242 JOI'RXAI. Ol- CONCIini OCY, vox,. 12, NO. 9, lANliARV, lOOQ. 



commonest shell next to J. cylindracca. Meathop Fell, September 

 14th, 1907 (J.W.J.). 



var. brevis Baudon. — iNIeathop Fell, September 14th, 1907 

 (J.W.J. ). 



Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud). — A single specimen of this 

 shell was taken during the September, 1907 excursion, by Mr. 

 Jackson, at INIeathop Fell, among a (juantity of V. pyg/ruTtJ, under 

 stones, y. of C, vol. 12, p. iio. 



Vertigo Substriata (Jeffreys).— Sparingly. Eggerslack Wood 

 (R.S.), /. of C, vol. 9, p. 113, and (J.W.J, and C.RM.), /. 0/ C, 

 vol. II, p. 45. 



Vertigo pygmasa (Draparnaud). — Odd specimens of this tiny 

 species occurred in several places, but never in any numbers. Mr. 

 G. H. Taylor reports : "Common under stones at Meathop Marsh," 

 and Mr. Jackson says: "Occurred abundantly by the road-side 

 under stones." Windermere Road ; Haggs Lane, Cartmel ; on wall 

 and under log of damp timber on Meathop Marsh ; Eggerslack 

 Wood (R.S.),^/ 0/ C, vol. 9, p. 113. 



Vertigo alpestris (Alder). — Where it occurred, this tiny snail 

 was fairly plentiful, but searching for it was most tiresome work, 

 especially in dull weather. It occurred chiefly under the fiat stones 

 on the tops of the walls in various parts of the district, but 

 especially in the vicinity of Eggerslack. In showery weather a 

 greater number of specimens could be obtained by carefully examin- 

 ing the dead leaves and decayed twigs and bits of bark lying in 

 the crevices of the stones, than by examining the stones themselves ; 

 sometimes as many as half-a-dozen being obtained from a bit of 

 twig a few inches long. In dry weather, the underside of the top 

 stones of the walls would yield an odd shell or two. To be 

 successful in finding these tiny shells, good eyesight, and an almost 

 unlimited amount of time, patience, and perseverance are a si/ie 

 qjia fioti. If one is limited as to time, success almost to a cer- 

 tainty will be in vain. From a dozen to twenty specimens per 

 hour, under favourable conditions, the writer considers a satisfactory 

 result, that is when one is searching a Icrality where the animals 

 are known to be fairly plentiful. This s'^jecies was first recorded 

 for the district by Mr. C. H. Moore, in 1902. from Holker. 

 Haggs Lane, Cartmel ; Grange Fell Road ; Windermere Road ; 

 Eggerslack Wood ; Meathop Marsh (wall) ; Hampsfell Road ; Lin- 

 dale Road and Holker (J.W.J, and C.H.M.),/ of C, vol. 11, p. 45. 



Vertigo pusilla Miiller. — What has been said of V. alfesiris 

 equally applies to this species. It frequently occurred with it, but 

 was certainly not so abundant. It frequents the same places, and 



