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such practices often overreached themselves ; for not satisfied 
with adding to the Fauna species which, from their geogra- 
phical distribution, might possibly be found in our island, they 
often fixed on such tropical shells as were most easy of access, 
without heeding that these must at once be excluded from our 
Fauna when their true locality became known. 
Some of the species introduced, as I believe, by mistake, are 
natives of the Continent, especially of the south of Europe. 
Such are — 
1. Vitrina elongata. Drap. Moll. 120. Inhab. France. 
2. Helicophanta brevipes. Fer, A native of the south of 
Europe. 
3. Helix aperta, t. 11. f. 129. A native of the south 
of France, Bordeaux. 
A single specimen is said to have been found in Guernsey, 
by Mr. Edward Forbes, but it has never occurred again. 
4. Helix elegans. Gmelin. 3642. A native of Italy and the 
south of France. 
5. Helix explanata. Muller Verm. ii. 26. Inhab. Italy 
and the south of France, on the shores of the Mediterranean. 
6. Helix conspurcata. Frap. H. M. 105. t. 7. f. 23. 25. A 
native of France and Sweden. 
7. Helix Olivieri. Ferussac^ Prod. 255. Inhab. south of 
Europe, Syria (?). 
8. Helix candidula Sluder. Mossm. Icon. t. 26. f. 350. 353. 
Inhab. France, Germany, and Switzerland. 
9. Helix sylvatica. {fig. 67.) Drap. t. 6. f. 1. Inhabits south 
of France near Lyons and Switzerland. 
10. Helix lucorum. Linn. S. N. 1247. A 
native of Italy and the Levant. 
11. Helix c^spitum. Drap. 109. t. 6. f. 14, 
15. A native of the south of France, Spain, 
and Syria. 
12. Helix limbata, t. 11. f. 132. Drap. Moll. 190. t. 6. 
f. 29. A native of the south of France. 
A few living specimens were set free on the New North 
•Hi. Fig. 67. 
