316 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 
INTERESTING KENTISH FORMS. 
By LIONEL E. ADAMS. 
(Read before the Conchological Society, Oct. 2nd, 1895). 
I HAVE always regarded Kent as the most interesting county 
in the British Isles in many respects, and certainly I do not 
know a richer or more varied hunting ground for the con- 
chologist. | Without attempting a detailed list of species taken 
in the county I think a few notes on some of the more interesting 
or uncommon forms taken during last August (1895) may 
interest collectors. 
Throughout the month I noticed that all land species 
were a month behind their usual time in maturing their shells, 
Flelix virgata \eing especially backward. Of course their 
“usual time” is apt to vary in different parts of Britain, but I 
judge the shells by my observations in the same locality for 
several seasons, and I attribute their lateness this season to the 
continued drought during the early part of the year. 
Helix lapicida. This species is very abundant in Ewell Wood, 
where it may be found, as at Birdlip, on the trunks of beech 
trees, in company with 47. xemoralis, H. aspersa, BL. obscurus, 
and C. e/egans, and a friend suggested that the shells seek 
refuge thus from the school picnics which take place in this 
wood. In1891 I found a remarkable scalariform individual, 
which I unfortunately broke, and was very gratified to find 
another almost in the same spot. Mr. H. Westley of 
Northampton who was collecting with me was fortunate in 
finding an example of the rare albino form which he kindly - 
gave me. 
H. pomatia. At pretty little Charing, where 7 fomatia may 
be picked off the hurdles and in the chalk pits, especially 
amongst the furze, I found an individual with a con- 
J.C., viii., Oct., 1896. 
