4454 Mollusks. 



Garlic-scented Zone-shell, Zonites alUarius. Very common. 

 Niticlulous Zone-shell, Zonites nilidulus. Near Cothall on the 

 Findhorn, Mr. Martin ; old castles of Spynie, DufTus, Dunphail and 

 Burgie, and Bridge of Daltilich, Mr. J. Shand. 



Clear Zone-shell, Zonites purus. Among damp moss near Relu- 

 gas, and woods at Grange near Kinloss, Mr. J. Shand. 



Minute Striated Zone-shell, Zonites radiatulus. Avenue leading 

 from Barmuckity to Foresterseat, and in the Oakwood near Elgin, 

 Mr. Martin; abundant in damp moss in many localities, Mr. 

 Macdonald. 



Lucid or Shining Zone-shell, Zonites nitidus, (Z. lucidus, Mac.) 

 Near Foresterseat, Mr. Martin. 



Crystalline Zone-shell, Zonites crystallinus. Frequent. Among 

 moss, Teethill Wood, Mr. Martin ; Dunphail, Relugas, Bridge 

 of Daltilich and wood at Grange, Mr. J. Shand. 



Spotted Garden Snail-shell, Helix aspersa. Abundant in gardens 

 at Elgin, particularly on the north side of the town. At Lossiemouth 

 and in other localities of the Province. 



Single-banded Snail-shell, Helix arbustorum. Near Duncow's 

 Loup on the Lossie, and also on the Findhorn, Mr. Martin ; near old 

 castle of Dunphail, Mr. J. Shand. 



Common Garden Snail- shell, Helix nemoralis, {H. hortensis, 

 Flem. and Mac.) Common, particularly about limestone dykes or 

 quarries. Mr. Martin remarks, " there is a peculiarity in the history 

 of H. nemoralis that I cannot account for. In some seasons they 

 appear in countless numbers, while in others a few only are found 

 here and there. I remember one day walking along the links, east of 

 Burghead, and seeing the ground covered with them, so much 

 so that it was difficult to move a step without crushing some of them. 

 I have visited that locality several times since, and the most that 

 I could obtain did not amount to a dozen. I remarked a similar 

 occurrence at Spynie. One day after a summer shower the stone 

 dyke around the Spynie plantation was covered thickly with them, but 

 ever since I have not found a single specimen there, although I have 

 visited the place often after a summer shower. What had become of 

 them ? " The late Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, in his very graphic 

 account of the Moray Floods of 1829, states that he found the empty 

 and decayed shells of this species at so high a level above the sea as 

 the calc-tuffa beds of Inchrory on the Avon, Banffshire, and supposed 

 that it had become extinct there from some deterioration of the cli- 

 mate. This interesting spot was visited the next year, and many 



