THE NAUTILUS. Ill 



U. S. Fish Comm., p. 650, 1871-72, says: "Has not been found 

 east of the Kennebec River, Maine. 



Solariella obscura (Couth.), var. bella Verk. 



Machaeroplax obscura var. bella Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad. v, 

 p. 531. A few dredged off Ironbound Island, and identified for us 

 by Prof. Verrill and Miss Bush. " Variety ' bella ' is the pre- 

 dominant form at Eastport, Me., and in the Bay of Fundy." 

 Verrill, op. cit. 



ToniceHa blaneyi Dall. 



For description see Pro. Biol. Soc., Wash., vol. xviii, p. 203, and 

 NAUTILUS, vol. xix, no. 8, p. 88, pi. iv, 1905. Dredged near 

 station 22, in about 20 fathoms. 



The following species, whose occurrence in Frenchman's Bay was 

 based on the finding of dead specimens or valves, have since been 

 found alive : 



Thracia truncata Mighels and Adams. 



Pandora (Clidfophora) gouldiana Dall. Off Ryefield Point and 

 Heron Island ; 10 fathoms. 



Ensis directus (Conrad). Off Ryefield Point, 10-15 fathoms; 

 shelly mud. Our live specimens usually cut in two by the dredge. 

 Vehitina zonata Gould. Off Ryefield Point, Aug., 1905. 



Marsenina glabra (Couth.) Station 19, 20 fathoms. Verrill, op. 

 cit., p. 5, 7, says : " This species is not uncommon at Eastport, Me." 



DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF ACHATINELLIDAE FROM THE 



HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



BY D. D. BALDWIN. 



Partulina fleming "i, n. sp. 



Shell dextral, minutely perforated, somewhat solid, elongately 

 conical, apex acute ; surface shining, striated with delicate incre- 

 mental strife, and under a lens exhibiting very close delicate decus- 

 sating spiral lines which extend almost to the apex. Color white or 

 brownish-white, with two dark-brown bands, one bordering the suture, 

 and one at the periphery continued on the spire just above the suture ; 

 in many examples the sutural band is absent. Whorls 6, narrowly 



