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MOLLUSOA. 
species of Pupa and Vertigo, and their relative abundance, stated by O 
BOttger, Nachr. mal. Ges. 1879, pp. 49-51 & 65-68. 
The ancient lake of Ossegor, in the Landes, 600-700 metres from the 
sea, contained chiefly freshwater Mollasca, but also two characteristic of 
brackish water : Hydrohia ulvce and Scrobicularia piperata. The size of 
the freshwater species was remarkably small [as in the Baltic Bea]. 
Folin, Faune lacustre de I’ancien lac d’Ossegor ; J. de Conch, xxv. 
pp. 183-185. See also “ Abnormities.” 
E. DuBREtJiL continues his paper on the land and freshwater Mollusca 
of the Dept. Herault ; Rev. Montp. (2) i. 44. 
Pyrenees. 43 terrestrial species, including 9 of Papa and 3 freshwater- 
shells observed at and near the hot springs of La Preste, in the valley of 
the Tech, Dept. Pyrenees Orientates, 1,000 metres above the sea. Helix 
canigonensis (Boub^e) and pyrenaica (Drap.) are most characteristic for 
the Eastern Pyrenees ; no species of the genus Pomatias has been found. 
Dupuy, Bull. Soc. Toulouse, 1879, 28 pp. ; abstract in J. de Conch, xxv. 
pp. 280-282. 
Note on the habitat of Helix constricia (Boub^e), quimperiana (Fer.), 
Clausiiia pauli (Mabille), &c., in the mountains of the Basses Pyrenees ; 
by G. Wattebled, Actes Soc. L. Bord. xxxii. [1878] P. v. pp. 81-83. 
5 . Italy. 
Piedmont. Varieties of Helix hispida and species allied to it; by 
Lesson A, Att. Acc. Torin, xv. 
Apuan Mountains, N. Tuscany. 68 terrestrial and 10 freshwater shells 
enumerated, and their hypsographical distribution pointed out by R. 
del Pkete. These contain several varieties of Helix cingulata (Stud.), 
some peculiar species of Pomatias, Belgrandia thermalis (L.), several 
varieties of Bythinella opaca (Ziegl.) and Hydrohia aponensis (Martens). 
The species found only in the more elevated regions are Vitrina pellucida, 
hrevis, Hyalina suhrimata, cellaria, hydatina, fulva, Helix vallisnierii. 
citiata, two varieties of H. cingulata, Baliminus quadridens, Pupa secale, 
var. sarratina, cylindracea var. sempronii, P. biplicata, doliolum, Balea per- 
versa, Clausiiia laminata, Carychium minimum. Acme lineata, Pomatias 
montanus and gualfinensis, and two varieties of Bythinella opaca. Bull. 
Soc. mal. Ital. v. pp. 70-91, pi. i. 
• Middle Italy. 51 terrestrial and 7 freshwater species found in the 
basin of the Toronto (Ascoli Piceno), enumerated by E. Valentini, 
Bull. Soc. mal. Ital. v. pp. 22-37. New species from Tuscany, &c. ; 
C. de Stefani, tom. cit. pp. 38-48. 
Southern Italy. Malacological excursions into the Matese and Gargano 
Mountains, and to Sorrento and Capri, described by W. Kobelt, JB. 
mal. Ges. vi. pp. 126-150. 
Calabria. 88 terrestrial and 9 freshwater species (including some new 
species of Helix, Clausiiia, and Pomatias, but only one Bivalve, Pisidium 
casertanum) observed and discussed by Mme. Paulucci, Faun. Malac. 
Calabriee, 1879, 223 pp. 9 pis. 
