130 THE NAUTILUS. 



In October, 1894, he married Miss Flora G. Allison, of Dublin 

 N. H. 



The following winter brought a return of the former illness, and 

 again he went to Jamaica, accompanied by his wife. They spent four 

 months on the island and collected and brought home a large number 

 of land shells and ferns. 



The spring and summer of 1895 Mr. Roper spent in putting his af- 

 fairs in order preparatory to becoming a permanent exile from New 

 England. 



The next year was spent in Colorado Springs. Mr. Roper was oc- 

 cupied a great part of the year in arranging and cataloguing his 

 special collection. And here a daughter was born in March, 18!'6. 



In September, 1896, Mr Roper and family went to California, 

 going first to Pasadena, a year later to Long Beach, and last July to 

 San Diego. 



Mr. Roper's health never really improved, but he was able most of 

 the time to do some collecting. Even Southern California is not free 

 from grippe, and in the early part of October Mr, Roper had an 

 attack from which he could not recover. In November he was some- 

 what better and made several trips to the beach. As late as November 

 27th he was driven with his family to La Playa and spent the day on 

 the shore. He usually succeeded in finding a choicer shell than any 

 of the rest of the party. 



About the middle of December his health began to fail quite 

 rapidly. His indomitable energy kept him from giving up, and he 

 was confined to his bed only one day. The end came on the last day, 

 of the year 189*. 



Mr. Roper's collection of about 3000 species, including his special 

 collection of Cyrenidje, becomes the property of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History. 



Mr. Roper was well known to con^hologists through his papers in 

 THE NAUTILUS. His articles were always of the greatest interest, 

 including such subjects as: " Collecting Land Shells in Southern 

 California," "In a Maine Cpnchologist's hunting ground," "Collect- 

 ing at Eastport, Maine," " Pleurodonte Brainbridgeiand other Jamaican,- 

 Shells," etc., etc. Later Mr. Roper made a special study of the Sphaeria 

 and Pisidia, and contributed the following articles on the subject: 

 "Notes on Sphserium secure Prime," "Anew American Pisidium," 

 (P. idahoense) Vol. iv, page 85, December, 1890. "Notes on the 



