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GHOMAtACUS MACULOSUP. 



Viir. fasciata Cockerell, Brit. Nat. Cat. Brit. Moll., I.s9(), p. 18. 



Gcoliialacits ntaculosiis \nl'. /asciata Cockerell, op. cit. 



Axni.U, wliite or whitish ; mantle iiiarl)leil witli blaelc or dark-hrown, and with 

 (lark lateral hands ; hody scarcely niarlded, ]ialc, with a dark lonj;itiidinal subdorsal 

 aii<l lateral hand on pacli side. 



This variety is atavistic, retaining to a larjje extent the characteristic markings 

 of juvenile specimens. 



IRELAND. 



Kerry — An island in Dingle Bay, W. Andrews (specimens in Coll., Brit. Mus.). 

 Near Lower Cloonee Lake, July 1H9S, K. Welch. 



Geographical Distribution 



of 



Geomalacus maculosus Allm. 



■I Recorded Distribution 

 ^^ Probable Range. 



Fig. 2-i. 



Geograpliical Distribution.— The range of this waning specie,s is 

 very limited, and its I^nowu habitats are niarliedly discontinuous, as the 

 only recoi-ded places of occarreiice in the British Isles are in the extreme 

 south-west corner of Ireland, which is also a last haven of refuge for 

 other forms of life, verging upon extinction in this country. 



It is also_ recorded from the north-west of France, the extreme north- 

 west of Spain, and the north of Portugal. 



It has been reported also from North-east France, but the district cited 

 is not a very probable one for the species. 



IHELAXD. j\ruxsTER. 



Cork S.— Found at Castletown ISerehaven, and abounds at (ilengarilV from the 



water's edge up to a considerable height, iMav 1H!I1, B. V. Scharlt'. \'ery large 



and almost jet-black S])pcimens abundant on a grassy-bank by roadside just below 



the tunnel near (ilengaritt', April 18il!l, A. W. Siclfox'. 



Kerry— On the Old Bed Sandstone rocks at Onlough, and in the Glen of 

 Limnavar by the margin oE Longli Caragh, autumn KS42, W. .\ndrews (G. .T. 

 Allnian, op. cit., p. 'Jfts). Many specimens of vars. a/lniaiii and faxriiita in the 

 lintish .\rnseuni, from an islanil in Dingle Bay, presented by Mr. W'. Andrews. Tn 

 a small valley, on a i)roniontorv, west, of DeVr\ nane r>ii.y,'fr(im sea-level up to an 

 altitude of more than 1,00(1 feet on Coad M<ninlaiii, between Caherdaniel and Sneem, 

 .Inly lHil2, I,'. 1''. ScharlK Found by Dr. Scully at an elevation of 1,00U feet near 



