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In a recent state, Jordan' (under its synonym of V. hzvigata Kok.) 

 gives the following distribution: — S. Scandinavia; Jutland ; England 

 and S. Ireland ; S.W., E., and N. France and Belgium ; Middle 

 Rhineland ; Switzerland; S.E. Germany and Alpine region; S.Tyrol; 

 Upper Italy. To these add Hungary (Clessin) ; Spain, Sicily, Den- 

 mark and Transcaucasia (Westerlund). 



The full list of known English localities is as follows : — 



Berks. — Bradfield (J. of C, vol. ii, p. 170) ; Cothill (id. vol. 12, 



p. 106). 

 Cambs. — Wicken Fen (J. of C, vol. 9, p. 217). 

 Derby. — Markland Grips, in rejectamenta, 1881 (Pickard). 

 Devon. ^ — Braunton (J. of C, vol. 11, p. 79). 

 Dorset. — Bloxworth and Morden (/. of C, vol. 6, p. 348). 



Hants. — Near Bishopstoke, 1876 (Groves) ; Otterbourne (Miss 



Hele). 

 Herts. — Watford, Nov. 1882 (Cash) ; Broxbourne (Groves) ; 



Hitchin {Ann. &= Mag., 1878, p. 380). 

 Middlesex. — Near Colnbrook (J. of C, vol. 12, p. 19). 

 Norfolk — Roydon Fen, in rejectamenta, July, 1908 (Mayfield). 

 Notts. — Carlton-on-Trent (/. of C.,\o\. 5, p. 45); Darleton, July, 



1885 (Gain). 

 Suffolk. — Knettishall, Sept., 1906, and Redgrave Fen, Aug., 1908, 



in rejectamenta (Mayfield). 



There is also a record from Keswick (J. of C, vol. 8, p. 158), 

 subsequently cancelled by Captain Farrer in The Victoria County 

 History of Cumberland. 



The identification of the North American V. ventricosa Morse 

 with this species was first suggested by Dr. Jeffreys in a paper in the 

 Ann. &= Mag.., Oct., 1872 (reprinted in an abbreviated form in the 

 J. of C, vol. I, pp. 8-16). In this paper he tabulates the mollusca of 

 Massachusetts, and identifies as European 134 out of 250 marine 

 species, and 39 out of iio land and freshwater. A few of these 

 identifications have been accepted, e.g.., Helix mimitissima Lea^ 

 Punctum pygmceum Drap., but the majority have never been adopted, 

 and we would suggest to our energetic collectors of land and freshwater 

 shells a fresh field for study in the comparisons of these forms from the 

 old and the new world. In the genus Vertigo Jeffreys united the follow- 

 ing species : V. ovata Say with V. antivertigo Drap., V.bollesiana Morse 

 with V. pygmaa Drap., V. gouldii Binn. with V. alpestiis Aid., V. 

 simplex Gould with Sphyradium edetituluni Drap., and V. ventricosa 

 Morse with V. moulinsiana Dup. Of these identifications, the first 



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