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cabinet testify to his success. We gazed with admiration upon the 

 many rare and beautiful shells we had many times read about, but 

 never seen, and were allowed the pleasure not granted except to 

 members of the guild, I suspect, of actually handling these spec- 

 imens. 



After carefully examining the New England marine shells we were 

 shown a fine collection of land shells, gathered from every country 

 and every clime, and their various colors, forms and markings were 

 of the deepest interest to us. But all things come to an end all 

 too soon, we had to bid our good friend adieu and hurry to the 

 railroad station (we were to return home by the steam cars). As 

 we reluctantly took our departure from Mr. Wiukley's home, where 

 the latch string always hangs out invitingly to every conehologist, 

 we felt that better than the grand collection of shells we had just 

 seen, was the simple, generous, kindly spirit which Nature inspires 

 in all her true disciples. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



A SECTION OF CONCHOLOGY has recently been formed in connec- 

 tion with the Michigan Academy of Science, the following gentle- 

 men being members : W. H. Sherzer, YpsiUuiti ; A. H. Boies, Hud- 

 son ; C. A. Whittemore, R, J. Kirkland, M. D., W. Miller, Charles 

 Miller, Jr., and L. H. Streng, Grand Rapids ; F. E. Wood, Bay 

 City ; L. T. Schurrer, M. D., Lakeport ; C. D. McLouth, Muskegon ; 

 Chas. A. Davis, Alma; Jerome Trombly, Petersburg; John M. 

 Miller, Escanaba ; Bryant Walker, Detroit. 



The formal organization will not take place until the next regu- 

 lar meeting of the Academy, but an interesting programme of work 

 has been planned, which will doubtless lead to substantial additions 

 to the knowledge of Michigan conchology. 



PRESERVATION OF MARINE MOLLUSCA. Those who were inter- 

 ested in Mr. Hornell's paper on formalin (Nat. Sci., vol. VII, p. 

 416), may like to learn that this fluid has been tried for the preserva- 

 tion of A-plysia and PleUTobranohus. In both cases, however, a con- 

 siderable amount of coloring matter was dissolved out of the integu- 

 ment. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist, who contributes this observation to 

 Professor Herdman's report, also records a method of killing Aplysia 

 in an expanded condition, which he says is the only one that can be 



