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Five bands in two = (i23)(45). Eighteen speci- 

 mens out of the total is liberal allowance. 



Five bands in three = i(23)(45), is usually an 

 uncommon form, as in this case. 



Five bands in three = (123)45, is, in my experi- 

 ence, a rare form. I have only found it once, and 

 that in North: Kent. I was surprised to find so many 

 as nine examples in this gathering. Unfortunately, 

 they are, with a few exceptions, in very bad condition. 



Five bands in three = 12(345), i s a ' s0 an un ~ 

 common form. 



One of our commonest combinations of five in 

 three is, it will be observed, absent from the Irish 

 batch, viz., 11213(45). 



Five bands in four = (12)345, * s much rarer than 

 usual in such a gathering. 



Five bands in four = 1(23)45, ' s generally a 

 common form, though rather liberally represented 

 in this batch. 



Five bands in four = 123(45), ' s not we ll repre- 

 sented by four examples. 



Many of the above specimens from Ballykinlar 

 are much thinner than usual, though others are 

 quite up to the ordinary weight. The average of 

 size is about normal. 



XuMENXLATURE OF SHELLS. 



"P"NGAGED in compiling a list of Upper Tertiary 

 fossils, I am puzzled as to the generic syno- 

 nomy of some of the land shells. Will anyone 

 better versed in the subject kindly enlighten me ? 

 I want to know the correct generic or sub-generic 

 names for the following Helices, all British, recent 

 or pleistocene. I find Mrs. McKenny Hughes 

 (Geol. Mag., 1888: Pleist. Gravels, p. 193), the 

 Conch. Soc. List of Land and Freshwater M 1- 

 lusca, 1892, and Messrs. Woodward and Kennard 

 (Essex Nat, v. x. 1897: Post-Plioc. Non-Marine 

 Moll Essex), at variance in this matter. 



Sitc.'i.v 



GhM.S. 



Genus. 



McK. 



In Conch. Soc. 



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1 Xirophila Htliulla 



hi; 1 /■infill ill mid 



Atlanta Htlicigoita 



I'ula 'ula alula 



"11 — Xirophila Htlix 



— .itia Helix 



•■ula Putulum Punctual 



■ ■ DOtl Hint,: 

 •Itmiii aiulu: (Htlix 

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