144 MILAX GAGATES. 



Var. plumbea Moq.-Tand., Hist. Moll. Prance, 1855, ii.,p. 19, pi. 6, ff. 1,2. 



Luuax {Amalia) f^agates 7 oUvaceus Moquin-Tandon, op cit., p. 19. 



Animal greyish-black or leail colour. 



The sub- var. olivaeea is of a deep olivaceous grey. 



Channel Isles — Var. plumbea, Guernsey, Aug. 1891 ! B. Tomlin. 



Cornwall W. — Var. ^j;»m6ea, garden, Truro Vean Terrace, near Truro, Dee. 

 1885 ! J. H. James. 



Devon S. — Vs.!. plumbea, abundant in garden, Topsham, Aug. 1892, L. K. Adams. 



Somerset N. — Var. plumbea, specimens in British Museum, labelled "Bath, 

 J. E. Daniel" (T. D. A. Cockerell, Ann. and Mag. N.H., 1891, p. 330). 



Dorset— Var. plumbea, Chideock, Bridport, Aug. 1885 ! A. Belt. Spettisbury, 

 June 1891 ! C. Ashford. 



Isle of Wight— Var. pliimhcei, Totlands Bay, Freshwater, June 1885 ! H. P. 

 Fitzgerald. 



Hants S.— Var. plumbea, Christchurch, Aug. 1884 ! C. Ashford. Hoe Moor 

 (L. E. Adams, Science Gossip, March 1901). 



Hants N. — Var. plumbea, Preston Candover ! H. F. Fitzgerald. 



Middlesex— Var. pilumbea, Acton, Dec. 1884 ! and Bedford Park, Chiswick, Dec. 

 1884 ! T. D. A. Cockerell. Hampstead, Dec. 1888 ! H. W. Kew. 



Hereford — Var. plumbea, garden, Bishopswood Vicarage, Koss, April 1885 ! 

 K. W. J. Smart. 



Worcester — Var. plumbea and sub-var. olivaeea, garden, Stourport, July 1888 

 (J. W. Williams, J. of Conch., July 1889). 



Stafford — Var. plumbea, Staflford, June 1886 ! L. E. Adams. 



Salop — Var. plumbea, Oswestry, June 1885 ! Baker Hudson. 



Cardigan— Var. plumbea, gardens, Aberayron, May 1888 ! Miss Foulkes and 

 Miss Maddy. 



Lincoln N. — Var. plumbea, Alford, Sept. 1885 ! J. E. Mason. 



Notts. — Var. plumbea, common in garden, Tu.'cford, July 1885 ! W. A. Gain. 



Cheshire —Var. ^toft6f«, nursery gardens. Sale, Feb. 1895! C. Oldham. 



Durham — Var. plumbea, specimens in British Museum, labelled "South Shields, 

 R. Howse " (T. D. A. Cockerell, op. cit. ). 



Berwick — Var. plumbea, roadside, Cockburnspath, Sept. 1890 ! W. Evans. 



Derry — Var. pltwibea, Ballynagard, June 1892, D. C. Campbell. 



Antrim — Var. plumbea, Cushendun, May 1886 ! Rev. S. A. Brenan. 



Down — Var. plumbea, common, chiefly in lily of the valley beds, Oakleigh, 

 Ormeau Park, Belfast, 1897, A. W. Stelfox. Common in garden, Sydenham House, 

 April 1898, R. Welch. 



Dublin— Yai: phtmbea, Kingstown, May 1886 ! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 



Queen's Co. — Var. plumbea, La Bergerie (B. J. Clarke, Ann. and Mag. N.H., 

 1843, p. 341). 



Mayo E.— Var. plumbea, Tourmakady Lodge near Ballinrobe, Sept. 1843 (B. J. 

 Clarke, op. cit.). 



Mayo W. — Var. plumbea, Slievemore village, Sept. 1888 ! (J. G. Milne, J. of 

 Conch., Oct. 1891). 



Galway W. — Var. jilumbca, MacDaras Island, Roundstone, July 1895, R. 

 Welch. Sub-var. olivaeea, Aran Isles, Oct. 1890, R. F. ScharfF. 



Galway E. — Var. plumbea, Tuam Palace gardens (B. J. Clarke, op. cit.). 



Kerry — Var. plumbea. Ken mare, Sept. 1898, L. E. Adams. In field on Cloonee 

 road beyond Mucksna Wood, Sept. 1898 (Stubbs Ik Adams, Irish Nat., Nov. 1898). 



France — Var. plumhra is recorded by Dubrueil from B^darieux, St. Pons, La 

 Salvetat, and Ganges in the H6rault, and by d'Orbigny from La Rochelle in 

 Charente Inf6rieure, and we have verified .specimens collected in April 1S87 at 

 Cherbourg, department Manche, by F. R. Billups, as well as from Veules, Seine 

 Infi5rieure, collected by S. C. Cockerell, in Sept. 1895. The sub-var. olivaeea is 

 reported by Moquin-Tandon from Toulouse in Haute Garonne; from Nice in the 

 Alpes Maritinies by Lessona <& Pollonera ; and by Dubrueil from St. Martin-de- 

 Londres, Ganges, etc., in H(5rault. 



Malta — Var. ^Aoti6c« (Pollonera, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, April 1891). 

 Spain — Var. plumbm, Santiago in Galicia (Macho, Molusc. Galicia, 1871, p. 13). 

 United States — Var. plumbea of the M. he%vstoni found by H. Hemphill, at 

 Julian City, California (T. D. A. Cockerell, Ann. and Mag. N.H., Nov. 1891, p. 338). 



