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Its fossil distribution is limited, though not so much so as the 
last; it was obtained at Elie with the other; it was also obtained in 
a post-tertiary deposit at Kirkland of Leven, and in what appears 
to bean interglacial peat-bed at Hailes, near Edinburgh.* 
Vertigo substriata (Jeff.). 
This-, though apparently not a common species, is widely dis- 
tributed. In Roebuck's " Census " Loch Fad, Bute ; Kinkell 
Braes, near St. Andrews ; and Brora, Sutherlandshire, are men- 
tioned as localities. In my collection are specimens from 
Routen-burn Glen near Greenock, certified by the late Dr. J. G. 
Jeffreys. It was obtained by T. Edwards of Banff, and one 
specimen was found by Dr. Macgillivray in the Den of Rubislaw, 
Aberdeenshire. 
As a fossil I do not know of its occurrence anywhere else than 
at Elie, where it was obtained in the two separate deposits, one 
apparently older than the other, referred to above. 
Vertigo pusilla (Miill.). 
This seems to be a rare shell in Scotland ; only two localities 
are mentioned in the " Census " — Banks of the Clouden near 
Maxwelltown^ Kirkcudbright ; and Largs, x\yrshire. My friend, Mr. 
James Steel of Glasgow, has also obtained it in the vicinity of the 
Clyde near Lanark. I saw one of the specimens he obtained, and 
he also exhibited them at a meeting of the Natural History Society 
of Glasgow during the last summer session of the Society. So far 
as I know this species has not been recorded as a fossil in 
Scotland. 
Vertigo angustior (Jeff.). 
This interesting and rare shell has been added to the Scotch 
List of Land MoUusca, by Mr. W. Baillie, Brora, Sutherlandshire. 
Its solitary occurrence in this northern county might naturally raise 
some doubt as to its being really indigenous. What I have now to 
record, however, will tend to dispel such a doubt, if any existed. 
Duringsome drainage operations at Elie last year, a deposit of earthy 
peat was cut into. A quantity of the material was sent to me by Mr. 
* "The Ancient Lakes of Edinburgh " (Proceed. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., 
vol. X., p. 126). 
