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be referred to the variety Mortoni, Jeffr., recorded (without precise 

 locality) for Somerset, by Cundall and Rimmer ? 



Hyalinia nitida Mull. — Given in the last census list for Co. No. 

 6, Somerset N. Locality ? Apparently a rare species. We have two 

 or three bleached specimens picked out from the rejectmenta of the 

 stream at Shepton Montague, at a point immediately below Redlynch 

 Park, April, 1897. 



Helix rotundata Mull. — Very common. Bath (Jenyns Coll.) ; 

 Abbotts Leigh (Bristol Mus.). 



Var. rufula Moq. — Bratton St. Maur, rare (E.W.S.). 



Var. turtoni Flem. — Bristol (Jeffr.); Bath (Mrs. Oldroyd) ; 

 rejectmenta of valley streams at Bratton St. Maur and Shepton 

 Montague (E.W.S.). 



Var. alba Moq. — Clevedon (Norman) ; Bratton St. Maur 

 (E.W.S.); "Hatch Beauchamp. Five specimems, an under-sized 

 race. Diam. = 6 mm." (Bowell). 



Var. pyramidalis Jeffr. — Bristol (McMurtrie). 



Helix rupestris Drap. — Common on walls and exposed situations 

 in most parts of the county. " Common in the crevices of limestone 

 rocks at Clevedon and Elton Hills, Cleeve Foot, Wrington Hill, 

 Cheddar Cliffs, etc., and often exceedingly abundant among the 

 rotten mortar of old walls as behind the Royal Hotel at Clevedon, 

 and in many spots on the Mendips " (Norman, as H. umbilicata, 

 Montague). 



*Helix pygmaea Drap. — Apparently an uncommon species, but 

 so minute a shell is doubtless often overlooked. Wincanton district, 

 uncommon (E.W.S.) ; Hatch Beauchamp, one specimen (Bowell) ; 

 Ashley Hill, Bristol ; Bath (Jenyns Coll.). "At roots of grass on 

 Clevedon and Elton Hills. Not common " (Norman). 



*Helix aculeata Miller. — A local species. Claverton Down, 

 Bath (Clark) ; Jenyns Coll. ; Hatch Beauchamp, common (Bowell). 

 " Under bark of a fallen tree in Brockley Combe " (Norman) ; Leigh 

 Woods (Cundall) ; " Creech Hill, Bruton ; woods at Holbrooke, near 

 Wincanton. Very abundant in rejectamenta of River Brue at Castle 

 Cary, and streams at Bratton St. Maur and Shepton Montague " 

 (E.W.S.). 



Var. albida Jeffr.— Bath (Clark). 

 Helix pulchella Mtiller. — Generally distributed. 



Var. costata Miiller. — Wincanton ; rejectamenta of Brue at 

 Castle Cary (E.W.S.); Abbots Leigh (Bristol Museum Coll.); near 

 Tickenham (Norman) ; Coombe Down, Bath (Mrs. Oldroyd). 



