58 THE NAUTILUS. 



lacustris, as well figiired by Lessona and Pollonera, are very 

 unlike those of A. Icevis, and appear to indicate a distinct 

 species, as the Italian authors maintained. 



HENRY HEMPHILL. 



We have just received notice of the death, July 25, at Oak- 

 land, Cal., of Henry Hemphill, in his eighty-fifth year. Mr. 

 Hemphill was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1830, but for 

 many years had been a resident of the state of California. 

 He was a mason by trade and took great pride in his pro- 

 ficiency. More than fifty years ago he became interested in 

 the shells of the Pacific coast and formed one of a group of 

 enthusiastic collectors which included Kellogg the botanist, 

 Harford, Voy, Stearns and others, of which he was the last 

 survivor. His trade brought him in, at California union 

 wages, such a good income that he could not only lay away 

 a fair nest egg for his old age, but take long vacations. Dur- 

 ing these periods he visited Florida and all parts of the 

 Pacific coast south of British Columbia, and became one of 

 our most expert collectors of mollusks. The genus of slugs, 

 Hemphillia, was named in his honor by the late W. G. Binney, 

 and a host of species commemorate in like manner Ms suc- 

 cess as a collector. 



He published but few papers himself, but was the cause 

 indirectly of much publication by others. He had a keen 

 eye for relationships and differences, and at times mounted 

 on large tablets series of land shells with radiating lines of 

 variation which were most instructive, and which found a 

 place in some of the most important museums. He had been 

 long a widower, and, as age diminished his energies, he re- 

 tired to Oakland, where for the last few years he made his 

 home with an only daughter. His kindly ways and gener- 

 osity to others will keep his memory green among those who 

 knew him. He left what is doubtless the best and most com- 

 plete collection of Pacific coast shells, up to the time of his 

 retirement, that is to be found anywhere except in the Na- 

 tional Museum. It is particularly rich in series showing 



