THE 
A Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Natural History. 
Address of Office: 369, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, N.W. 
Vol. II. No. 20. FEBRUARY, 1894. Copyright. 
THE SHELLS OF WYCHLING. 
By E. W. Swanton. 
♦ he following list contains the shells noticed at Wychling, 
as well as others within three miles radius of it. Wych¬ 
ling is seven miles from Sittingbourne, Kent, and is 
wholly on the chalk. The absence of streams and scar¬ 
city of ponds and pools, explains the almost total lack of freshwater 
species. 
Limcix maximns, L: Tolerably common ; the variety macula- 
tus, Moq., occurs at Doddington. 
Limax marginatiis, Mull: (L. arborum, B. Ch.) Common at - 
‘ Chalky Banks/ 
Limax variegatus . Drap: (L. flavus, Auctt.) Not common. 
Woods at Doddington. 
Agriolimax agrestis, L : Common everywhere. 
Var : nigricans , Westrl : Doddington. Rare. 
Var : sylvatica , Drap : Wychling. 
Amalia gagates , Drap : Rare. It occurs in gardens at Wychling 
Rectory. 
Avion empiricorum, Fir: (A.ater,Brit.Auctt.) Abundant. The 
variety ruber , Moq., occurs at Lenham Hill. Var : albus is rare, 
occurring only at Wychling Rectory. 
Avion hortensis , Fir : Common. 
Var. rufescens, Moq : Rare. Doddington. 
Var. appr. niger, Moq : Wychling. 
Arion subfuscus, Drap: Fairly common. 
Avion fasciatus , Nillson : {Avion circumscriplus , Johnst, and A . 
bourgniguati , Mab.) Tolerably common. 
Arion celticus , Pollonera (1887): A recent addition to the 
British List; I have also taken it at Southampton. It is extremely 
