42 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 
NOTES ON A CONCHOLOGICAL EXCURSION 
TO THE WEST OF IRELAND. 
By EDWARD COLLIER. 
(Read before the Conchological Society, March 6th, 1895). 
Ear ty in August my son and I went for a few days collecting 
to the west of Ireland, and I thought a few notes and a list of 
the species collected would be interesting. We went direct 
from Dublin to Galway, where we arrived during the afternoon 
of Saturday, August 4th. We collected very little in the neigh- 
bourhood of Galway, as we did not stay there very long, but on 
or near the Oughterard Road we got the following species :— 
Hyalinia cellaria Mill.—A few only. 
Helix rotundata Miill.—One specimen only. This I was 
much surprised at, as it is generally one of the commonest 
shells in most districts. 
H. rupestris Drap —Very common on stone walls and very 
fine. 
H. aspersa Miull—Common everywhere; principally about 
walls. 
H. nemoralis L.—Four specimens only on a wall about two 
miles from Galway. 
H. rufescens Penn.—Fairly common. 
H. rufescens var. alba Moq.—One specimen only. 
H. hispida L.—A few only. 
H. itala L.—Very plentiful and very fine ; some of them were 
beautifully marked. 
H. itala L. var. alba Charp.—A few only with the type. 
H. virgata Da Costa.—Plentiful on the wall where we found 
the Helix nemoralts. 
Pupa cylindracea Da Costa.—Very common. 
P. cylindracea var curta West.—A few with the type. 
Balea perversa L.—One specimen only on the wall sur- 
rounding Queen’s College. 
J.C., vii.. Apr. 1895. 
