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habitat for Sinri/ieie ; it is quite possible that they had been 



driven out of their usual marshy habitat by the inroads of the sea." 



On September 14th, 1907, an excursion was planned for the 

 purpose of again investigating the habitat of 6". oblonga, and the 

 leader, Mr. Jackson, has kindly supplied the following highly interest- 

 ing report : — " I was surprised to find specimens of .S". ohJonga under 

 the small stones resting on the ledges of rock at Meathop Fell, some 

 six or seven feet from the ground, and I was determined to see how 

 high up the Fell the species was to be found. With this object, I 

 climbed up from ledge to ledge, to about twenty-five feet from the 

 base, and found examples of the species the whole way. Some were in 

 grass roots, others under stones, and a few found adhering to the 

 rock face, covered in the usual manner with an incrustation of dirt, 

 which made them difticult to see. How much further up the cliff 

 they occur I cannot say, as my progress became very precarious, 

 but it is most interesting and also extraordinary to find the species 

 so high, and I think with such good evidence as this we might 

 now class this species along with the many other climbing mollusks. 

 Some of the specimens taken up the cliff, like their companions 

 on the marsh, were dead, but in good condition, and I was keenly 

 on the alert to find out if possible the cause of this. On two 

 occasions I turned over stones and each time I found a specimen 

 of the ordinary red centipede ( Liflwbiiis forjicatus) in close proximity 

 to cleaned-out shells of both S. oblonga and H. rufescens, and I am 

 inclined to think that we must look to these creatures for the reason 

 of finding so many dead examples of these and other species." 



*var. alba Wright. — Five specimens in Aug., 190S, with the type 

 at Meathop Marsh. 



Carychium minimum Midler.— This tiny shell, inhabiting as 

 it does only the dampest situations, is probably commoner and 

 more widely distributed than the writer's researches revealed. 

 Eggerslack Wood seems to be its favourite habitat, as with so many 

 other moisture-loving species. Under rotting stumps of trees, de- 

 caying leaves and branches, and damp stones the snail was noted 

 in some numbers. No doubt its minuteness, when one is in search 

 of larger and more prominent species, causes it to be passed over 

 unseen. Eggerslack Wood; Cark and Low Holker (J.W.J, and 

 C.H.M.),/. ofC, vol. 1 1, p. 45 ; Meathop Marsh (J.W.J.), Naturalist, 

 May, 1907, p. 173. 



Ancylus fluviatilis Miiller. — A common shell on the stones 

 in the river Eea at Cartmel. Tlie shells were small, and thickly 

 encrusted with confervas. 



