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Particular attention was paid to the Mollusca living on the 

 isolated promontory of Kinbane and a Chalk stack below the 

 C.G. Station at Ballintoy. The following species were taken on 

 the grass-covered summit of the latter : — Hyalinia alliaria, 

 Hygromia hispida, Acanthinula aculeata, Helicella itala, H 

 virgata, H. barbara, Vallonia pulchella, Helix nemoralis, Coch- 

 licopa hibrica, and Pupa cylindracea. On the extreme point of 

 Kinbane Agriolimax agrestis, Hyalinia alliaria, H. crystallina, 

 Vallonia pulchella, V. costata, Helicella itala, Helix nemoralis, 

 Cochlicopa lubrica (all var. viridula), Pupa cylindracea (in 

 thousands, nearly all var. anconostomd), P. muscorum, and Vertigo 

 pygmaea were noted, while nearer the landward end of the 

 promontory Pyramidula rotundata and Clausilia bidentata were 

 seen in addition. 



During the two remaining days of the trip no additions to 

 the list of species known from these localities were recorded. For 

 a full list of shells for the Ballycastle district reference should be 

 made to Mr. R. Standen's notes, published in Irish Naturalist, 

 Vol. VI., pp. 1-9, 1897. In this paper, however, there is one 

 error : the large Irish form of Hyalinia cellaria having been then 

 considered and recorded as Hyalinia draparnaudi Beck. 



a. w. s. 



MOLLUSCA — (LAND AND FRESHWATER). 

 FOSSIL. 



The sandhills at Portstewart have long been famous for the 

 occurrence of " shell pockets," those accumulations of shells which 

 owe their existence to the sieving action of the wind. It has been 

 recognized that these "pockets" contain shells of varying antiquity 

 and that the presence of a species even abundantly in them is no 

 evidence of its still living in the locality. It was hoped, therefore, 

 that a careful examination of the sections exposed in the sand- 

 hills might help to elucidate the problem. Unfortunately the 

 •weather was more favourable for the collecting of living snails 



