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THE NATURALIST. 



pupa of a nut weevil or some such insect. 

 It was found in the Cinderfield Dyke Pit 

 at Bradley, near Huddersfield. These 

 specimens give us evidence of the former 

 existence of insect life during the carbon- 

 iferous epoch which a few years since we 

 should scarcely have expected ; but after 

 the discovery of a fossil spider in the 

 German coal measures, scarcely to be dis- 

 tinguished from a recent genus, we must 

 expect great additions to be made to the 

 carboniferous fauna, as, doubtless, the rich 

 and luxuriant vegetation of that remote 

 period would afford food and shelter for 

 numerous insects. 



[Our readers will observe that Mr. 

 Binney made the above statement on the 

 8th January ; on the 17th, Mr. "Woodward, 

 at Glasgow, announced a specimen of 

 Xylohius Sigillarice, found in Scotland, 

 as the first discovery of that species in 

 Britain. ^ Mr. Tindall showed us his spe- 

 cimen in April last, so that priority of 

 discovery and announcement may fairly be 

 claimed for the Yorkshire example. — Eds. 

 Nat.] 



Appearance of V. urticm on Christmas- 

 day. — My notice was attracted this morn- 

 ing by seeing an unusually lively Y. Urticae 

 fluttering about on the inner side of a 

 kitchen window, in the morning sun, which 

 was shining brightly at the time. The 

 insect seemed to enjoy itself to the utmost, 

 now flying rapidly across the window, and 

 then fanning its wings with perfect grace. 

 I suppose it to have been awakened from 

 its hybernated state, wherever the locality 

 may have been — perhaps somewhere in the 

 same house— by the increased warmth of 

 the fire on the day for cooking purposes ; 

 then, naturally flying to the window for 

 escape, and there coming in contact with 

 the sun's rays, it might have mistaken the 

 season for spring instead of mid- winter. — 

 F. Wilkinson, Easthorpe, Christmas-day, 

 1866. 



A List of Land and Fresh-water 

 Molluscs belonging to Bristol and 

 ITS immediate Neighbourhood. 



Cyclas cornea. Eiver Avon — Hotwells. 

 BuUmus tentaculata. River Avon — Hot- 

 wells. 



Planorhis spirorhis. Grass pools, Durd- 



ham Down. 

 P. vortex. Grass pools, Durdham Down. 

 P. contortus. River Trym, at Coombe. 

 Lymnceus peregra. Ponds, Redland fields. 

 L. auricularia. River at Stapleton. 

 Avion ater. Durdham Down, fine. 

 A. hortensis. In gardens, more than one 



likes. 



Limax marginatus. Do. do. 

 L. fiavus. Do. do. 



L. agrestis. Do. do. 



L. maximus. Do. do. 



T. Maugei. Garaway's nursery. 

 Vitrinapellucida. Head of Coombe Dingle. 

 Zonites cellarius^ Fine at Hotwells. 

 Z. cellarius, var. compJanata, occasionally 

 found. 



Z. cellarius, var. compacta once taken. 

 Z. alUarius. Garaway's grounds. 

 Z. nitidulus. Durdham Down, 

 Z. crystallinus. Under stones on Durdham 

 Down 



Helix aspersa. Everywhere. 



H. nemoralis and its varieties hortensis 

 and hyhrida in various places. 



H. cantiana. Formerly very plentiful in 

 a hedge by the river Avon, but now 

 destroyed l)y a railway. 



H. rufescens. Fine, Durdham Down. 



H. rufescens, var. alhida, found occa- 

 sionally. 



H. hispida. Durdham Down. 



H. concinna. Durdham Down. 



H. concinna, varieties alhida and minor, 

 occasionally on Durdham Down. 



H. fusca. Coombe Dingle, 



H. virgata. Fine, Hotwell Road, 



H. caperata. Durdham Down. 



H. caperata, var. ornata, Durdham Down.- 



H. caperata, var. subscalaris, once on 

 Durdham Down. 



