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 CENSUS AUTHENTICATIONS. 



By W. DENISON ROEBUCK, Hon. Recorder. 



[All ihe records here given are based upon examples sent to the official authenti- 

 cators : myself for slugs only ; Mr. Fred. Taylor for Pahidestrinidif ; and Mr. 

 John W. Taylor for all other species]. 



Co, Limerick : Mr. R. A. Phillips has submitted examples of Pahtdestrina 

 conftisa from both banks of the Shannon, near Limerick, taken in May 1910. 



Co. Longford : We have now had the pleasure of seeing a number of species 

 from this county, through the kindness of Mrs. Mackay Wilson, of Currygrane. 

 From Currygrane Lough dead shells were submitted of Liunura auiicularia 

 var. acuta (one); Planorbis aJbus (a few); /'. unibilkattis (two juv. ) ; P. 

 contortus (a few) ; P. foiitaniis (a few) ; Bythinia ieittaailata, Valvata piscin- 

 all's, V. cristata (all three numerous); Sphifrium coiiieum (three); Pisjdhnn 

 fontinale (several) ; and Succiuea elegans (one, taken living). From Curry- 

 grane were Vallonia pulchella (a few) ; and Cochlicopa lubrica (three). All 

 the above taken in 1899. Of more recent date, 22nd October, 191 2, were 

 single living examples of Helix aspersa and Hygroiiiia riifescens. 



Merionethshire: Mr. F. H. Sikes has submitted for authentication Paludestrina 

 jenkinsi, taken by him at Arthog, September, 1910, also Zoniloides nitidus 

 which he took at Llanbedr in 1910. 



Norfolk East: Mr. Arthur Mayfield has submitted Azeca tridens, which occurred 

 sparingly at Roydon, near Diss, July, 1900. 



Northumberland South: Mr. A. M. Oliver has submitted an example of Testa- 

 celhi saititliitn, taken in a greenhouse at Gosforth, where several have occurred. 

 The specimen is preserved in the Hancock Museum at Newcastle, the gift of 

 Mr. IL P. Angus. 



Pembrokeshire : M. J. Davy Dean has submitted numerous examples of Hy- 

 gromia ftisca, collected at Pembroke by Mr. II. Brooksbank. 



Queen's County : Mr. R. A. Phillips has added to his numerous authentications 

 the following: Vertigo pygtnaa (a few); V. siibstriata (one); V. anth'ertigo 

 (a few) ; Helicella caperata (a few) ; and Agriolitnax lavis (one), all taken in 

 July 191 1, at Durrow ; Aplexa hypnorum (a few), taken at Mountmellick, 

 June 191 1 ; Helicella acuta (two); and Planorbis albus (a few), both taken 

 near Maryborough, October, 1910. 



Radnorshire : Mr. J. Williams Vaughan has sent Hygiomia 7-ufescens from Skreen 

 Darren, near Erwood Station, where, after rain, they sometimes abound. 



Shetlands : Mr. William Evans sent me, in May 191 1, a living example of 

 Umax tuaximus var. fasciala, found in garden, Lochend, Lerwick. The 

 Society's Voucher-Collection at Manchester contains : Planorbis glaber, a few 

 from Flossie Loch ; PI. contortus, a few from Asta Loch ; PI. crista, one 

 from Flossie Loch and a few from .Asta I.och. These were all collected by 

 Dr. Thomas Scott. 



Co. Sligo : Mr. F. II. Sikes has submitted examples of Acroloxus lacustris var. 

 albicla from Sligo, taken in April 1908. 



Suffolk East : Mr. Arthur Mayfield has submitted a few examples of Testacella 

 haliotidea, taken during the first week of April, 1909. Mr. Q. C. Leman has 

 sent Milax gagates var. rava, an adult example taken I2ch September 1912. 



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