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Helix nemoralis in Knoxville, Tenn. : One day, while play- 

 ing in an alley the two small sons of Prof. J. F. Voorhees, in 

 charge of the U. S. Weather Bureau here, found some handsome 

 snails crawling on a brick wall, and knowing that I was making 

 a special study of the fauna of this vicinity, brought some of 

 them to me. 



I had never seen any like them in the State, and sent some 

 of them to Mr. Bryant Walker of Detroit for identification. He 

 pronounced them the European species Helix nemoralis Linne\ 

 He said this was the first authentic colony reported to him 

 West of the Alleghany Mountains. 



He suggested it would be interesting if I could trace out how 

 they came to be here, and send an account to the Editor of the 

 Nautilus, as the readers of the Nautilus would be interested to 

 know that such a colony existed here in Knoxville, Tennessee. 



I made investigations, and found that the wife of Prof. Chas. 

 C. Ross connected with the University of Tennessee brought 

 them here. 



Mrs. Ross says that eight years ago she went to visit the 

 graves of her grandfather and grandmother who were buried in 

 the cemetery at Lexington, Va. As she approached the tomb- 

 stones she noticed they looked spotted, as if boys had marked 

 or defaced them, but upon a nearer approach found the peculiar 

 appearance was due to the presence of numbers of H. nemoralis 

 crawling upon the face of the stones. 



When Mrs. Ross came away she dug up and brought with 

 her some of the vines and shrubs, being careful to bring with 

 them some of the beautiful shells. She transplanted the plants 

 in the rear of the yard, and now after 8 years, amongst dense 

 growths of English Ivy, and on adjoining trees and other 

 shrubbery, this colony has become thoroughly acclimated and 

 is thriving magnificently. Mrs. Ross met the person who 

 originally brought them from Italy to Lexington, Virginia. 



— Manly D. Barber. 



VlVIPARUS MALLEATUS AND CONTECTOIDES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 



Eight fresh specimens, one with the operculum in place, were 



