STANDEN : OBITUARY NOTICE — WILLIAM MOSS. 17^ 



" Notes on the Anatomy of Trachycystis, Donasia, and Isoineria" W. 



Moss and W. M. Webb (Proc. Mai. Soc, vol. iii., p. 263). 

 "The value of the Radula as an aid to classification" (Ann. Rep. 



INIanch. Micro. Soc, 1894, pp. 21 — 25, 2 pis.). 

 "Reproductive Organs of Bulimus acutiis {Helix acuta)" W. Moss 



and F. Paulden (Ann. Rep. Manch. Micro. Soc, 1892, pp. 75 — 



79, I pi.). 

 "Genitalia and Radul^e of the British Hyalinia" (Ann. Rep. INIanch. 



Micro. Soc, 1898, pp. 24 — 28, 2 pis.). 

 "Observations on the Radulas of Hyalinia draparnaldi, cellaria 



alliaria ^n(^ glabra" W. INIoss and A. E. Boycott (Journ. of Conch. 



vol. 12, pp. 157 — 160). 

 " A Preliminary Note on the Genitalia of Hyalinia {Zonitoides) nitida 



Miill., and Hy. excavata Bean " (Journ. of Conch.., vol. 8, p. 421). 



Snail Shells as Lamps in Italy.— The following appears in "Folklore," 

 xxiv., p. 215 (1913) : " On Holy Thursday at Limone the windows are illuminated 

 by lamps consisting of wicks in snail shells full of oil. . . ." — Miss Canziani, 

 " Piedmontese Folklore," I.— S. L. Petty {Read before the Society., January 14th, 

 1914)- 



Conchological Notes from Portugal.— A month's wandering about Portugal 

 during May and June of last year (191 3) was disappointing from a concho- 

 logical point of view. Considering that the country is a mass of granite hills 

 interspersed with pine forests, bracken, gorse and heather, and that not a drop of 

 lain fell during the whole time of my stay I was not surprised to find comparatively 

 few species. The rivers and streams are devoid of weeds and the only living beings I 

 could find in them were small trout which struggled for a precarious living, feeding, 

 presumably, on the very few insects that exist along the banks. My quest was for 

 British species in particular and the following short list may interest British collectors. 

 I cannot help thinking that some of the sandy bays and the dykes near the sea near 

 Coimbra and Valenca, which I was unable to search, would yield a more abundant 

 harvest. Avion ater L., a few typical specimens on street fountains at Bom Jesus ; 

 abundant around Mondariz (over the Spanish border), mostly of the aterrinia form. 

 Liiiiax aiboruui. B.-Ch., one typical specimen at Bom Jesus and one at INIondariz. 

 Helix pisaria IMull., common and typical at Belem, Cascses and Caldas da Rainha. 

 Helix aspersa Miill., sold in Lisbon market. Helix nemoralis L. , scarce, Belem 

 and Cintra. Helicella caperata Mont., Belem and Caldas da Rainha. FI. barbara 

 L., Belem and Lisbon. Pupa cyliiidracea DaCosta, two specimens at Belem. 

 Physa acuta Drap. ? Li a pond at Monserrata, Cintra.— L. E. Adams {Read before 

 the Society, November 12th, 1913). 



