OLDIIA^f : PALUnESTRINA CONFUSA IN THE WAVENRY VALLEY. 325 



palustris, L. truncatida^ Snccinea elegans, Paludestrina ienkinsi, and 

 Pisidium personattim. The presence of the Pisidium suggested a 

 lower salinity than in the reed-bed at Oulton Broad. 



At Barsham, two-and-a-half miles above Beccles and twenty-seven 

 miles above Yarmouth, a lock stops the influence of the tide upon the 

 sluggish river. The rise and fall are a matter of inches and, except 

 perhaps when a high spring-tide coincides with a strong north-east 

 wind, the ^vater is perfectly fresh. At the water's edge, a little below 

 the lock, snails were abundant, crawling on the wet mud or hiding 

 beneath the stranded mats of green algae. The species associated 

 with P. confusa here were Agriolimax agrestts, A Icevis, Vitrea crystal- 

 Una, Zonitoides nitidus, Euconulus fitlvus, Avion aier, Hygrotnia 

 hispida, Helicigona arbtistorutn, Succinea elegans, Carychiuvi minimum, 

 Ltmncea pereger, L. triincatula, Pahidestrina jenkinsi, and Pisidium 

 personatum. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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Zoological Society of London, 

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 The Editor of the Journal oj Conchology. 

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