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fully rich in marine forms, especially the latter point, where a larger 

 number of the true Lido-Pacific species occurs. At Nagasaki crowds 

 of fisherwives aud their children go out every day at low tide 

 and gather Tapes philippinarum Rv. for the markets. These are 

 found in great abundance on the pebbly beaches of the bay, an inch 

 or so under the surface. At a little fishing village called Mogi, on 

 the Gulf of Simibara, where a small stream meets the sea, I spent 

 two days in a conchological paradise. I shall not soon forget the 

 thrill at my first sight of those splendid Indo-Pacific species alive 

 and moving along, that I had only seen before in collections and 

 figured in books. Here at low tide an exposed stretch of rocky reef 

 was covered with Monodonia labio L., Purpura tumulosa, Chloros- 

 toma lischkei. Pils., Chi. turbinatum Ad., Chi. rustica Gmel., Turbo 

 coronatus Gmel., and an occasional Turbo corniitus japoniea Rve. 

 In the crevices of the larger boulders, hidden from the light, Euthria 

 ferrea Reeve clings to the rough surfaces of the granite, and Litor- 

 ina sitchana Phil, must be sacrificed at every step. In the little 

 pools of clear water left by the receding tide, myriads of Umboniwn 

 glisten in the sunlight like gems, along with the more dingy Potam- 

 ides. Under the stones are hidden all manner of nice things the 

 usual Tapes and a quantity of small species ; occasionally a pretty 

 Calliostoma consors Lisch., and now and then a fine, large, spiny 

 Murex (A/, axicnrnis /) 



A sand- and mud-bank at the mouth of the little river is most 

 interesting. Among a wealth of species and a profusion of speci- 

 mens I stood dazed and excited. Fusus (two large species), with 

 their brilliant scarlet-red bodies made furrows in the soft sand, and 

 Siphonalia kelleitii seemed quite as abundant. The large, fine 

 Polinices ampla and Eburna japoniea Sowb. thrive in the half mud 

 half sand. Scattered along the shore and washed in from the deeper 

 waters of the bay I found good specimens of llemiftistm, Rapana 

 bezoar, Ranella lumpns, Triton tritoiiis, Fascolaria trapezium, tiipltoit- 

 alia eassidariaeformis and longirostris, Cassis pyrum Lam., and 

 Axtrn/ii/m modestum Rve. 



Among a number of bivalves I remember, in particular, Soletellina 

 boeddinghausi Lisch., Tellinapraetexta M.&rte.,Arcasubcrenata Lisch., 

 Cytherea litsorta, Gaeoella chinensis Desh., Dosinea japoniea, Muctra, 

 r< itrriformis Peeten japonicus and laqueattis. 



While collecting at this charming spot, I was assisted by a swarm 

 of naked children, who vied with each other in finding specimens, 



