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very pretty forms from wet rocks on shore at Carnalea, co. Down, from Kenmare, 

 Kerry, and wet mossy cliffs in ravine at head of Glenariff, co. Antrim ; L. 

 auricularia var. acuta, Lough Beg, co. Derry ; L. palustris, Lough Beg, Toome, 

 Glasmoss, near Comber, co. Down, and a curious small variety from tarn near 

 Killarney ; L. truncatula —a large pale variety from quarry pools, Magheramorne, 

 co. Antrim ; a small form from Ireland's Eye, co. Dublin ; and var. elegans, 

 Cushendun, co. Antrim ; Ancylus fliiviatilis — a fine thin form from Kinny Lough, 

 Portsalon, and typical examples of var. gibbosa, Kenmare, co. Kerry; Bythinia 

 tentaculata var. albida, Portmore Lake, co. Antrim ; Carychium minimum, Belvoir 

 Park, Belfast ; Acme lineata and var. alba, Helen's Bay, co. Down ; Murlough 

 Bay, and Crow Glen, co. Antrim ; and Helen's Bay, co. Down, from the large 

 colony discovered there by Capt. W. J. Farrer. 



Observations on Limnsea peregra. — I noticed a curious fact regarding the 

 L. peregra in the ditch whence I recently obtained the monstrosities of Planorbis, 

 and that is the extraordinary way in which they come out of their shells and creep 

 about without them. Several times when arriving home I have put them with the 

 other species in a basin of water previous to cleaning them, and next morning three 

 or four will have left their shells and be crawling about the sides of the basin quite 

 unconcerned. In this state they live lor about a day or a day and a half, then they 

 lie feebly at the bottom of the basin and gradually become covered with a sort of 

 long mildewy growth, which is apparently much relished by the other mollusks as 

 they cluster round the dead L. peregra. Sometimes they have come out on the 

 journey home in the bottle of water, and I have several times dredged up the 

 animals without the shells. In the last case I thought the swish of the dredge 

 through the water might have washed them out. I have not noticed this habit in 

 L. peregra from other ditches ; I believe it is caused by a disease in the animal, and 

 the mildewy growth is a result of it. — Arthur G. Stubbs {Read before the Society, 

 June 8th, 1898). 



Arion ater var. rubra Baud, new to Britain. — At Shepherdswell, near 

 Canterbury,August 1896, in company with Mr. C. E. Wright, I found two individuals 

 of Baudon's var. rubra, which he describes as "beau rouge vermilion." They 

 were among a colony of the more dingy var. brunnea, and I think they show 

 simply the extreme limit of brilliance of that form. I noticed that (as with the 

 orange form of A. subfuscus) the " paint " came off as I handled them. This 

 striking variety does not seem to have been noticed in Britain hitherto. — Lionel E. 

 Adams {Read before the Society, June 8th, 1898). 



Clausilia caerulea Fer. in Hants. — Mr. C. E. Wright sends me an example 

 of Clausilia ccerulea Fer. var. birugosa Parr, which he informs me was taken with 

 several other individuals of the same species near Petersfiekl, Hants. Mr. J. W. 

 Taylor, who kindly identified the shell, tells me that this species is a native of the 

 Island of Santorin, in the Grecian Archipelago. It is not clear at present how it 

 became located in Hants. This record does not justify its addi ion to the British 

 list. — Lionel E. Adams, Stafford, May 1st, 1898 {Read before the Society, May 

 nth, 1898). 



