animals of Australian species. Six new species are described and
twenty-nine species figured.—C. W. J.
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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF SHELLS FROM NORTHERN MICHIGAN. By Mina L. Winslow
(Occasional papers, Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich., No. 42, July 1, 1917) a
list of sixty-five species from Schoolcraft, Alger and Chippewa
counties, also a list from Isle Royale.
NOTES.
THE OLDROYD COLLECTION.—Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Oldroyd have given their
collection of shells to the Leland Stanford Jr. University, and are now
permanently employed in the Museum, Mrs. Oldroyd being the curator. The
collection has been placed in the Department of Geology and Mining. The
Stanford alumni purchased the collection and library of the late Henry
Hemphill, which, with the Law collection and several others, forms an
unusually fine working series. Mr. and Mrs. Oldroyd have spent about
eight weeks at Friday Harbor, Puget Sound and British Columbia making
large collections for the Stanford University, California Academy of
Science and University of California.
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NORTH CAROLINA LAND SHELLS.—The following species of land shells were
picked from leaf-mold collected at Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., North
Carolina, by Samuel G. Gordon while on a mineralogical excursion. The
specimens are in the collection of the Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.,
_Gastrocopta contracta_ Say, _G. pentodon_ Say, _Circinaria concava_
Say, _Polita indentata_ Say, _Taxeodonta lamellidens_ Pils.,
_Gastrodonta elliotti_ Redf., _G. guldaris_ Say, _Euconulus sterkii_
Dall., _Punctum pygmæum_ Drap., _Carychium exile_ Lea.—E. G. VANATTA.
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A CORRECTION.—In my little paper, “Descriptions of New West American
Marine Mollusks and Notes on Previously Described Forms,” Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., Vol. 52, pp. 670‒671, plate 46, figure 2, 1917, I published
_Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) helena_ from Panama, type Cat. No. 204128,
U. S. N. M. Mr. Vignal, of Paris, has been kind enough to call my
attention to the fact that the same combination was used by O. Boettger
in 1901 for a fossil in his contribution “Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der
mittelmiocänen Schichten von Kostej im Krassò-Szörényer Komitat,” in
“Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des siebenbürgischen Vereins für
Naturwissenchaften zu Hermannstadt,” p. 128, 1901. It is therefore
necessary to bestow a new designation on my shell, and it may be known
as _Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) anaitis_.—PAUL BARTSCH.
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ALBINISTIC EPIPHRAGMOPHORA FIDELIS.—A few days ago, I had two hours in
Gladstone Park. The Park is wooded, and there are large moss-covered
rocks. _E. fidelis_ was out freely. I found one light one. The one sent
you some years ago was uniform in color. This one shows two distinct
dark narrow bands around the lower whorl, but not showing anywhere else.
This is the fourth one I have found in the Park in twenty years or more,
though I have been there often.
—J. G. MALONE, _Portland, Ore._
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The many friends of DR. HERMANN VON IHERING will hear with deep regret
that he has been removed by political intrigue from his position of
Director of the MUSEU PAULISTA at Sao Paulo, Brazil. This museum was
founded by Dr. von Ihering. His eminence as a zoologist and unceasing
activity as an investigator of the South American fauna, had won for it
an honorable place among scientific institutions. We understand that his
successors are men without knowledge of the biological sciences. As the
only scientific assistant, Mr. Rudolph von Ihering has resigned, it
appears that the scientific activity of the State Museum of Sao Paulo
has come to an end—a real calamity to American zoology and paleontology.
Dr. von Ihering is located at present at Hansa de Joinville, State of
Santa Catharina. He is in good health, and is engaged in the preparation
of his work: “Die biogeographischen Grundgesetze,” several chapters of
which will deal with mollusks.—H. A. P. & C. W. J.
[Illustration:
PLATE VII
]
1, 2. PSORONAIAS KUXENSIS FRIERSON.
3. EPIPHRAGMOPHORA CALLISTODERMA PILS. & FERR.
4. UNIO TETRALASMUS SAY.
5, 6. ZACHRYSIA RAMSDENI PILS.
7. Z. EMARGINATA PFR.
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Footnote 1:
NAUTILUS, vol. xx, pp. 58‒60.
Footnote 2:
NAUTILUS, xxvi, pp. 51‒55, 1912.
Footnote 3:
In a later work Ortmann classifies both _ventricosa_ and
_cohongoronta_ as varieties of _ovata_ Say.
Footnote 4:
The relations of mollusks to fish in Oneida Lake. By Frank Collins
Baker. Technical Publication No. 4, New York State College of Forestry
at Syracuse University. Pp. 366. Syracuse, N. Y., 1916. We are
informed that it may be obtained free by those interested in the study
of Mollusca by applying to the dean of the college, Dr. Hugh P. Baker.
Footnote 5:
_Pupa griqualandica_ M. and P., 1893; the specimens used being from
Pretoria.
Footnote 6:
Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), i, p. 76, pl. i, 1908.
Footnote 7:
In NAUTILUS, 28, 1914, p. 31, I have described the anatomy of
“_Pleurobema fassinans_.” This is a mistake: the shells examined
belong to _Pleurobema_ all right, but are the form known as _U.
argenteus_ Lea, which belongs to the _oviforme-group_, and should be
called: _Pleurobema oviforme argenteum_ (Lea). These will be treated
more fully elsewhere.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Silently corrected typographical errors.
2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as
printed.
3. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together
at the end of the last chapter.
4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.