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stones forming the cairn on Skiddaw summit, at 

 an altitude of 3,054 feet. 



24. H. pygmu:a, Drap. — Very common on dead 

 sycamore leaves, though, owing to its minuteness, 

 easily overlooked. 



25. //. lamclldta, Jeff. — Occurs sparingly in Sir 

 W. Lawson's woods at Bassenthwaite, and in a 

 small plantation near Castle How. I have taken 

 as many as eighteen specimens in one or two 

 hours' search, whilst at other times a whole day 

 has only produced a single shell. 



26. 11. aculeata, Mull. — This is one of our com- 

 monest species, abounding in the woods all about, 

 with now and then a specimen of var. albida, Jeff. 



27. H. aspersa, Mull. — I have not found a single 

 specimen, dead or alive, in the neighbourhood of 

 Bassenthwaite, and only a few half-grown ones at 

 the foot of a garden wall at Keswick, although it is 

 common enough about Crummock and Buttermere. 



28. H. nemoralis, L. — Very rare throughout the 

 lakes, and most of those shells I have taken may be 

 referred to the roseolabiata var. of Taylor. 



29. H. hortensis, Mull. — Just as common as the 

 last is rare, and those I have taken are, without 

 exception, var. lutea, both in its banded and uni- 

 colorous form. I have noticed that on the hedge- 

 banks where the Celandine is now in full bloom 

 the shells are so exactly the tint of the flower 

 that one may easily mistake one for the other. A 

 small and very transparent form occurs at 

 Bassenthwaite. 



30. H. arbustorum, L. — Common on hedge-banks, 

 with the vars. alpestris, Ziegl., conoidea, Westerl, 

 and flaveseens, Moq. 



31. H. rufescens, Penn. — Very common and with 

 a very high spire; vars. rubens, Moq., and albo- 

 cincta, Ckel., occurring with the type. 



32. H. iiispida, L. — Common amongst nettles, 

 with its vars. hispidosa, Mousson, and subrufa, 

 Taylor. Three or four days ago I took a beautifully 

 scalariform specimen from a bank near Ireby 

 village. 



33. H. granulata, Alder. — Hedge-banks near Piel 

 Wyke station, head of Bassenthwaite lake. 



34. H. fusca, Mont.— This beautiful species is 

 common about Keswick and Bassenthwaite. At 

 Lodore Falls and The Dash the shells are unusually 

 large and plentiful. 



35. H. caperata, Mont. — -Commonly distributed 

 through the lake district and running into many 

 vars., the most beautiful being var. fulva, Moq., 

 some of those I have taken being nearly black. 



36. Bulimus obsamts. Mull. — Not common; at 

 the foot of furze bushes around Bassenthwaite. 



37. Pupa cyclindracea, Da Costa. — Common on 

 old walls, a few amongst Parsley fern, on Skiddaw. 

 One specimen taken with a double tooth. The 

 shells are for the most part extremely short and 

 stumpy in form. 



38. Vertigo antivcrtigo, Drap.— A few only on the 

 shore of Derwentwater, opposite Lodore Hotel, 

 clinging to dead reeds. 



39. V. pygmaa, Drap. — Rare; in woods, on 

 stones and dead sticks. Dead shells from ejecta- 

 menta of the River Creta, at Keswick. 



40. V. substriata, • Jeff. — A few only, in Sir 

 Wilfred's woods, at Bassenthwaite. 



41. V. edentula, Drap. — Common, both at Keswick 

 and Bassenthwaite. Last season I took large 

 numbers by spreading fresh sycamore leaves on 

 the moss and leaving them over night ; next morn- 

 ing every leaf furnished at least one or two 

 specimens, and up to as many as a dozen on some. 



42. Clausilia perversa, Pult. — Common on walls 

 and in old hedge-rows, but generally much 

 withered and stumpy in form. 



43. CI. laminata, Mont. — I have taken this species 

 only at Braithwaite, near the old mines ; very rare. 



44. Azeca tridens, Pult. — One specimen only, 

 amongst moss at the foot of Skiddaw. 



45. Cochlicopa lubrica, Mull. — Very common, with 

 a few of the vars. hyalina, Jeff., and lubricoides, Fer. 



46. Succinea putris, L. — Not common ; a very fine 

 and solid form occurs on the north side of Bassen- 

 thwaite Lake, amongst the reeds. 



47. Carychiicm minimum, Mull. — Common every- 

 where among dead leaves. 



48. Planorbis albus, L. — Fairly common in the 

 lakes and their feeders, but small in size. 



49. PL spirorbis, Mull. — A few in a ditch near 

 Bassenthwaite. 



50. PI. vortex, L. — Not uncommon in ditches 

 near Keswick and Piel Wyke. 



51. PL contortus, L. — Ditch at Piel Wyke, and 

 the Little Tarn, Bassenthwaite. 



52. Physa fontinalis, L. — Small, and not common ; 

 in the lakes and at Little Tarn. 



53. Limnaa peregra, Mull. — Very common, and 

 running into many varieties ; I have taken a few 

 of the var. boissyi, Dupuy, wherever watercress 

 abounds in the streams. I have noticed the shells 

 to be much eroded, indeed, nothing but the body 

 whorl is left in many cases, and thus the shells 

 appear at first sight to be var. burnetii, Alder. 



54. Lim. palustris, Mull. — Common, but small. 



55. Lim. truncatula. Mull. — Very common, and, 

 in a ditch at Bassenthwaite, extremely large, and 

 with the body whorl much swollen. 



56. Lim. glabra, Mull. — Uncommon about Kes- 

 wick ; at Bassenthwaite, common and very fine. 



57. Ancylus fluviatilis, Mull. — Abounds in all the 

 swift-running becks, with its vars. gibbosa and 

 albida. 



58. Vellctia lacustris, L. — On reeds, Bassenthwaite 

 Lake, Little Tarn, and in a field near Piel Wyke. 

 Rather rare. 



59. Valvata crist ata, Mull. — I have only a few 

 examples from Derwentwater, but have no doubt 



