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Thus, in this species, this character is variable. The fact 

 that those from Holston River have all completely connected 

 inner laminae, and those from the Clinch tend to have it more 

 or less free, may be purely accidental. 



All females contained glochidia. The measurements are : 

 length, 0.32 ; height, 0.27 mm. This is larger than my former 

 measurements (0.31 x 0.25), but a re-examination of the old 

 material shows, that the former values were correct. Thus 

 there seems to be a variation in the size of the glochidia, but 

 the shape is in both cases the same. 



NOTES. 



POSSIBLE TRANSPORTATION OF PANOPEA GENEROSA. I wish 

 to tell of an instance of the transporting of shells from one 

 locality to another. About a year ago I saw in one of the 

 Los Angeles fish markets four large "Goeducks," (Panopea 

 generosa}. Not having the shell in my collection I asked 

 about them and found that they were shipped in from Puget 

 Sound and were considered very fine, 50 cents each. I did not 

 purchase and learned a week later that they had finally been 

 sold to some one for fish-bait. Several months later a friend 

 picked up two large valves of Panopea generosa on a nearby 

 beach. Panopea generosa has been found in this locality 

 but they are smaller than the northern form and very scarce 

 and I am inclined to think that my two valves are from Puget 

 Sound having been thrown from some of the piers by the 

 fishermen, and finally worked upon the beach ; at least it is not 

 impossible. E. P. CHACE. 



A LARGE OCTOPUS. While deep-sea fishing at Long Beach, 

 Cal., Capt. A. H. Mason of the launch Esther C, had a terrific 

 struggle with an octopus measuring 16 feet from tip to tip 

 of tentacles. 



Captain Mason brought the octopus to the surface while 

 fishing for rock cod. After the devil-fish had been safely 



