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Proceedings of the Rotjal Irish Academy. 



weather. Near the tunnel above this 

 village I once observed it very common 



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on the gi'assy edges of the road at an 

 altitude of about 1000 feet. There is a 

 considerable amount of variation in its 

 colouring and marking, some specimens 

 being of greenish-yellow and others 

 white, while the markings vary also 

 in intensity and in their disposition on 

 the animal, sometimes being placed so 

 as to show distinct bands. In dry 

 weather it is impossible to find it in its 

 usual habitats.' 



ENDODONTIDAE. 



Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud). 



Helix 2}ygi»aea, Thompson, Cat. L. & F. 

 W. Moll, of Irc4;ind, p. 17, 1840, 



This primitive species is generally dis- 

 tributed throughout the mainland. It 

 is also found on most of the western 

 islands, and is a frequent ingredient of 

 sif tings from flood-debris and sand-dune ~ 

 shell -pockets. 



' Irish N'at., vii., 220, 189S. 



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Sphyradium edentulum 



(Draparnaud). 



Vertigo edentula, Thompson, Cat. L. & F. 

 W. Moll, of Ireland, p 26, 1840. 



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Very geneially distributed and ex- 

 ceedingly abundant in all the old native 

 woods. Particularly common in the 

 rough, uncultivated parts of the glens 

 of Antrim, and in damp meadows and 

 woods of parts of the west and south- 

 west. The var. columella, whioli has 

 often been regarded as a distinct species 

 on the Continent, also occui-s frequently; 

 but it is at present impossible to give 

 its exact distribution. 8. edentuhim is 

 generally found on the western i.slands. 



