be met with off the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Green- 

 land, indicating, with Norway and the Shetlands, a wide North- 

 Atlantic and Arctic distribution. 



Note on the occurrence of Testacella scutulum 

 Sow. in Leicestershire. — Through the kindness of W. Ingram, 

 Esq., of Belvoir gardens, I have been able to forward to Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor, of Leeds, specimens from there, which he has identified as 

 Testacella scutulutn Sow. As this record is of interest, some further 

 particulars respecting it may be useful. The specimens were 

 found hibernating nearly eighteen inches underground, during 

 the removal of some masses of rock forming part of a waterfall 

 in the gardens of Belvoir Castle, about January i8th, 1888. I 

 am informed that these Testacellfe are not at all rare, specimens 

 being found every season, either above ground devouring worms, 

 centipedes, etc., or during excavations, particularly when 

 breaking up fresh ground. They are generally found in hitherto 

 undisturbed ground, rather heavy and moist, and have been 

 noticed for the past twelve years. The Testacellae have been 

 found in various portions of the estate, within an area of at 

 least a mile, and Mr. Ingram expresses it as his opinion that it 

 is decidedly indigenous. Belvoir castle and gardens are situated 

 in the extreme north-east corner of the county of Leicester, the 

 castle itself crowning a small outlier of the Marlstone Rock bed 

 of the Middle Lias, the soil of the gardens being the result of 

 the decomposition of the clays of the same formation. — H. E. 



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