THE NAUTILUS. 107 



species, are recognized. In the Introduction a historical sketch 

 is given, and an interesting account of the geographic distribu- 

 tion. H. A. P. 



NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF SHELLS FROM TRINIDAD, CALI- 

 FORNIA. By Eric Knight Jordan (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 58, pp. 1-5). Two new species of Odostomia, 0. euglypta and 

 0. edmondi, are described. 



A NEW FRESHWATER MOLLUSK FROM INDIANA. By Bryant 

 Walker (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 57, p. 525). Ferrissia 

 bartschi, from Lake Maxinkuckee. 



NOTES. 



TAPES PHILIPPINARUM IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. My infor- 

 mation concerning Tapes philippinarum differs much from 

 Bryan's in NAUTILUS, XXXII, p. 124. A Japanese now living 

 in Honolulu has twice planted this bivalve on the mud flats at 

 Moanalua on Oahu. The first planting did not survive long; 

 the second maintained itself in fine shape up to the present day, 

 when they are abundant enough to be gathered and put on sale 

 in the markets. They are frequently imported from Japan to 

 Honolulu by the barrel for sale among the Japanese. I send 

 you some of these imported shells. D. THAANUM. 



M. EUGENE AUBOURG DE BOURY died on April 17, in France, 

 at the age of sixty-three years. A correspondent writes that 

 M. de Boury, though a long-time invalid, had devoted himself 

 with ardor to the study and collection of mollusks of the genus 

 Scalaria. He gathered in the last ten years an extraordinary 

 collection of these beautiful and rare shells for the Paris Museum 

 of Natural History, increasing their series from 300 sets to 3000, 

 exclusive of photographs and illustrations of inaccessible species 

 to the number of 1800 more. This series far surpasses any 

 other extant. He published numerous papers on the genus and 

 indicated many new subdivisions of it, but the great monograph 

 which was his ideal must remain for other hands to prepare. 

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