THE NAUTILUS. '.'" 



ON THE ANATOMY OF BtTLIMUS SINI8TRORSUS DESK., by Will. 



Moss and W. M. Webb (Journ. of Malacol., VI, 1897, no. 1). 

 Specimens from Lifu of this species, the type of the group l>m- 

 parnaudia Montrouzier, 1 yielded preparations of the genitalia, 

 dentition, etc., which are figured and briefly commented upon. The 

 penis has a terminal retractor and bears a well differentiated 

 epiphallus, but no flagellum. Jaw apparently almost smooth, 

 judging from the figure. Radula with mesocones only developed on 

 the rachis, laterals with large ectocone, marginals 4-denticulate 

 from deep splitting of both mesocone and ectocone. The details 

 given are sufficient to show that Drapamaudia is not a subordinate 

 group of Papuina. It lacks the arboreal or subarboreal type of 

 teeth, the weak, wide ribbed jaw, and the insertion of the retractor 

 on epiphallus. The dentition and jaw also exclude it from the 

 immediate neighborhood of Amphidromus. Penial accessories are 

 absent, so it cannot be a Bull minus. Drapamaudia would seem to 

 be a valid genus, not a satellite to any larger group; and the 

 evidence offered indicates its position to be among the epiphal- 

 logonous Helices ; though until the pallial region is investigated, we 

 cannot be certain that it is not a member of the Bulimulidce. 



NEW CRETACEOUS FOSSILS from an artesian well-boring at Mount 

 Laurel, New Jersey, by C. W. Johnson (Proc. A. N. S. Phila., 1898, 

 pp. 461-464). A list of some 36 species is given, obtained from 

 depths of 100 to 160 feet. The fauna is regarded by Mr. Johnson 

 as equivalent to the Ripley bed of the Alabama and Mississippi 

 Cretaceous. C in i ilia rostata, Anchiira pergracilis, Turritella <]iiad- 

 rilira and Tuba reticulata are described and figured as new, and the 

 lip of another new Anchura is figured but not named. Mr. John- 

 son states that Tiigonia eufalensisis merely the young of T. thor<t<-i>- 

 Morton. H. A. P. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



We regret to announce the death of our esteemed friend, Mr. 

 John Shallcross, which occurred at his home in Frankford, Phila- 

 delphia, on October 30th. He was born in that suburb January 

 4th, 1827, where he spent his entire life. He was a prominent 



1 See NAUTILUS, Feb. 1897. 



