2i6 The Irish Naturalist. October, 



Hcllx rupestris, Dr?p.— Castleroche ; near Duudalk (70). Drogheda 



(91). Very uncommon. 

 H. pulchella. Mull— Dundalk (70). ^xWym^iSciSinXon {v&v. excenirica) ; 



Grange ; Bellurgan (van excentrica) ; Carliugford (vars. costata and 



excentrica) (ji). Ardee ; Collon ; Dromiskin (Si). Dunany ; Clogher; 



Barmeath (var. costata) ; Salterstown (vars. lostata and excentrica) (82). 



Townley Hall (var. costata^ (91). Baltray (92). 



This newly discovered variety, or as it is now called, Helix 

 ( Vaiionla) excentrica, appears to be rather common in the 

 counties of Meath and Louth. 

 H. aculeata, Miill.--North of Dundalk ; Flurry Bridge (70). Bally- 



ma'scanlon (71). Collon (8t). Townley Hall (91). Beaulieu (92). 



Not common except in a district over 2 miles north of Dundalk. 

 H. lamellata, Jeff r.— Flurry Bridge (70). Ravensdale demesne (71). 



I could )7ot get it in any other district in Co. Ivouth. 

 H, hispida, Iv. — Dundalk; Flurry Bridge ; Lough Cortail (70). Bally- 



mascanlon ; Omeath ; Bush station (71). Ardee; Collon (81). 



Dunany ; Barmeath (82). Mellifont Abbey ; Townley Hall (var. 



albo-cincta) (91), Beaulieu (92). Very common. 

 H. rufcsccns, Penu. — Dundalk (70). Omeath ; Carliugford (71). 



Ardee (8t). Dunany; Blackball (82). "towwX&yYL^WiydiX. albo-cincta) \ 



near Drogheda (var. a/(^a) (91). Beaulieu (92). F'airly common. 

 [H, fusca, Mont. — I have not been able to find this shell in the county, 



but I believe it should be taken in the glen south of Ravensdale 



House, or possibly in Townley Hall demesne. I took it in counties 



Armagh and Down, adjacent to Co. Louth.] 

 H. pisana, Mlill.— Termonfeckin ; Clogher (var. alba) (82.) Baltray (92). 



Miss vSydney Smith nientioned that she took this snail close to 



Drogheda. It is distributed along the coast from the mouth of the 



Boyne to just south of Clogher Head. I could not find it at any 



more northerly station. 

 H. virgata, Da Costa.— Dundalk (70-71). Ballymascanlon (71). 



Ardee: Dromiskin (81). Termonfeckin (type and var. hitescens); near 



Blackball; Barmeath (82). Townley Hall (var iutescens), and close 



to Drogheda (91). Baltray (92). Common locally. 

 H. intersecta, Poir.— Dundalk (70). Ballymascanlon (71). Dunany; 



Barmeath (82). Townley Hall and near Drogheda (91). Not 



common. 



H. ericctorum, Miill. — This species is very rare in the county. I only 



took a few living specimens at Dromin railway station, where they 



may possibly have been imported with gravel. 

 H. acuta, MiilL— Ballagan (71;. Dromiskin (81). Annagassan ; 



Clogher (varieties flaimnidata, atticiilata) ; Salterstown (var. strigata) ; 



Termonfeckin (82). One mile north of Drogheda (91). Baltray (92). 



Common along the coast south of Dromiskin ; not common on the 



more northern coasts. Very scarce inland. 

 H. ncmoralis, Mull.— Dundalk (70). Ballymascanlon; Bush station 



(71). Dromiskin ; Ardee (81). Barmeath (82). Mellifont Abbey (91). 



Beaulieu ; Baltray (92). Common in most localities. 



